Keith Hallam joins from White & Case with experience in activism defence and shareholder-engagement matters alongside dealmaking
Freshfields and Wachtell lead for Uber as Sullivan & Cromwell guides Delivery Hero and Paul Weiss, Hengeler Mueller, Baker Botts and Gibson Dunn act for investment firm SSW
Emma Rachmaninov joins US firm as co-head of its European financial services and funds regulatory team
UK firm lets go of partners and downgrades others’ equity shares in growth push, according to the Financial Times
Freshfields advises ITV as HSF Kramer acts for Sky in deal set to reshape British TV landscape
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
Simpson Thacher, Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Sweden’s Vinge also guide deal that sees another London-listed firm bought out by foreign bidders
Pablo González Mosqueira will lead Madrid private equity team following predecessor’s departure for Gibson Dunn
Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement
Arrival of Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist comes hard on the heels of Kirkland’s Tokyo launch