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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

Linklaters appoints real estate lawyer as new Paris office managing partner

Françoise Maigrot will replace Bertrand Andriani at the start of next year

25 Oct 2022

Pierre-Emmanuel Perais: 'how a brand personalizes with technological features and processes is paramount'

Linklaters partner discusses his New York Summit panel, the importance of technology for brands, industry trends and working across cultures.

24 Oct 2022

Firms including DLA Piper, Linklaters back study into lack of black partners in the UK

'The 1% Study’ outlines steps law firms should take to boost number of senior black lawyers

20 Oct 2022

Linklaters unveils global diversity and inclusion billable credit scheme

Up to 100 hours of DE&I work to be recognised under policy pioneered in the US

10 Oct 2022

Linklaters and Slaughters add Hong Kong partners from US and Magic Circle rivals

Slaughters hires disputes partner from Debevoise as restructuring specialist Richard Woodworth joins Linklaters from Allen & Overy

3 Oct 2022

Host of top law firms advise on blockbuster Porsche IPO

Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Gleiss Lutz, White & Case and Sullivan & Cromwell included in line up

29 Sep 2022

Latham and Linklaters advise on £1.3bn US takeover of UK waste business Biffa

Transatlantic take private sees Los Angeles giant's client snap up FTSE 250 business

27 Sep 2022

Linklaters rehires M&A partner from Latham & Watkins in Spain to boost corporate practice

Former CNMV chairman Sebastián Albella returns for second spell at magic circle firm in Madrid

21 Sep 2022

Linklaters and Norton Rose steer Vistry Group acquisition of Countryside for £1.25bn

Linklaters acts for Vistry on combination with troubled rival housebuilder Countryside, advised by Norton Rose

6 Sep 2022

Linklaters trails key UK rivals in growth stakes as revenue rises 6.5% to £1.78bn

PEP grows 5.4% as firm achieves 'right combination of global coverage and high-quality cross practice expertise'

9 Aug 2022

Linklaters adds two structured finance partners from Alston & Bird in New York

Joseph Gambino and Peter Williams bring CLO expertise to the magic circle firm’s capital markets practice

14 Jul 2022