Alex Newman
September 29, 2014 | International Edition
Skadden, A&O, Sidley and Hengeler grab roles on $17bn Merck acquisitionSkadden, Allen & Overy and Sidley Austin are among the firms acting on German pharmaceutical company Merck's $17bn (£10.5bn) acquisition of US laboratory supplies business Sigma-Aldrich.
By Alex Newman
2 minute read
September 29, 2014 | International Edition
Two more pre-merger Bingham exits take Akin Gump partner haul to 28Akin Gump has added a further two partners from Bingham McCutchen, taking its total haul from the Boston-based firm to 28 partners.
By Alex Newman
3 minute read
September 25, 2014 | International Edition
Vinson & Elkins joins DWF in the Walkie TalkieThe London office of Vinson & Elkins (V&E) has signed a lease to take a floor of the Walkie Talkie building at 20 Fenchurch Street, joining DWF as the building's second law firm tenant.
By Alex Newman
2 minute read
September 22, 2014 | International Edition
Morgan Lewis-Bingham deal edges nearer as four more partners exit for Akin GumpAkin Gump has hired four more Bingham McCutchen partners ahead of the latter's expected merger with Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
By Alex Newman
4 minute read
September 22, 2014 | International Edition
Willkie Farr launches City debt finance practice with fourth Kirkland & Ellis hireWillkie Farr & Gallagher has recruited its fourth partner from Kirkland & Ellis' City office in a year with the hire debt finance lawyer James Crooks.
By Alex Newman
2 minute read
September 22, 2014 | International Edition
Sullivan & Cromwell to expand City trainee programmeSullivan & Cromwell is to expand its trainee programme in London, a year after receiving its first intake.
By Alex Newman
2 minute read
September 17, 2014 | International Edition
The AA appoints former A&O lawyer as first GC following public listingThe AA has appointed former Allen & Overy lawyer Mark Millar as its general counsel and company secretary, three months after being floated on the London Stock Exchange.
By Alex Newman
2 minute read
September 17, 2014 | International Edition
"This was a high priority when I became chair": Akin Gump's chief on landing the Bingham London groupIn one fell swoop, Akin Gump this week radically transformed its City office from relative obscurity into a sizeable City player by taking on one of the largest ever teams of lateral partners. And from a mark-leading practice, no less.
By Alex Newman
4 minute read
September 17, 2014 | International Edition
Bulk of Bingham's London and Frankfurt offices exit for Akin GumpA 22-strong group of partners from Bingham McCutchen - comprising the majority of the firm's London and Frankfurt offices - is to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
By Alex Newman
4 minute read
September 17, 2014 | International Edition
Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and CMS called in as Phones 4U enters administrationClifford Chance (CC), Allen & Overy (A&O)and CMS Cameron McKenna are among the line-up of firms landing legal roles on the high profile collapse of Phones 4u and its subsidiaries.
By Alex Newman
2 minute read
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