Cleary acts for Synopsys as Skadden and Goodwin counsel Ansys in cash-and-stock deal that could attract regulatory scrutiny | 2yrs
Corporate
Top M&A firms instructed on latest multibillion-dollar energy industry deal, with Wachtell Lipton also called in | 2yrs
Freshfields and Covington also advise on deal highlighting increased appetite for big ticket deals after slump in 2023 | 2yrs
Akin’s US PE and M&A head David D’Urso joins alongside Elazar Guttman | 2yrs
UK firm hails 'transformational step' in US growth strategy as rainmaker George Casey joins as global co-chair of corporate alongside five more lawyers | 2yrs
M&A rankings leader Kirkland advises target Callon as energy sector consolidation continues apace | 2yrs
Taurie Zeitzer joins to co-head PE industry group having co-chaired Paul Weiss’s M&A practice | 2yrs
Scott Campbell resumes leadership role following Jonathan Fried’s return to full-time practice | 2yrs
Deal value fell 17% in 2023 to $2.9trn with volume down 6% to 55,200 | 2yrs
Akin’s round sees women again dominate as K&L Gates’ shrinks from last year’s 40-strong cohort | 2yrs
Energy specialist Sarah McLean joins ahead of Shearman’s merger with Allen & Overy | 2yrs
Pierson Ferdinand among largest law firm debuts in US history | 2yrs
Simon Fraser will be based in Abu Dhabi; senior associate also moves across, as a partner | 2yrs
CC’s London private equity head joins alongside finance specialist just a few months after Paul Weiss’s eight-partner raid on Kirkland | 2yrs
Milbank and Wachtell advise US Steel as Ropes & Gray counsels Japan’s Nippon Steel on its biggest acquisistion to date | 2yrs
Cohort comes close to achieving gender parity, with 14 women getting the nod | 2yrs
Canada and US arms account for lion’s share of promotions with seven made up in London | 2yrs
Senior lawyer who led Kirkland’s private equity push will develop Irish firm’s private capital work | 2yrs
Three current and former energy-focused partners join with their teams in Warsaw | 2yrs
Six partners and their teams join from firms including Portugal’s RRP Advogados as Spanish heavyweight continues international expansion | 2yrs