News About Linklaters

Linklaters, Davis Polk lead on Rio Tinto’s $6.7bn Arcadium acquisition

Former Shearman & Sterling co-managing partner George Casey leads Linklaters team advising Rio Tinto

9 Oct 2024

Linklaters recruits veteran Paul Hastings partner in Washington DC

Jospeh Profaizer to co-lead Linklaters’ international arbitration practice

9 Oct 2024

Hogan Lovells bolsters capital markets practice with double partner hire from Linklaters

Íñigo Berrícano joins in Madrid and Alex Parkhouse joins in London

27 Sep 2024

Kirkland, Freshfields score leading roles on £5.4bn Hargreaves Lansdown sale

Latham and Linklaters also among raft of firms called in for investment platform's takeover by private equity consortium

9 Aug 2024

Linklaters advises UK fintech Revolut on banking licence approval

PRA grants Revolut licence that will allow it to compete on the same terms as traditional high street banks

26 Jul 2024

Linklaters adds capital markets quartet in Hong Kong from Clifford Chance, Sidley Austin

Hires follow Magic Circle firm downsizing China team last year

23 Jul 2024

Linklaters points to US revenue growth as turnover climbs 10% to hit £2.1bn

Performance comes in landmark year for UK Magic Circle as A&O Shearman merger beds down

9 Jul 2024

Baker McKenzie, Linklaters lead on Carlsberg’s £3.3bn Britvic acquisition

Bakers counsels Carlsberg in deal to help Danish brewer expand beyond beer

8 Jul 2024

Linklaters, Latham shepherd VW’s $5bn joint venture with Tesla rival Rivian

Linklaters acts for longtime client VW on proposed partnership that will see Rivian’s technology used in both companies’ electric vehicles

27 Jun 2024

Mastercard settles merchant group action in interchange fee litigation

Confidential settlement struck with more than 1,900 businesses

19 Jun 2024

Linklaters real estate team departs for Swedish independent

Former real estate transactions practice heads Magnus Lidman and Anna Eriksson take five associates to Gernandt & Danielsson

14 Jun 2024

Linklaters ups London NQ pay to £150k

Firm matches Magic Circle rival Freshfields but still lags market topping £180k at Gibson Dunn and Quinn Emanuel

17 May 2024

Gibson Dunn unveils hire of Linklaters’ former leveraged finance co-head in London

David Irvine joins US firm to co-lead global finance practice

16 Apr 2024

Linklaters promotes 27 to partner as gender diversity target on track for fourth year

Women make up just over 40% of cohort, though overall promotions fell compared to 2023

27 Mar 2024

Linklaters, Slaughters lead on Mondi’s £5bn DS Smith bid

Linklaters acts for Mondi in deal to create £10bn packaging giant as global M&A surges after 2023’s slump

11 Mar 2024

Paul Weiss raids Linklaters again in London for M&A partner

Dan Schuster-Woldan joins as head of European public M&A

1 Feb 2024

Shearman global co-managing partner takes six-strong M&A team to Linklaters in New York

UK firm hails 'transformational step' in US growth strategy as rainmaker George Casey joins as global co-chair of corporate alongside five more lawyers

8 Jan 2024

Ex-Linklaters Middle East head takes back reins from successor after a year

Scott Campbell resumes leadership role following Jonathan Fried’s return to full-time practice

4 Jan 2024

Paul Weiss unveils latest top-level London lateral: Linklaters’ ex-antitrust head

New York firm adds latest piece to jigsaw in drive to create elite UK law practice

20 Dec 2023

Reed Smith secures capital markets partner in London from Linklaters

Linklaters lifer Mark Drury one of three partners to leave Magic Circle firm in recent days

18 Dec 2023