Brian Baxter

April 17, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Milwaukee-based Am Law 200 firms and Paul Weiss advise on the record-setting sale of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

April 16, 2014 | Law.com

After a big first quarter for U.S. M&A, increased transactional work out of Europe could be a boon for some top firms on the continent.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

April 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Two prominent hedge fund partners and a privacy practice cochair have left Bingham McCutchen.

By Brian Baxter

7 minute read

April 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The firms grab roles on private equity shop Ardian's $1.8 billion sale of the Diana Group to Germany's Symrise.

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

April 14, 2014 | Law.com

Dentons, White & Case, Linklaters and Clifford Chance are advising on the sale of Peru's Las Bambas mining project.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

April 14, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The firm is advising Blackstone on its Ipreo Holdings buy and Madison Dearborn on its sale of Nuveen Investments.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

April 11, 2014 | The American Lawyer

With Passover approaching, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy grabbed seats at the table as The Manischewitz Company—one of the few remaining matzo makers in the U.S.—saw its ownership transfer from one privately held entity to another.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

April 10, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Three years after first filing to go public in a bid to repay a $17.2 billion federal government bailout, Ally Financial, the former finance arm of auto giant General Motors, raised nearly $2.4 billion in an IPO Thursday that sees principal investor the U.S. Treasury Department slash its stake in the company. Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Sullivan & Cromwell are advising on the offering, the latest to hit surging U.S. capital markets in recent weeks.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

April 09, 2014 | Law.com

Global 100 legal giant Dentons is the latest international firm to bet on Africa's growing economic power, announcing Wednesday its opening of new offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg by joining forces with South African alliance firm KapdiTwala and revealing plans to launch another outpost in Francophone Africa later this year.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

April 08, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Am Law Daily's periodic tabulation of notable fees earned—or owed—to Am Law 200 firms on a variety of engagements starts off with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, which is reaping the benefits from its work in New Jersey's Bridgegate scandal. The firm is also representing the Garden State in a sports gambling case and counseling the American Foundation for Equal Rights in a high-profile gay marriage fight in California. And that's not even including what the firm is seeking for advising energy giant Chevron.

By Brian Baxter

11 minute read