Meghan Tribe

November 02, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Canadian franchise law is relatively young, and still evolving.

By Meghan Tribe

3 minute read

October 31, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Willkie Farr, Wachtell, Paul Weiss, Jones Walker, Latham and Cleary Gottlieb are advising on CenturyLink's $34 billion cash-and-stock buy of Level 3 Communications. The deal will create a combined business communications provider designed to better compete with market leaders AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.

By Meghan Tribe

26 minute read

October 31, 2016 | FC&S Insurance

Damon Vocke, a former president and general counsel at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reinsurance subsidiary General Re Corp., announced Wednesday that…

By Meghan Tribe

4 minute read

October 30, 2016 | The American Lawyer

A look at the big firms behind the latest billion-dollars deals announced within the past week, including AT&T's proposed $108.7 billion buy of Time Warner Inc. The mega-deal, which will likely receive a robust regulatory review, should be a boon to lobbyists for both companies.

By Brian Baxter and Meghan Tribe

128 minute read

October 26, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Damon Vocke, a former president and general counsel at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reinsurance subsidiary General Re Corp., said Wednesday that he would form his own boutique. Four other lawyers are joining Vocke as partners at his new firm, which will have offices in three cities.

By Meghan Tribe

30 minute read

October 23, 2016 | International Edition

US firms lead as telecoms giant acquires owner of CNN and HBO

By Brian Baxter and Meghan Tribe

3 minute read

October 23, 2016 | International Edition

US firms lead as telecoms giant acquires owner of CNN and HBO

By Brian Baxter and Meghan Tribe

3 minute read

October 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Christmas has come early to Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The firm is advising British American Tobacco on a $47 billion cash-and-stock bid for the remaining stake in cigarette giant Reynolds American it doesn't already own. Meanwhile, another longtime Cravath client, Time Warner Inc., has agreed on a $108.7 billion sale to AT&T.

By Brian Baxter and Meghan Tribe

74 minute read

October 19, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Two Cayman Islands-based funds controlled by Platinum Partners, a hedge fund caught up in a federal fraud probe, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday in Manhattan.

By Meghan Tribe

10 minute read

October 18, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Baker & McKenzie, which has had a presence in Switzerland for more than 50 years, has hired a 10-lawyer team from local firm Froriep to bolster its presence in the country's financial services center of Zurich.

By Meghan Tribe

80 minute read