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March 05, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: SoftBank's Spending Spree Keeps Lawyers Busy

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. has continued its frenetic deal pace, brokering a $13 billion merger between satellite operators, investing $3 billion in office-sharing startup WeWork and taking part in a $500 million fundraising round by online lender Social Finance. Morrison & Foerster, a longtime legal adviser to SoftBank, is close behind.
70 minute read
February 28, 2017 | International Edition

The Asian Lawyer Announces Winners for 2017 Asia Legal Awards

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Korean firm Bae, Kim & Lee are among the top winners of the fourth annual celebration for the regions leading firms and individuals.
124 minute read
February 26, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Paul Weiss Picks Up Popeyes Takeover Work

A week after falling short on a $143 billion takeover bid for London-based Unilever plc, Scott Barshay and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison helped the "Home of the Whopper" add a new a resident from Louisiana.
73 minute read
February 24, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Big Deals

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February 20, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Deal Watch: Two Big Firms Advise on Scuttled Unilever-Kraft Heinz Merger

Linklaters and Paul Weiss landed lead roles on a since aborted $143 billion takeover bid for London-based Unilever plc by Pittsburgh-based Kraft Heinz Foods Co., a megamerger that would have united two of the world's largest food companies. Two ex-Freshfields partners also took top financial roles on the ill-fated transaction.
80 minute read
February 20, 2017 | International Edition

Five Am Law 100 Firms on $3.3B SoftBank-Fortress Deal

Weil, Kirkland, Skadden, Davis Polk and Paul Weiss advise as the Japanese technology investor buys the New York-based asset management firm.
25 minute read
February 16, 2017 | International Edition

Gunderson Launches Singapore Office

The Silicon Valley firm's second Asian office is run by three former Davis Polk lawyers, including two partners.
16 minute read
February 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Litigation Funder Bentham, Fortress Seek to Tap US Litigation Market

On the same day that Fortress Investment Group announced its $3.3 billion sale to Japan's SoftBank, a unit of the investment giant partnered with Australian litigation funder IMF Bentham on a U.S. litigation funding finance vehicle worth up to $200 million. The move comes two months after two rival litigation financiers agreed to merge.
28 minute read
February 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Deals, Restructuring Drive 'Best Year Ever' for Davis Polk

Davis Polk & Wardwell saw healthy growth in revenue and partner profits in 2016, despite capital markets headwinds and uncertainty in European and Asian markets.
19 minute read
February 11, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Four Firms Bag Roles on Big Baby Formula Buy

British consumer products giant Reckitt Benckiser Group plc has turned to Davis Polk & Wardwell and Linklaters to handle its $17.9 billion acquisition of Mead Johnson Nutrition. Kirkland & Ellis and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have also landed roles on the transaction, which is the largest in Reckitt's history.
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