Alison Preiss adds to a growing number of previously rare Wachtell departures over the past year | 9mos
Corporate
Law firm accumulator adds Wigge and Bokwall Rislund to its Swedish roster | 9mos
Armando Albarrán will help expand Gibson Dunn’s transactional platform in Europe | 9mos
UK firm hires Florian Sippel and promotes three to partner just weeks after four senior private equity partners defected to Latham & Watkins | 10mos
Weil guides Glencore as A&O Shearman acts for Rio Tinto in what could be largest-ever M&A deal | 10mos
DLA Piper advises firm behind Truth Social platform in merger with Baker Botts-repped TAE Technologies | 10mos
Global chair Barbara Becker is set to travel to London for an extended stay early next year | 10mos
Deals lawyer Aprajita Dhundia makes the move alongside transactional tax expert Ian Ferreira | 10mos
Corporate-focused round sees promotions across Spain, Mexico and Colombia as corporate partner José Luis Romeu named successor to longtime London head Álvaro Ramírez de Haro | 10mos
Possible tie-up could see Taylor Wessing’s UK arm leave firm’s European Verein to create firm with revenue of $1.6bn | 11mos
Move follows two firms severing formal ties in 2023 over concerns about Chinese regulations | 11mos
Defecting team includes Freshfields’ former continental Europe managing partner, Markus Paul | 11mos
Cahill and Cleary also score roles advising in bid intended to beat out rival Netflix | 11mos
New Abu Dhabi office will be led by private client partner James Brockhurst | 11mos
Skadden acts for Netflix in blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros’ TV, film studios and streaming division, with Wachtell and Debevoise across the table | 11mos
Sidley’s leveraged finance co-head Nicholas Schwartz among those moving over | 11mos
Walid Salib joins as Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds help push deal volumes past $3trn in first three quarters | 11mos
Incoming group includes private client partner Gerritt Ponath and M&A lawyer Detlef Koch | 11mos
Round dominated by New York firm’s 600-lawyer corporate practice as 57 also made up to counsel | 11mos
Team includes NRF’s German corporate, M&A and securities practice group head Michael Prüssner | 11mos