Corporate

Ashurst Perkins Coie launches with more than 950 partners across 52 global offices | 4mos

Longtime Hogan dealmaker Bill Curtin joins in Washington DC just days before his former firm combines with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft | 4mos

Volkswagen sells 51% stake in marine engine-maker Everllence to US private equity firm Bain Capital | 4mos

Launch makes Pérez-Llorca first Ibero-American law firm with a physical presence in the city | 4mos

Kirkland counsels Ireland’s CRH with Gibson Dunn and Baker Botts across the table in deal that will expand its exposure to US infrastructure ​demand | 4mos

Hire of Richard Offord follows trio of tech-focused M&A partners joining from Morrison Foerster in May | 4mos

Partner Daniel Möritz joins in Munich, continuing Freshfields’ hires and internal promotions in Germany after four senior PE partners defected to Latham & Watkins late last year | 4mos

Simpson Thacher, Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Sweden’s Vinge also guide deal that sees another London-listed firm bought out by foreign ​bidders | 4mos

Pablo González Mosqueira will lead Madrid private equity team following predecessor’s departure for Gibson Dunn | 4mos

Weil, Mayer Brown, Paul Weiss, Greenberg Traurig, Sidley Austin and Fangda Partners advise on two separate Yum Brands disposals | 4mos

Weil guides Fox in deal that will create third-largest player in US television by viewer share | 4mos

Tie-up with 17-partner corporate firm Florent continues AG’s Europe and Middle East expansion drive | 4mos

Combination of Ohio-based Dana with Eaton’s mobility business promises to create a more comprehensive supplier serving commercial- and light-vehicle markets | 5mos

Grine Lahreche to lead new transatlantic firm’s 19-partner Paris arm as Patrick Ledoux joins from Gibson Dunn | 5mos

Davis Polk and Slaughter and May advise GSK as Ropes & Gray counsels target Nuvalent | 5mos

Corporate legal leaders from Sony, Coursera, Hitachi, ITOCHU and Standard Industries say listening skills and judgement will drive success as legal departments confront geopolitical volatility, AI disruption and changing expectations | 5mos

Linklaters acts for Tate & Lyle as Hogan Lovells counsels US-based Ingredion in deal that represents another loss for London stock market | 5mos

M&A specialists from across the world gathered in New York earlier this month for the IBA’s 23rd annual Global Mergers and Acquisitions Conference | 4mos

Arrival of Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist comes hard on the heels of Kirkland’s Tokyo launch | 5mos