Corporate

UK and European firms characterise decision not to go ahead with proposed tie-up as mutual in joint statement | 3d

Ramona Nee, who was positioned to be Weil’s next leader, joins alongside five further partners ahead of firm’s winding down | 1w

Five make the grade in Cravath’s corporate department and six move up in the litigation practice | 1w

Zayd Alathari joins as a partner in BCLP’s corporate department | 1w

Four-partner team spanning corporate and M&A, private equity, restructuring and insolvency joins in Munich | 1w

Firm plans launches in Dallas and Houston next spring, as top Japanese law firms move to capitalise on the influx of Japanese investment into the US | 1w

Guide, edited by A&O Shearman partner Doreen Lilienfeld, explores how evolving governance requirements are creating risks and opportunities for multinational businesses | 1w

Former Osborne Clarke partner Matthew Bodfield joins to boost energy transition coverage | 1w

Wilson Sonsini guides Marvell in one of the tech industry’s largest deals, as Davis Polk acts for optical components maker Lumentum | 1w

Scott Gibson examines how the rise of highly paid private capital rainmakers has eroded partnership cohesion at elite law firms, leaving even the most profitable vulnerable to collapse | 2w

Kirkland guides Thrive on the transaction, while Cravath counsels ADT | 2w

Partners practising across M&A, restructuring and executive compensation bring Simpson Thacher’s Chicago partner count to 12 two months after office launch | 2w

Wilson Sonsini acts for Anthropic as Freshfields guides underwriters, with Orrick, Cleary and Cravath also involved | 2w

Private equity and M&A duo made up alongside tax and banking lawyers as part of 36-strong global cohort | 3w

De Brauw, Linklaters and Davis Polk guide Dutch molecular testing firm as Milbank takes the lead for Sweden’s EQT and Clifford Chance and Freshfields counsel co-investors | 3w

Partners Christopher Doyle and Marvin Goldstein join with two senior counsels in hire Blank Rome said boosted its offering in energy work | 3w

Wachtell and Covington & Burling guide Salesforce with Davis Polk across the table for Braze in deal that deepens software giant’s AI push | 3w

Centrefield, which counts Manchester United and Manchester City among its clients, said it would use the investment from Palatine to fund international expansion | 4w

Guide, edited by Cooley partner Caroline Hobson, examines the growing complexity of foreign investment screening regimes worldwide | 3w