News About Linklaters

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

Linklaters hires partner from Saudi firm for Riyadh office launch

Magic Circle UK firm secures third Middle East base and ends alliance as new licensing regime continues to shake up Saudi legal market

24 Mar 2023

Linklaters secures private equity ‘rising star’ in London from Travers Smith

Genna Marten exit sees top UK independent Travers lose another partner following spate of defections for US rivals

10 Mar 2023

Linklaters secures renewable energy partner duo in New York as it targets US energy transition work

Hires from White & Case and Troutman Pepper come as Inflation Reduction Act heralds clean energy investment boom

6 Mar 2023

Linklaters adds senior financial regulation partner in Singapore from Ashurst

Evan Lam’s arrival follows magic circle firm hiring partner from Morgan Lewis & Bockius last year to launch Singapore funds practice

16 Jan 2023

Paul Hastings secures Linklaters’ global infrastructure co-heads in London

Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson are the latest of a series of senior hires for the US firm in the City

13 Jan 2023

Raft of top firms called in as Royal Bank of Canada buys HSBC Canada in ‘once in a generation’ $13.5bn cash deal

Allen & Overy, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz among those acting for RBC as Linklaters advises HSBC’s Canada arm

30 Nov 2022

Linklaters targets US renewables market with senior partner hire from Sidley Austin

Ron I. Erlichman joins UK firm’s New York office to lead Americas energy and infrastructure team

14 Nov 2022

Linklaters, Latham, Orrick and Hengeler advise on €16bn Vodafone, GIP and KKR telecoms joint venture

Vodafone is expected to raise at least €3.2bn after selling part of its stake in German telecoms business Vantage Towers

10 Nov 2022

UK Magic Circle need ‘another yard of pace’ to compete with US rivals, ex-senior partner warns

Former Slaughter and May leader joins debate over future of London’s elite law firms

7 Nov 2022