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McDermott appoints former Lovells partner as new City chief

McDermott Will & Emery has appointed corporate veteran Hugh Nineham as the firm's new London office head. Nineham replaces Doron Ezickson, who has spent 18 months in the role after replacing David Dalgarno.
2 minute read

Legal Week

Commentary: (Here's hoping) things can only get better on the M&A front

M&A activity has picked in recent weeks but, as the latest statistics show, it couldn't have come off a much lower base, in Europe at least. The plain fact is that the third quarter M&A figures from Legal Week's exclusive data provider Mergermarket make for depressing reading...
16 minute read

International Edition

US trio win lead roles on £678m Eastern European telecoms deals

A trio of US firms have taken lead roles on a series of deals in Central and Eastern Europe which will give buyout house Mid Europa Partners a controlling stake in Hungarian telecoms company Invitel. Shearman & Sterling, White & Case and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett were instructed on the deals, which involved both debt and equity acquisitions and have been valued by Mergermarket at a total of £678m.
2 minute read

International Edition

Commentary: (Here's hoping) things can only get better on the M&A front

M&A activity has picked in recent weeks but, as the latest statistics show, it couldn't have come off a much lower base, in Europe at least. The plain fact is that the third quarter M&A figures from Legal Week's exclusive data provider Mergermarket make for depressing reading...
3 minute read

International Edition

Rivals back Hogan tie-up ahead of key meeting of Lovells executive

City partners have had a largely positive reaction to news that Lovells and Hogan & Hartson are in early stage talks about a transatlantic tie-up. Legal Week revealed last Thursday (8 October) that the pair are in initial merger discussions, with Lovells' management set to consider the proposed union at a meeting of its international executive later this month (28 October).
2 minute read

International Edition

Dundas partner duo quit for new roles at Greenberg and Kennedys

Dundas & Wilson has seen the departure of two partners from its London office. Corporate partner Ewan Robertson has been recruited by US firm Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) after spending seven years as a partner with the Scottish firm. His practice focuses on M&A, joint ventures and project-related matters in the energy, real estate and utilities sector.
2 minute read

International Edition

Lovells and Hogan & Hartson size up high-stakes transatlantic merger

Lovells and Hogan & Hartson are in the early stages of merger talks, Legal Week can reveal, with the firms' management teams currently assessing the case for a transformative union. Lovells is to discuss the proposed tie-up with the top 25 US law firm at a meeting of its international executive on 28 October. A deal would create a top 10 global practice in revenue terms.
3 minute read

International Edition

Links and Freshfields dominate Euro M&A but activity hits six-year low

Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have dominated the battered European M&A markets over the first three quarters of 2009. Research from Mergermarket exclusively provided to Legal Week shows Freshfields topping the European rankings by value after working on 105 deals worth $127.9bn (£80bn). Linklaters tops the volume rankings and comes second by value, with roles on 116 deals worth $111.4bn (£70bn) in Europe.
3 minute read

International Edition

Corporate partner Djanogly quits SJ Berwin to focus on political ambitions

SJ Berwin has lost longstanding corporate partner Jonathan Djanogly, who has left the top 20 firm to focus on his political career. Djanogly, who is the Conservative MP for Huntingdon and the shadow solicitor general, retired from the partnership in July and officially left the UK limited liability partnership (LLP) in August - making him one of six partners to leave the LLP in the last two months.
2 minute read

International Edition

Ashurst grows Abu Dhabi presence with corporate partner transfer

Ashurst has added a partner to its Abu Dhabi base with the relocation of City corporate specialist Nick Williamson. Williamson joined the top 10 UK firm's Middle East practice last month, becoming the third partner in Abu Dhabi alongside projects partner and office head David Wadham and real estate partner Matthew Hooton.
2 minute read

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