Legal Week - Deals and Transactions

Allen & Overy's private equity play: firm targets further inroads four years on from Lloyd hire

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 05:09:50 -0400

Nearly four years after A&O secured the trophy hire of private equity partner Stephen Lloyd, how has the practice fared?

KWM seals takeover of Germany boutique led by former SJ Berwin Frankfurt corporate head

Rose Walker, staff — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:00:24 -0400

Former SJ Berwin partner Michael Roos joining KWM's Frankfurt base with team of four lawyers

Eversheds Sutherland handles 'dream project' to modernise government real estate portfolio

James Booth, staff — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:18:21 -0400

Project encompasses deals covering more than one million sq ft of real estate, with firms including Addleshaws and Pinsents also advising

Freshfields and Linklaters take key roles on ready meal supplier Bakkavor's London IPO

James Booth, staff — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:47:46 -0400

Magic circle duo advise on supermarket supplier's float as White & Case leads on Russian aluminium company's London IPO

Slaughters leads on dual IPO of Oaktree-backed Irish housebuilding company

Rose Walker, staff — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:07:35 -0400

Magic circle firm acts alongside Paul Weiss and Irish duo on listing of new company led by ex-Cadwalader partner

The British Legal Awards 2017: have you made the shortlist?

Legal Week, staff — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:41:23 -0400

A&O, Kirkland, CMS and Fieldfisher among eight contenders for Law Firm of the Year at next month's ceremony as full shortlists for all awards are revealed

Eversheds Sutherland scores role as official legal services partner for Rugby League World Cup 2021

James Booth, staff — Mon, 9 Oct 2017 05:25:08 -0400

Firm set to provide full legal support for global event taking place in England

Capital gains: Bakers London chief on City growth, partner targets and the firm's 'powerful' story

Rose Walker, staff — Fri, 6 Oct 2017 05:03:22 -0400

Former Bakers tax head Alex Chadwick on his plans for the firm's London base after boosting revenues in his first year at the helm

Skadden and Davis Polk top M&A rankings for Q1-Q3 as deal volumes fall to four-year low

Anna Ward, contributor — Thu, 5 Oct 2017 05:34:58 -0400

European deal volumes fall to lowest quarterly total since first quarter of 2013

British pain, German gain: how are law firms adapting to the post-Brexit power shift?

Chris Johnson, staff — Tue, 3 Oct 2017 08:28:51 -0400

While Brexit-related uncertainty continues to plague the UK economy, law firms in Germany are benefiting from a strong and stable local economy

Senior Gateley partners make almost half a million each in £10m share sale

James Booth, staff — Tue, 3 Oct 2017 06:14:20 -0400

CEO Michael Ward and COO Peter Davies among Gateley partners selling off shares

Stephenson Harwood takes role on Monarch administration with Freshfields and Kirkland

Joseph Evans, staff — Mon, 2 Oct 2017 06:39:34 -0400

City firm joins Freshfields and US leader Kirkland on UK's largest ever airline collapse

Ropes and MoFo advise on Toshiba's $18bn chip unit sale to Bain-Apple group

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:34:01 -0400

Raft of firms advise as Bain Capital leads consortium of investors including Apple and Dell

Latham and Cleary aboard as Alstom and Siemens agree €15bn rail businesses merger

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:14:10 -0400

US firms advise alongside Freshfields as European engineering giants sign merger deal

WilmerHale 'inadvertently' leaks Pepsi client secrets to Wall Street Journal

Katelyn Polantz, staff — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:36:05 -0400

Privileged documents mistakenly emailed to reporter reveal secret internal investigations

Jones Day wins role as Imagination agrees £550m sale to China-backed fund

Rose Walker, staff — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 05:56:26 -0400

Clifford Chance is also advising Imagination on the ongoing patent dispute with Apple

Womble Bond's leadership team on forging a ‘new breed of transatlantic law firm’

James Booth, staff — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 05:10:56 -0400

IP expansion, sector strategy and transatlantic referral incentives all on the agenda ahead of Womble Bond launch this November

Clifford Chance and Ropes & Gray act as Unilever buys Korean cosmetics maker for $2.7bn

Anna Zhang, contributor — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 04:41:07 -0400

The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant is buying Seoul-based cosmetics maker Carver Korea

Slaughters and Linklaters advise on €15bn Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp joint venture

Alex Berry, staff — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:12:44 -0400

Magic circle firms lead on deal creating Europe's second-largest steel group

Travers Smith and Taylor Wessing advise as Zoopla owner seals £140m money.co.uk deal

Joseph Evans, staff — Fri, 8 Sep 2017 05:06:42 -0400

UK firms win roles as Zoopla owner snaps up price comparison website

Freshfields and Mishcon advise as Japan insurer agrees to sell British unit for $952m

Joseph Evans, staff — Mon, 4 Sep 2017 06:21:03 -0400

Firms win key roles as Sompo Holdings sells Canopius to private equity

Charles Russell Speechlys helps seal £35m Oxlade-Chamberlain deal as transfer window closes

Joseph Evans, staff — Fri, 1 Sep 2017 08:13:56 -0400

Firm advises on Arsenal midfielder's Liverpool move in one of a flurry of late transfers during record-breaking window

DLA Piper wins lead role as Co-op closes in on acquisition of retail rival Nisa

Alex Berry, staff — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 07:47:06 -0400

DLA is working on the potential tie-up opposite Co-op's in-house legal team

BLP City capital markets duo exit for Pinsent Masons

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 05:18:13 -0400

The departures leave BLP with 16 M&A partners in London.

