Weil Gotshal & Manges’ London office looks set to bag the work advising Yell on its planned flotation – which has been pencilled in for later this year.

If the deal does go ahead with Weil Gotshal as Yell’s legal adviser it would be a major fillip to the firm’s London practice, headed by Mike Francies.
A successful float could catapult BT’s former telephone directory and internet business straight into the Ftse 100.