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The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Deals Flow as Institutional Lenders and Their Lawyers Look for a Bounceback in Capital Markets Revenue

S&P predicts "flat to 10% growth" in capital markets revenue for institutional lenders for 2024.
9 minute read

International Edition

DLA Piper Opens Office in Brazil to Tap Cross-border Work

The São Paulo office will be managed by a recent hire from Allen & Overy with support from Brazilian lawyers based in New York, as the firm courts more U.S.-Brazil cross-border deals.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Microsoft, Activision Blizzard Seek Chancery Approval of $69B Merger

The companies are seeking to end an ongoing, parallel case that an Activision shareholder, the Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden, has been pursuing since November 2022.
3 minute read

International Edition

Greenberg Traurig, Goodwin Act on Japanese Pharma's $2.4B American Acquisition

Greenberg Traurig advised ONO Pharmaceuticals while Goodwin Procter acted for Deciphera.
1 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters, Cuatrecasas, Davis Polk Lead on €2.9B Spanish IPO

In 2020, the Spanish fragrance and fashion company instructed Baker McKenzie in its acquisition of a majority stake in British skincare and makeup company Charlotte Tilbury.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Unanimously Grants Another Shareholder Win Over Pre-Vote Disclosure

The high court's decision is the latest to map out steps corporations need to take when handling a controller-involved transaction.
4 minute read

International Edition

Al Tamimi, Paul Hastings Advise Microsoft-G42 on $1.5B Deal in the UAE

Al Tamimi & Company and Paul Hastings have advised a $1.5 billion investment between big tech Microsoft and the Abu Dhabi-based Artificial Intelligence…
3 minute read

International Edition

Vietnam's Anti-Corruption Campaign Has Slowed Legal Approvals, Stymying Deal Flow

A more measured approach by investors and authorities has prompted longer due diligence processes.
6 minute read

International Edition

US PE Raids UK Plc: Kirkland, Latham in Charge Again as Thoma Bravo Agrees £4.3B Takeover of Darktrace

Its the latest example of Big Law-assisted US PE giants coming for UK listed businesses.
2 minute read

International Edition

Are Chinese Firms Sidelining Big Law on Hong Kong Listings Work?

The sole legal advisers to issuers on many Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPOs are Greater China-based law firms. Big Law can't compete with Chinese firms on fees and justify the low margins that come with the listings, which are much smaller than the billion-dollar deals they handled in the past.
4 minute read

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