MoFo and Skadden advise as SoftBank invests $4.4bn into WeWork

Joseph Evans, staff — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 07:09:03 -0400

MoFo wins role having recently advised SoftBank on its £24bn purchase of UK smartphone chip designer ARM

Macfarlanes and Linklaters call the shots on takeover of vodka bar chain Revolution

James Booth, staff — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 07:14:22 -0400

Norton Rose Fulbright also advising on £100m takeover bid for Revolution Bars Group

Law firms score big on Premier League deals as top clubs set new spending records

Joseph Evans, staff — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 05:28:20 -0400

BLP and Fladgate among advisers in record-breaking summer for football transfers

UK litigation funder seals $20m investment deal with US boutique

Scott Flaherty, staff — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 07:36:13 -0400

Portfolio financing deal comes less than a month after litigation funder opened first US outpost

Allen & Overy scores key role on UK telecoms company's £6bn dual-track process

James Booth, staff — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:06:34 -0400

Magic circle firms among advisers for interested bidders as Arqiva mulls sale or listing

Latham and Addleshaws advise on Netflix's first ever acquisition

Rose Walker, staff — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 07:53:27 -0400

Online streaming platform buys comic book company behind Kick-Ass and Kingsman

Freshfields, Linklaters and Sullivan lead as Goldman Sachs sells final stake in £2bn Rothesay

James Booth, staff — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:18:31 -0400

Elite line-up of firms advise as consortium including Blackstone and GIC takes stake in insurer

Spanish, French and Brazilian firms advise on record-breaking £200m Neymar transfer to PSG

Joseph Evans, staff — Wed, 9 Aug 2017 07:25:48 -0400

Law firms line up to advise as Brazilian striker becomes most expensive player in football history

Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy advise as Allianz buys £500m stake in UK insurer LV=

Rose Walker, staff — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 06:23:44 -0400

German insurance giant signs joint venture deal with LV= to create the UK's third largest personal insurer

Linklaters and DLA among firms advising as Pret A Manger owner Bridgepoint buys Miller Homes

Joseph Evans, staff — Fri, 4 Aug 2017 05:20:16 -0400

Travers Smith and White & Case also take key roles on the £665m deal

Baker McKenzie signs deal with artificial intelligence provider for M&A contract review

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 3 Aug 2017 18:08:56 -0400

Firm to use AI technology in Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Vienna, Toronto and Chicago offices

Latham and Wachtell advise on $3.27bn acquisition of HS2 contractor by Jacobs Engineering

Alex Berry, staff — Thu, 3 Aug 2017 07:00:33 -0400

US firms take lead roles on engineering giant’s acquisition of CH2M

Freshfields and Linklaters lead on private equity sale of security fencing company

James Booth, staff — Thu, 3 Aug 2017 05:20:13 -0400

Magic circle firms advise on Carlyle's bid to acquire Praesidiad from CVC

KWM hires first European lateral partner since legacy UK firm collapse

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 07:47:43 -0400

KWM has hired a partner from Noerr and a counsel from Latham for its Frankfurt office

Cleary and Davis Polk win roles on $4.2bn sale of Reckitt Benckiser's food business

Joseph Evans, staff — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 05:22:37 -0400

Davis Polk wins second multi-billion mandate this year for Reckitt Benckiser on disposal of its food business

Slaughters and Linklaters lead on Centrica oil and gas joint venture

Joseph Evans, staff — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 04:26:41 -0400

Magic circle duo take top roles on combination of exploration and production businesses

Kirkland, CC and MoFo among advisers on $11.6bn take-private offer for warehousing giant GLP

Anna Zhang, staff — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:00:21 -0400

US duo lead on Chinese consortium's multibillion bid for Singapore-based logistics company

‘I don’t see myself ever leaving White & Case’ - Bagshaw on moving on from the Youle years

Anna Ward, contributor — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 11:14:58 -0400

White & Case's private equity chief on growth plans, reinvigorating the business and why he's in it for the long haul

Slaughters and Paul Hastings lead on China shipping giant's $6.3bn acquisition of Hong Kong rival

Anna Zhang, staff — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 05:54:37 -0400

Kirkland also among advisers on COSCO's takeover of Orient Overseas International

A&O and Skadden advise on £9bn sale of UK payment processor Worldpay to US rival

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 6 Jul 2017 05:42:35 -0400

A&O takes lead role for Worldpay on Vantiv takeover after advising on 2015 IPO

Kirkland tops half-year UK M&A rankings by value as deal volumes fall to four-year low

Anna Ward, contributor — Thu, 6 Jul 2017 05:15:12 -0400

US firms dominate UK M&A rankings in higher value but thinner deal market

Law firms look forward to 'Macron-economic' boost in France

Chris Johnson, staff — Tue, 4 Jul 2017 04:54:07 -0400

What will France's new political regime mean for top law firms in the market?

Chadbourne name disappears as Norton Rose merger goes live

Christine Simmons and Legal Week, contributor — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 08:25:26 -0400

Norton Rose seals second US merger as Chadbourne combination goes live

Youle seals first deal at Skadden as HgCapital takes lead in tech buyout

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:47:23 -0400

Freshfields, Linklaters, Latham, Ropes and Simpson Thacher join Skadden on buyout of Norwegian software company

Magic circle quartet take roles on Co-op Bank’s £700m rescue deal

Rose Walker, staff — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:30:33 -0400

Paul Hastings also advising as bank agrees rescue package after attempts to find buyer fail

Raft of firms advise as Pallinghurst edges ahead in the race for Faberge owner Gemfields

James Booth, staff — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:54:58 -0400

Magic circle, US and offshore firms among legal line-up in race to acquire London-listed gem miner