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Kirkland, Gibson Dunn, Baker Botts guide building materials giant CRH’s $8.5bn Arcosa buy

Kirkland counsels Ireland’s CRH with Gibson Dunn and Baker Botts across the table in deal that will expand its exposure to US infrastructure ​demand

22 Jun 2026

Latham continues London tech transactions push with Travers partner hire

Hire of Richard Offord follows trio of tech-focused M&A partners joining from Morrison Foerster in May

22 Jun 2026

Freshfields continues Germany PE rebuild with senior Hengeler Mueller hire

Partner Daniel Möritz joins in Munich, continuing Freshfields’ hires and internal promotions in Germany after four senior PE partners defected to Latham & Watkins late last year

19 Jun 2026

Freshfields, Slaughters score lead roles on EQT’s £11bn Intertek takeover

Simpson Thacher, Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Sweden’s Vinge also guide deal that sees another London-listed firm bought out by foreign ​bidders

19 Jun 2026

Skadden hits Akin for investment management partners across Abu Dhabi, Washington DC

Incoming trio bring partner count in Abu Dhabi office Skadden opened last year to seven

18 Jun 2026

Raft of law firms score roles on Pizza Hut’s $2.7bn sale

Weil, Mayer Brown, Paul Weiss, Greenberg Traurig, Sidley Austin and Fangda Partners advise on two separate Yum Brands disposals

17 Jun 2026

Orrick adds four partners across US, UK as it continues structured finance buildout

Hires from Morrison Foerster, Mayer Brown and McDermott follow last year’s raid on Cadwalader for 37 CLO and asset backed lending lawyers

16 Jun 2026

Weil, Goodwin guide Fox’s $22bn Roku acquisition

Weil guides Fox in deal that will create third-largest player in US television by viewer share

16 Jun 2026

Addleshaw Goddard debuts in the Netherlands with local merger

Tie-up with 17-partner corporate firm Florent continues AG’s Europe and Middle East expansion drive

15 Jun 2026

King & Spalding hires heavyweight five-partner arbitration team from WilmerHale

Renowned practitioner Gary Born, WilmerHale’s global arbitration chair, joins with four more partners across London, Washington DC and New York

15 Jun 2026

Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Hogan Lovells guide $5.1bn auto parts deal

Combination of Ohio-based Dana with Eaton’s mobility business promises to create a more comprehensive supplier serving commercial- and light-vehicle markets

11 Jun 2026

Newly-formed Winston Taylor names first Paris head, hires Gibson Dunn PE partner

Grine Lahreche to lead new transatlantic firm’s 19-partner Paris arm as Patrick Ledoux joins from Gibson Dunn

11 Jun 2026

Trio of firms guide GSK’s $10.6bn US cancer drug maker buy

Davis Polk and Slaughter and May advise GSK as Ropes & Gray counsels target Nuvalent

10 Jun 2026

Kennedys tops £450m revenue as North America and APAC fuel growth

Insurance heavyweight ups revenue 9.1% as it eyes becoming a billion-dollar law firm by 2030

10 Jun 2026

Seyfarth launches in Miami with ex-Littler shareholder

Juan Carlos Varela joins as office managing partner and chair of Seyfarth’s Latin America practice alongside two other Venezuelan-American attorneys

9 Jun 2026

Linklaters, Hogan Lovells lead Ingredion’s £2.7bn Tate & Lyle buy

Linklaters acts for Tate & Lyle as Hogan Lovells counsels US-based Ingredion in deal that represents another loss for London stock market

8 Jun 2026

Quinn Emanuel stays ‘top of market’ with London associate pay hike

Litigation heavyweight hands out 5% salary increase to all London associates having matched Milbank’s new pay grades for its junior US lawyers earlier this week

5 Jun 2026

Mishcon rolls out extra bonus for top-performing associates

City firm introduces bonus boost with star performers able to earn up to 30% more than their base salary

4 Jun 2026

White & Case hires Freshfields M&A partner duo in Tokyo as it targets record deal market

Arrival of Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist comes hard on the heels of Kirkland’s Tokyo launch

4 Jun 2026

Milbank bumps associate salaries, signals new law firm pay race

McDermott Will & Schulte becomes first to match new pay scale, which hits $455k for eighth year associates

3 Jun 2026