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Pinsent Masons adds former CMA chair in board refresh
Marcus Bokkerink joins as external board member alongside AlixPartners Europe co-founder Pippa Wicks
Freshfields builds in Paris with four-lawyer M&A team hire from French boutique
Partner Benoit Marpeau joins from Peltier Juvigny Marpeau & Associés with a counsel and two associates
Kirkland, Slaughter and May guide Reckitt’s $4.8bn Essential Home sale to Advent
Kirkland acts for marquee client Advent as Slaughters counsels Reckitt in deal meant to help revamp its portfolio and sharpen focus on core brands
Simmons marks second Middle East launch in two months with Abu Dhabi move
UK-headquartered firm follows up Riyadh debut with planned launch in Abu Dhabi Global Market
Dentons’ UK, Ireland and Middle East revenue tops £300m after 9% growth
Global giant’s UKIME arm points to investment in high growth markets as topline hits record high
Willkie builds in Dallas with PE partner trio from Akin, A&O Shearman
PE-focused office has doubled partner headcount since opening 14 months ago
Cooley recruits Ashurst tech M&A co-head in London
Jonathan Cohen will support US firm’s venture capital offering in the UK
Taylor Wessing reports record revenue as UK PEP pushes past £1m
Anglo-German firm grows topline 10% to £526.2m as UK PEP hits £1.1m
Brodies reports 15th consecutive year of revenue growth as PEP hits £885k
Leading Scottish independent hands out firmwide bonus as turnover grows 11% to £126.7m
Linklaters recruits eight-lawyer restructuring team in Paris from top French boutique Darrois
Group led by partner François Kopf, who joins as global chair of restructuring and insolvency
Freshfields builds US M&A momentum with lead role on Merck’s $10bn Verona deal
US pharma giant turns to Freshfields as Latham counsels London-based Verona
Bird & Bird reports 6% revenue increase against flat PEP
UK-founded firm’s topline hits €672.6m in first year of five-year strategy
Former Sidley, Kirkland practice leaders join recently launched Alvarez & Marsal-linked firm in Hong Kong
Gordon Davidson and Fergus Saurin sign up with Broadfield alongside five more hires across Hong Kong and London
Law Society strikes deal with Italian National Bar in ‘post-Brexit breakthrough’
Memorandum of Understanding sees Italian Bar commit to pushing for introduction of ‘foreign legal consultant’ status in Italy
Epiq acquires top UK claims administration business Case Pilots
New York-based Epiq boosts leadership in class action administration in UK and Europe with latest acquisition
Trio of top M&A firms guide CoreWeave’s $9bn Core Scientific AI acquisition
David Polk and Kirkland & Ellis advise CoreWeave as Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz acts for Core Scientific in deal to meet AI power needs
Paul Weiss antitrust partner jumps to Paul Hastings in Washington DC
Joshua Soven served at the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission
HFW revenue climbs 8% to £270m against 3% dip in PEP
UK-headquartered firm clocks record year for revenue and profit in third year of sector-focused strategy
Quartet of firms guide Apollo-backed Athora’s £5.7bn takeover of UK pension insurer PIC
Sidley Austin and A&O Shearman advise Athora as HSF Kramer guides PIC and Slaughter and May advises PIC shareholders including CVC
Macfarlanes, Uría Menéndez line up opposite A&O Shearman to advise on Santander’s £2.7bn TSB acquisition
Top UK and Spanish independent firms guide seller Sabadell as A&O Shearman counsels buyer Santander