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White & Case promotes 45 to partner as intake rises
Promotions spread across 20 of firm’s 43 global offices in largest cohort since 2022
King & Spalding launches in Sydney with five-partner team
US firm cites ‘extensive’ Australian relationships as it opens office focused on commerical litigation, energy and tech transactions and global workforce matters
Milbank adds Paul Hastings partner duo for European real estate finance launch
Miles Flynn and Rehan Hanif join as part of broader infrastructure push by Milbank in London
Trio of firms guide Carlyle’s €7.7bn acquisition of majority stake in BASF’s coating unit
Freshfields acts for Germany’s BASF as Milbank and Latham counsel Carlyle
HSF Kramer builds in Milan with hire of senior banking partner from BonelliErede
Emanuela Da Rin joins with four-strong team as BonelliErede announces hire of partner trio from rival Gatti Pavesi
Frost Brown Todd merges with New Jersey’s Gibbons in Northeast push
Tie-up brings FBT six new offices across Northeastern US, creates firm with 800 lawyers and $450m in revenue
Trio of firms guide Qualtrics’ $6.75bn healthcare tech firm acquisition
Goodwin Procter and Simpson Thacher counsel Silver Lake-backed Qualtrics as Latham & Watkins acts for target Press Ganey Forsta
Weil adds six PE lawyers in Germany from Latham & Watkins
Partners Sebastian Pauls and Susanne Decker join with four team members as Weil moves to build pan-European PE powerhouse
Pinsents boosts City corporate bench with Ashurst, HSF Kramer partners
New arrivals to head Pinsents’ equity capital markets practice and US securities practice
Latham tops global M&A rankings after strongest first nine months for dealmaking since 2021
Los Angeles-founded giant ahead of Wachtell and Skadden in second and third spot respectively
Morgan Lewis continues London hiring spree with Jenner & Block partner
Litigation specialist Christian Tuddenham is the sixth partner to join the US firm in London in the past year
Haynes Boone leads on landmark US-UK listing amid AI boom
Linklaters and Vinson & Elkins also score roles advising underwriters as energy REIT Fermi lists on the Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange
‘A lawyer of exceptional vision’: Clifford Chance mourns death of former managing partner
Eminent finance lawyer Michael Bray led Clifford Chance from 2000-2002, later joining Grimaldi
Greenberg Traurig adds Latham partner duo for Abu Dhabi debut
Firm opens 50th global office with financing and restructuring partner Christian Adams and M&A partner Chris Lester
Europe’s Schoenherr launches London outpost
Liaison office intended to support firm’s role as a bridge for cross-border business with CEE
Brown Rudnick litigation co-chairs launch New York boutique
Michael Bowe and Lauren Tabaksblat launch firm focused on impact litigation with team of 13
Wachtell, Kirkland lead on EA’s record $55bn deal to go private
Six law firms called in for video game maker’s acquisition by consortium that includes Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s PIF, the largest take-private investment in history
Trio of firms called in for Fortegra’s $1.65bn sale to South Korean insurer DB Insurance
Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin advise Fortegra as Latham & Watkins guides DB Insurance
Japan’s Mori Hamada debuts in London
Launch means all of Japan’s Big Four now have a presence in UK capital
Skadden, Paul Weiss lead on Citigroup’s $2.3bn sale of Banamex stake to Mexican billionaire
Mexican law roles handed to White & Case, Creel García-Cuéllar and Robles Miaja