News About Linklaters

Linklaters, White & Case and DLA Piper guide Porsche’s Bugatti sale

Linklaters counsels longtime client Porsche, White & Case advises Bugatti and its owner, while DLA Piper acts for acquiring consortium

24 Apr 2026

Linklaters promotes 37 to partner in round dominated by corporate and disputes

Women make up just over 40% of cohort, which edges up from 34 last year

31 Mar 2026

Magic Circle trio guide $4bn data centre acquisition

Slaughter and May and Linklaters advise CPP and Equinix in acquisition of Nordic data centre operater atNorth, as Clifford Chance counsels owner Partners Group

27 Feb 2026

Trio of City firms guide NatWest’s £2.7bn Evelyn Partners acquisition

Macfarlanes, Slaughter and May and Linklaters score roles in deal set to create one of UK’s biggest wealth management and private banking businesses

9 Feb 2026

Linklaters announces move to new global headquarters

Firm’s relocation to 20 Ropemaker Street in London to provide a modernised global hub for clients and staff with high level services

4 Feb 2026

Ropes & Gray expands in Paris with private funds and tax team from Linklaters

Incoming team include partners Edouard Chapellier and Jonathan Abensour

27 Jan 2026

Ex-Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce and Linklaters’ Paul Lewis recognised in New Year Honours

First woman of colour to lead society and Linklaters’ global managing partner among array of lawyers and judges to receive awards

30 Dec 2025

Ropes & Gray appoints ex-Meta exec as head of AI strategy

Gretchen Greene appointed chief of artificial intelligence strategy to accelerate the firm’s use of the technology

12 Dec 2025

Linklaters advises on Unilever’s Magnum Ice Cream Company demerger

Spin off comes amid legal dispute between Magnum brand Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever

8 Dec 2025

Latham, Linklaters advise on Verisure’s €13.7bn record-breaking IPO

Latham says deal is the largest European private-equity backed listing on record

8 Oct 2025

Paul Hastings’ London co-chair exits for Linklaters

Mei Lian joins Linklaters’ corporate and structured lending practice in London

1 Aug 2025

Linklaters points to US growth as turnover climbs 11% to exceed £2.3bn

Record year for UK Magic Circle firm sees PEP hit £2.2m and pre-tax profit pass £1bn for the first time

22 Jul 2025

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

11 Jul 2025

A&O Shearman bolsters Italian leveraged finance team with Linklaters partner hire

Diego Esposito joins A&O Shearman in Milan after 17 years at Magic Circle rival

8 Jul 2025

CAT rules Visa and Mastercard interchange fees violated competition law

Victory for Scott + Scott in merchants’ challenge following earlier settlement by Stephenson Harwood-advised claimants

3 Jul 2025

Linklaters extends terms for leaders Comiskey and Lewis to 2029

Senior partner and managing partner’s terms extended with ‘overwhelming support’ following record financial results and strong US growth

26 Jun 2025

Linklaters appoints former Shearman co-head as first Americas chair

Rainmaker George Casey to oversee US strategy in new role having joined the firm from Shearman last year

4 Jun 2025

Linklaters, Paul Weiss and Sidley called in for Evri’s DHL merger to forge UK delivery giant

Linklaters counsels longtime client DHL as Paul Weiss and Sidley act for Evri

14 May 2025

Linklaters lines up A&O Shearman partner as public international law head

Matthew Hodgson joins Magic Circle rival after more than two decades at A&O

1 May 2025

Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue to headline at London International Disputes Week

Main conference at Queen Elizabeth II Centre will tackle topics ranging from AI to judicial innovation and professional ethics

8 Apr 2025