News About Linklaters

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

24 Nov 2023

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

21 Nov 2023

High Court finds for telecoms companies in Phones4U litigation

Hogan Lovells, Covington, Clifford Chance, Mishcon and Linklaters secure wins in blockbuster competition case

14 Nov 2023

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

13 Nov 2023

Linklaters secures Addleshaws’ competition head in London

Bruce Kilpatrick to rejoin Magic Circle firm’s leading antitrust practice after 16 years at AG

13 Oct 2023

Linklaters, Herbert Smith Freehills called in for Metro Bank rescue

Deal sees HSF client Spaldy Investments become embattled high street bank’s majority shareholder

9 Oct 2023

Linklaters to cut lawyers in China due to ‘prolonged downturn’

All three offices impacted; firm underlines commitment to China market

19 Sep 2023

Paul Weiss unveils 13-partner transatlantic team after swoop on rival Kirkland

Team includes one partner from Linklaters as Wall Street firm also commits to new LA arm

11 Sep 2023

Clifford Chance hires ‘one of Asia’s top M&A lawyers’ from Linklaters in Hong Kong

Alex Bidlake joins as a partner after more than 15 years at Magic Circle rival

24 Aug 2023

Gibson Dunn hires nine-lawyer projects and infrastructure team from Linklaters in Paris

Energy hiring spree continues at US firm with group led by partner Darko Adamovic

18 Jul 2023

Linklaters, Allen & Overy among firms collaborating in major new social mobility initiative

Scheme led by City of London Law Society aims to significantly grow number of solicitor apprentices from diverse backgrounds

16 Jun 2023

Slaughters and Linklaters dial in for Vodafone and Three’s £15bn UK merger 

Slaughters acts for Vodafone as Linklaters counsels Three UK and owner CK Hutchison in deal likely to face competition scrutiny 

14 Jun 2023

A 'new dawn' for European patent law as unified patent system takes effect from today

The Unified Patent Court has thrown open its doors in the most significant development in European patent law in decades, reports Maura O'Malley

1 Jun 2023

Linklaters adds litigation partner from Morgan Lewis to strengthen US team

Robin Nunn will be based in the Magic Circle firm’s New York and Washington DC offices

31 May 2023

Linklaters builds in Japan with corporate partner from Nishimura & Asahi

Hire of Yoshiyuki Asaoka follows magic circle firm adding Ashurst’s Tokyo M&A and Asia insurance sector lead last spring

22 May 2023

Linklaters, Allen & Overy and Cravath called in for Deutsche Börse’s €3.9bn SimCorp acquisition

Covington & Burling also acts on German stock exchange operator's biggest acquisition to date alongside Germany's Hengeler Mueller and Danish firms Plesner and Kromann Reumert

4 May 2023

Linklaters secures leveraged finance partner in London from Shearman & Sterling

International departures from Shearman mount as Rahul Chatterji heads to magic circle rival

31 Mar 2023

Linklaters meets gender diversity target for third consecutive year in latest promotion round

Magic circle firm elevates 41 to its partnership, with 17 women making the cut – just above its 40% goal

30 Mar 2023

Latham & Watkins secures antitrust partner in London from Linklaters

Leading merger control practitioner Simon Pritchard joins US firm after 10 years at magic circle rival

30 Mar 2023

Cleary secures Linklaters private equity partner to continue run of senior London lateral hires

Edward Aldred joins New York firm as fifth London partner lateral in last four months

24 Mar 2023