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2018-09-27 11:07 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Freshfields corporate heavyweight leaves for leadership role at Fried Frank
2018-09-26 11:26 UTC by Rose Walker - Travers Smith, Cooley and Hogan Lovells advise as Apple acquires music app Shazam for $400m
2018-09-25 14:39 UTC by Rowan Bennett - 'New law' legal services provider UnitedLex sells majority stake to private equity giant
2018-09-21 05:00 UTC by Roy Strom - Magic circle duo take key roles on Marsh & McLennan's $5.6bn takeover of UK insurance firm JLT
2018-09-18 12:15 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Kirkland, Gowling WLG, Eversheds and CC on board as Network Rail seals £1.5bn property sale
2018-09-11 13:49 UTC by Hannah Roberts - African GCs face challenges as regulations in countries change 'on a daily basis'
2018-09-07 11:17 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Gibson Dunn and Milbank at the table as William Hill ties up with US gaming giant
2018-09-05 13:07 UTC by Krishnan Nair - CMS wins first-time mandate on sale of The Lion King producer Stage Entertainment
2018-09-04 12:20 UTC by Krishnan Nair - Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018 Transatlantic Law Firm of the Year: Kirkland & Ellis
2018-09-04 07:53 UTC by Legal Week - Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018 Transatlantic Independent Law Firm of the Year: Garrigues
2018-09-04 07:52 UTC by Legal Week - Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018 Transatlantic Law Firm Leader of the Year: Scott Simpson Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
2018-09-04 07:52 UTC by Legal Week - Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018 Transatlantic Dealmaker of the Year: Carsten Berrar Sullivan & Cromwell
2018-09-04 07:50 UTC by Legal Week - Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018 Transatlantic Private Equity Team of the Year: Kirkland & Ellis
2018-09-04 07:47 UTC by Legal Week - The Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018 - who won what, and why...
2018-09-04 07:34 UTC by Legal Week - Magic circle duo, Skadden and Ashurst lead on £3.9bn sale of Costa to Coca-Cola
2018-08-31 10:39 UTC by Hannah Roberts - CMS and Shoosmiths in charge as Battersea Power Station fills remaining space
2018-08-24 14:05 UTC by Krishnan Nair - Travers Smith and CMS in the driving seat on Auto Trader joint venture
2018-08-17 16:32 UTC by Joseph Evans - Dealmaker: Slaughters' Richard de Carle on saving Iceland's banks, eating smoked puffin and not taking yourself too seriously
2018-08-17 10:04 UTC by Legal Week - Latham takes second magic circle partner this week with Allen & Overy hire
2018-08-16 16:50 UTC by Rose Walker - Dickson Minto and Kirkland lead as Blackstone sells Black Jack and Fruit Salad maker for £100m
2018-08-15 10:08 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Latham continues City recruitment spree with hire of Clifford Chance infrastructure M&A head
2018-08-15 05:00 UTC by Rose Walker - Kirkland leads as DIY retailer Homebase confirms CVA plans putting 1,500 jobs at risk
2018-08-14 14:39 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Slaughters and Weil take lead roles on Bain's £1.2bn bid for insurer Esure
2018-08-14 10:13 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Slaughters and Centrefield net roles as Premier League teams spend £1.23bn in transfer window
2018-08-13 15:38 UTC by Krishnan Nair - RPC and Clifford Chance advising as House of Fraser bought by Mike Ashley for £90m
2018-08-10 10:53 UTC by Hannah Roberts - The rise of the accountants continues: why Riverview's Big Four takeover is a big deal
2018-08-09 05:00 UTC by Nicholas Bruch - Three top firms to take cut of £20m in fees for work on 21st Century Fox's £24.5bn Sky bid
2018-08-08 22:37 UTC by Krishnan Nair - US duo double down on GVC Holdings' $200m joint venture with MGM Resorts
2018-07-30 12:47 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Slaughter and May and OC lead as M&S launches new startup investment venture
2018-07-25 10:59 UTC by Krishnan Nair - Magic circle duo advise on Kuwaiti government's acquisition of North Sea gas business
2018-07-24 12:13 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Clifford Chance and HFW act as Greece offloads 535m stake in gas transmission operator
2018-07-24 11:54 UTC by Krishnan Nair - Global law firms' Africa push to be recognised at Legal Week's African Legal Awards
2018-07-20 12:42 UTC by Legal Week - Freshfields, Linklaters and Latham win roles on sale of Linde's Americas assets in latest merger offload
2018-07-17 15:15 UTC by Hannah Roberts - 'New law' leader UnitedLex targets UK law firm tie-up on back of major US deals
2018-07-13 14:21 UTC by Ben Wheway - Dealmaker: Baker McKenzie's Helen Bradley on being a deal junkie, snackable content and cake runs
2018-07-11 12:48 UTC by Legal Week - Eversheds Sutherland, Linklaters and Slaughters on board as Rolls-Royce sells marine arm for £500m
2018-07-06 15:10 UTC by Rose Walker - McDermott and Greenberg join legal line-up on Praxair-Linde mega-merger
2018-07-06 10:48 UTC by Hannah Roberts - DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie brush up for £300m dental practice sale
2018-07-06 09:28 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Freshfields tops European deal value rankings as activity levels plummet to five-year low
2018-07-05 12:21 UTC by Hannah Roberts and Krishnan Nair - Paul Hastings takes first role for new private equity client on back of DLA Piper City hire
2018-07-05 10:58 UTC by Rose Walker - Magic circle duo take lead roles on Tesco-Carrefour tie-up talks
2018-07-04 12:11 UTC by Hannah Roberts - CC, Mills & Reeve and Linklaters reprise roles as Cambridge Uni raises £600m with new bonds issue
2018-07-03 10:13 UTC by Hannah Roberts - HSF and CMS plug in for BP's acquisition of UK's biggest electric car charging network
2018-07-02 10:55 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Linklaters and Bakers on board for 1.2bn private equity sale of airport services company
2018-06-22 09:55 UTC by Krishnan Nair - The Middle East Legal Awards 2018 - who won what, and why...
