Deals & Transactions

Relates to mergers between law firms and big deals law firms handle for clients, including financing of those deals.

International Edition

NFL Tackles New Markets with Baker McKenzie

By Alex D'Elia | February 29, 2024

The National Football League is continuing its global push with first-ever regular season games in Spain and South America, quarterbacked by lawyers in the Baker McKenzie network.

3 minute read

International Edition

Six Firms Engaged to Advise on Disney's $8.5B Merger with India's Reliance

By Jessica Seah | February 28, 2024

Covington last year brought on one of Disney's legal team veterans as senior counsel in New York.

3 minute read
International Edition

HSF, Corrs Advise on $3B Building Materials Takeover

By Christopher Niesche | February 28, 2024

France's Saint-Gobain pushes into Australian market.

2 minute read

International Edition

KWM, HSF Advise on $1.4B Australian Project Stake Sale to Japan's JERA

By Christopher Niesche | February 28, 2024

KWM is advising Woodside while HSF is acting for JERA

2 minute read
International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard, HSF Called In For £275m BT Tower Deal

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | February 23, 2024

The iconic Fitzrovia tower is set to be turned into a hotel.

2 minute read
International Edition

Shearman Lateral Hire Rides Latin America Capital Markets Wave

By Amy Guthrie | February 22, 2024

Facing depleted ranks, Shearman & Sterling's storied Latin America practice convinced a former counsel to return—and business is booming.

3 minute read
International Edition

Simpson Thacher Advises on CVC's Latest $6.8B Asia Fund Raising

By Jessica Seah | February 22, 2024

In 2020, Simpson Thacher and offshore firm Mourant advised CVC on the formation of Asia V, which closed at $4.5 billion.

2 minute read
International Edition

US Firms Benefit as Latin America Capital Markets Activity Roars Back

By Amy Guthrie | February 21, 2024

Cleary Gottlieb, Davis Polk, Shearman and Simpson Thacher are among the firms busy advising the region's state and corporate issuers as market conditions welcome debt and even some equity offerings.

4 minute read
International Edition

Gibson Dunn, DLA Lead on Takeover of Production Company Behind 'The Traitors'

By Charlotte Johnstone | February 20, 2024

The sale will see RedBird own the production company responsible for the likes of Fleabag, The Traitors and Gogglebox.

2 minute read
International Edition

Gabon Takes Over Oil Business, Overrides $1.3B Agreement With French Energy Company

By Alfred Olufemi | February 20, 2024

Lawyers on the deal said the Central African country was within its rights to take over the oil company despite the previous agreement.

3 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Focused on Long-Term Profit Growth, Blank Rome Sees Strong 2023

By Amanda O'Brien | February 29, 2024

This is the fifth consecutive year in which net income growth surpassed 8.5%, coinciding with the course of the firm's five-year strategic plan.

6 minute read
Daily Business Review

Fox Rothschild Opens Third Florida Office in 'High Growth' Sarasota

By Amanda O'Brien | February 27, 2024

Robert Stroud, who will chair the firm's health care transactions practice, arrives from Southwest Florida's Blalock Walters.

4 minute read
International Edition

Shearman Lateral Hire Rides Latin America Capital Markets Wave

By Amy Guthrie | February 22, 2024

Facing depleted ranks, Shearman & Sterling's storied Latin America practice convinced a former counsel to return—and business is booming.

3 minute read
International Edition

US Firms Benefit as Latin America Capital Markets Activity Roars Back

By Amy Guthrie | February 21, 2024

Cleary Gottlieb, Davis Polk, Shearman and Simpson Thacher are among the firms busy advising the region's state and corporate issuers as market conditions welcome debt and even some equity offerings.

4 minute read
The American Lawyer

Deals Are Back. But Don't Get Too Excited

By Lisa Shuchman | February 20, 2024

Firms with large transactional practices may see the recent rush of deals as the sign they've been waiting for. The Global Lawyer suggests they may want to curb their enthusiasm.

8 minute read
Law.com

Deals Are Back. But Don't Get Too Excited

By Lisa Shuchman | February 18, 2024

Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and other law firms with large transactional practices may see the recent rush of deals as the sign they've been waiting for. The Global Lawyer suggests they may want to curb their enthusiasm.

9 minute read
The American Lawyer

Latham Blocks Hong Kong Lawyers' Access to Foreign Files, Is It Making the Right Call?

By Jessica Seah | February 16, 2024

'If they had consulted the lawyers here, they would have gotten opposition,' says one insider, while rivals believe the firm risks being ostracized by Chinese companies.

7 minute read
The American Lawyer

Proskauer Snags 2 Milbank Attorneys to Expand Finance Practice

By Patrick Smith | February 15, 2024

Eric Reimer cited market changes that he said made Proskauer a better fit for his practice. "I do a lot of bankruptcy financing and restructuring, and I see the market moving away from bankruptcy and to balance sheet adjustment."

3 minute read
Texas Lawyer

Paul Hastings, Seeking More Market Share in Texas, Lures Akin Trio

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 12, 2024

The hiring comes after an estimated 9% growth in revenue in 2023, according to the firm chair.

3 minute read
Daily Business Review

How Holland & Knight Managed to Keep its Transactional Lawyers Busy During a Slow 2023

By Alexander Lugo | February 9, 2024

While others jumped on trends that tend to provide exuberant highs during good times but extreme lows during slower periods, the firm stuck to its guns in more traditional spaces, helping boost its corporate practice last year.

4 minute read

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