News About Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan & Cromwell eyes artificial intelligence growth with new practice launch

New AI practice will be co-led by partners Nader Mousavi, Mehdi Ansari and Presley Warner

10 May 2024

Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell guide Capital One’s $35bn Discover acquisition

Biggest global M&A deal since start of 2024 continues rebound in megadeals following fallow 2023

20 Feb 2024

Standard Chartered’s GC Okoro sets up diversity taskforce with quartet of legal advisers

A&O, Eversheds Sutherland, Simmons and Sullivan will join bank in seeking ways of “improving opportunities for minority talent”

15 Dec 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell hangs on to number one spot in global M&A legal advisor rankings

US firm topped ranking by deal value, narrowly ahead of Kirkland & Ellis and Davis Polk & Wardwell, according to Refinitiv

4 Oct 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss advise on Roark Capital’s acquisition of Subway

Deal could value US fast food chain at about $9.55bn subject to financial performance, according to reports

31 Aug 2023

‘Robot wars’ ceasefire as AutoStore agrees to pay Ocado $250m

Success for Ocado’s global litigation strategy advisers Powell Gilbert as agreement reached over robotic technology patent dispute

25 Jul 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell adds former USPTO head and federal circuit judge

Andrei Iancu and Kathleen O’Malley join from Irell & Manella to bolster US firm’s patent practice in Los Angeles and Washington DC

11 Jul 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell tops M&A rankings in H1 as deal making tumbles to three-year low

First half deal value is lowest since 2020 but activity picked up 33% in Q2 compared to Q1, according to Refinitiv

7 Jul 2023

S&C, Cleary, Ropes & Gray and Hengeler line up for $4.25bn Baxter Biopharma Solutions sale

Deal sees Advent and Warburg Pincus turn to longstanding advisers as they unveil standalone services business

9 May 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell tops M&A rankings in Q1 as deal making tumbles to decade low

First quarter deal value is lowest since 2013 and slowest quarter since the start of the pandemic, according to Refinitiv

6 Apr 2023

Cleary Gottlieb, Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields among firms called in for UBS’ landmark Credit Suisse rescue

Deal to shore up banking system also sees Quinn Emanuel assemble team of lawyers to advise disgruntled bondholders

20 Mar 2023

Wachtell and Sullivan & Cromwell called in for Pfizer’s blockbuster $43bn Seagen acquisition

Wachtell advises longtime client Pfizer as M&A chart topper Sullivan acts for cancer drug-maker Seagen

13 Mar 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell adds PE star from Allen & Overy in rare London partner hire

Karan Dinamani joins elite US firm’s European PE and M&A teams after almost a decade at A&O

9 Mar 2023

Trio of Wall Street law firms fired up for BDT Capital’s $3.7bn Weber take-private deal

Cravath acts for BDT Capital as teams from Davis Polk and Sullivan & Cromwell advise Weber

14 Dec 2022

Sullivan & Cromwell and Goodwin Procter top global M&A deal rankings as market continues to slow

Sullivan leads on value, Goodwin on volume as global activity sees largest year-on-year percentage decline since 2009

6 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

Jones Day, Sullivan & Cromwell advise Bayer on 'landmark' arbitration ruling against BASF

ICC arbitration centred on M&A dispute involving assets Bayer had sold to BASF

17 Aug 2022

Sullivan & Cromwell tops global M&A H1 ranking as deal activity slows

Simpson Thacher and Skadden complete the top three by deal value, according to Refinitiv

6 Jul 2022

Sullivan & Cromwell, Freshfields advise on €8.6bn Sitel and Majorel merger

Arendt & Medernach, Stibbe and Elvinger Hoss Prussen also advised on the deal

22 Jun 2022

Ropes & Gray and Sullivan & Cromwell advise on Pfizer's $11.6bn acquisition of migraine pill maker Biohaven

Deal marks Pfizer's largest acquisition since it bought cancer drug company Medivation for $14bn in 2016

10 May 2022