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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
Linklaters adds Norton Rose Fulbright partner to launch global risk advisory practice
Jane Caskey joins in London just days after cybersecurity partner duo left NRF for Allen & Overy
Winston & Strawn appoints four partners to new senior leadership roles
London and US partners to work with chair elect Steve D’Amore in areas including talent retention and international expansion
HFW adds 20-strong team in Australia and China from MinterEllison
Five partners join with core team to bolster HFW’s corporate, projects and regulatory offering in the region
Slaughter and May ups NQ pay to £125k
Nine percent pay bump sees Slaughters match Magic Circle rivals
Mayer Brown makes up 42 to partnership in banking and finance-focused round
Proportion of women falls from more than half in 2022 to 47% this time
Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills steer Mars’ £534m Hotel Chocolat acquisition
Freshfields acts for longtime client Mars as HSF counsels AIM-listed Hotel Chocolat
Allen & Overy hires cybersecurity partner duo in London from Norton Rose Fulbright
NRF lifer Ffion Flockhart joins as global head of cybersecurity alongside partner Charlie Weston-Simons
CMS expands in Scandinavia through tie-up with top 10 Swedish firm
International firm adds 150-lawyer Wistrand to network two years after joining forces with Norway’s Kluge
Gibson Dunn opens in Riyadh with team from White & Case
US firm follows up Abu Dhabi launch earlier this year with Saudi Arabia move as it continues to grow rapidly in the Gulf
Paul Weiss adds O’Melveny partner to co-chair financial services group
Bank regulatory lawyer Jarryd Anderson joins in Washington DC and New York having also worked at Wells Fargo and TD Bank
Addleshaw Goddard adds energy team in Germany from EY law
UK firm continues European expansion push with hire of seven-strong team led by EY Law’s German energy practice head
Kirkland secures tax partner from Linklaters in London
James Morgan’s hire follows 12-partner raid on Kirkland by Paul Weiss that included two London tax partners
Harneys hires Walkers partner to lead expanded London litigation and insolvency offering
John O’Driscoll joins having led Walkers’ London insolvency and dispute resolution team
D’Agostino wins second term as Herbert Smith Freehills CEO
Hong Kong-based D’Agostino to begin second four-year term next May
Wachtell rings in new top leadership
Corporate lawyer Andrew Nussbaum and litigator William Savitt to succeed veteran chairs Edward Herlihy and Daniel Neff
Kirkland, Milbank and Covington shepherd Bain’s $5.3bn Guidehouse acquisition
Kirkland advises marquee client Bain as Milbank and Covington counsel Guidehouse and tech investor owner Veritas
Stewarts boosts tax disputes team with Eversheds partner hire
Giles Salmond joins specialist disputes firm having been Eversheds’ head of indirect taxes and tax disputes resolution
Travers Smith names new senior partner
Corporate M&A and ECM head Andrew Gillan to succeed acting senior partner Siân Keall in January