2018-06-21 14:56 UTC by Legal Week - Clifford Chance and Weil lead as Apax nears $2bn sale of chemicals distributor
2018-06-20 11:24 UTC by Hannah Roberts - BCLP management duo step down from LOD board following private equity sale
2018-06-20 11:14 UTC by Joseph Evans - CC and HSF help seal £1bn sale of UBS London headquarters to Hong Kong property developer
2018-06-19 10:02 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Trio of magic circle firms lead on CYBG's £1.7bn Virgin Money takeover
2018-06-18 11:34 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Freshfields and King & Spalding advise on Equitable Life sale as policyholders see £1.8bn windfall
2018-06-18 10:29 UTC by Krishnan Nair - Clifford Chance and Hogan Lovells take top roles on ING and AXA 'bancassurance' tie-up
2018-06-18 09:26 UTC by Hannah Roberts - British Legal Awards 2018 launch with call for entries
2018-06-13 11:19 UTC by Legal Week - Eversheds Sutherland northwest UK private equity head quits to join DLA Piper
2018-06-12 10:45 UTC by Rose Walker - Magic circle firms among international legal line-up as Bayer seals $63bn Monsanto acquisition
2018-06-08 05:33 UTC by Krishnan Nair - Linklaters and Ashurst clean up on £1.5bn riverside energy deal
2018-06-07 13:21 UTC by Krishnan Nair - Norton Rose and Addleshaws lead as Aunt Bessie's is sold to Bird's Eye US owner
2018-06-05 11:55 UTC by Hannah Roberts - DLA Piper advising as Knights confirms plans to become fifth UK firm to float
2018-06-04 10:56 UTC by Rose Walker - Travers Smith and Locke Lord advise on Sir Martin Sorrell's new business venture
2018-06-01 10:58 UTC by Hannah Roberts - African Legal Awards 2018 entries welcomed from continent's top legal teams
2018-05-31 15:29 UTC by Legal Week - BCLP sells entire stake in LOD as flexible lawyer spinoff gets new majority shareholder
2018-05-30 08:09 UTC by Joseph Evans - Herbert Smith Freehills and Addleshaw Goddard lead on £1 Homebase sale
2018-05-25 12:07 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Paul Hastings set to ramp up City transactional practice after key DLA, Linklaters hires
2018-05-25 11:34 UTC by Rose Walker - White & Case and Weil lead on $2.3bn Sony acquisition
2018-05-24 14:14 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Linklaters corporate heavyweight Roger Barron exits for Paul Hastings
2018-05-24 09:45 UTC by Rose Walker - Freshfields and Latham among advisers on 7bn EQT-backed hearing aid company merger
2018-05-18 10:47 UTC by Hannah Roberts - Mishcon in Eddie Hearn's corner on $1bn transatlantic boxing broadcasting deal
2018-05-15 12:34 UTC by Joseph Evans - Dealmaker: Freshfields' Tim Wilmot on managing egos, getting towels for a client and his long-haired indie past
2018-05-14 10:14 UTC by Legal Week - Freshfields switches up corporate leadership with 30-year veteran Marchant set to step down
2018-05-11 12:18 UTC by Rose Walker - BCLP, Eversheds, Kirkland and Skadden line up for top prize at Transatlantic Legal Awards
2018-05-11 10:08 UTC by Legal Week - Slaughter and May advising Fulham owner Khan on £1bn Wembley bid
2018-05-11 05:34 UTC by Rose Walker - Hogan Lovells and Gibson Dunn among legal line-up on Walmart's $16bn India e-commerce purchase
2018-05-09 23:40 UTC by Xiumei Dong - Magic circle duo among firms on call as Vodafone seals 18.4bn Liberty Global Europe acquisition
2018-05-09 11:11 UTC by Rose Walker - Macfarlanes advises new real estate investment client on debut UK deal
2018-05-04 13:29 UTC by Rose Walker - Linklaters and CMS reprise lead roles as National Grid sells £1.2bn stake in gas distribution business
2018-05-03 11:01 UTC by Joseph Evans - Wachtell, MoFo and Cleary join 13-firm roster on $26bn Sprint, T-Mobile merger
2018-04-30 20:57 UTC by Miriam Rozen - Magic circle duo and Gibson Dunn check out roles on Asda-Sainsbury's merger
2018-04-30 08:24 UTC by Rose Walker - White & Case and CMS lead on UK tech company's £538m takeover by Goldman-backed consortium
2018-04-25 09:12 UTC by Anna Ward - Freshfields lines up alongside top US trio on $4.7bn gambling deal
2018-04-23 11:44 UTC by Rose Walker - Slaughters and Linklaters lead on Takeda's £43bn takeover battle for Shire
2018-04-23 10:48 UTC by Anna Ward - Top firms line up to be recognised for breaking new ground at Legal Week Innovation Awards
2018-04-18 11:26 UTC by Legal Week - Goodwin hires three Dechert partners as it targets European life sciences work
2018-04-16 16:01 UTC by Rose Walker - Bakers and Kirkland aboard for 950m private equity sale of European shipping operator
2018-04-12 05:16 UTC by Rose Walker - Linklaters, Travers and Taylor Wessing advise on private equity deal valuing UK tech firm at £1bn
2018-04-11 10:13 UTC by Rose Walker - Q1 M&A rankings see resurgence of UK firms as Freshfields rises up global tables
2018-04-05 12:34 UTC by Joseph Evans
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