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Skadden, Linklaters tuck into EG Group’s sale of 218 restaurants to KFC
Deal sees KFC buy all of Skadden-repped EG’s UK and Ireland KFC businesses
Bar Council to commission review after reports of bullying and harassment grow
Barristers’ professional body for England and Wales commits to tackle ‘systemic issue’
Winston & Strawn to shutter Hong Kong office
Joint venture in the region will continue, firm says
Skadden secures London acquisition finance partner from Willkie
Sebastian FitzGerald joins Wall Street heavyweight after seven years at Willkie
Sidley hires Allen & Overy’s LA head to bolster energy practice
Andrea Lucan arrives just weeks after energy partner Greg Lavigne exited A&O for Sidley in New York
Willkie Farr hires Latham partner in London to co-chair European restructuring group
Simon Baskerville joins as Willkie moves to capitalise on expected uptick in restructuring work
O’Melveny and Wilson Sonsini check in for Alaska Air’s $1.9bn acquisition of Hawaiian
O’Melveny advises Alaska as Wilson Sonsini reps Hawaiian in deal likely to attract regulatory scrutiny
Boies Schiller Flexner opens in Rome with five-strong team
New York litigation heavyweight’s second Italian branch will target commerical litigation and ESG-related work
Loeb & Loeb names corporate co-leaders as new co-chairs
Mitchell Nussbaum and Arash Khalili to succeed firm chair Kenneth Florin in February
Gowling WLG grows in Germany with quartet of senior hires
Recruits join as partners from firms including Norton Rose Fulbright and DLA Piper to bolster recently-launched Frankfurt office
Raft of US firms raise associate pay to match Cravath scale
Paul Hastings, McDermott and Baker McKenzie among those falling in line after Cravath leapfrogged earlier raises at Milbank
Addleshaw Goddard elects Middle East and Asia head as new managing partner
Andrew Johnston to succeed John Joyce following latter’s decision to stand down early
Latham & Watkins adds private credit partner duo in London from Akin Gump
Fergus Wheeler and Paul Yin join banking practice after only 10 months at Akin
Nexa names new CEO amid wider leadership shuffle
Consultant lawyer platform also names new COO and hires chief marketing officer
Comic Relief names Diageo general counsel as new chair
Former Linklaters partner Tom Shropshire to step in on interim basis following Eric Salama’s early retirement
Garrigues names first woman senior partner, promotes 16 to partner
Labour and employment lawyer Rosa Zarza to succeed Javier Ybáñez at helm of leading Spanish firm in January
Slaughters seeks out generative AI-focused products for next incubator programme
Magic Circle firm opens applications for fourth round of its Collaborate initiative
Kirkland adds senior tax partner in London from Macfarlanes
Ceinwen Rees second tax lawyer to join Chicago giant in London this month as it restocks after raid by Paul Weiss
Freshfields and Skadden shepherd eBay-backed Adevinta’s €14bn take private
Wachtell, Clifford Chance and Cleary also among firms called in for one of Europe’s biggest buyouts this year
Trowers set to cut further 25 jobs amid ‘continued slowdown’
UK law firm launches fresh round of job cuts in real estate team after axing 18 lawyer roles last month