Walid Salib joins as Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds help push deal volumes past $3trn in first three quarters | 7mos
Corporate
Incoming group includes private client partner Gerritt Ponath and M&A lawyer Detlef Koch | 7mos
Round dominated by New York firm’s 600-lawyer corporate practice as 57 also made up to counsel | 7mos
Team includes NRF’s German corporate, M&A and securities practice group head Michael Prüssner | 7mos
Latest intake is down from 39 in 2024 but overall promotions including counsel are 12% higher | 7mos
Seven London promotions boosts Willkie’s partner bench in the city by 25% | 7mos
Carey Olsen also acts in HICL Infrastructure’s £5.3bn merger with The Renewables Infrastructure Group | 7mos
Tie-up to create top 20 global law firm by revenue with more than 3,000 lawyers | 7mos
Parker Hannifin agrees to pay $9.25bn for the filtration tech innovator | 7mos
Dan Oates and Angela Becker to join Akin according to reports, following other senior defections from Ropes’ London PE team this year | 7mos
Sebastian Rice leaves Akin after 24 years for top legal role at Dubai-based telecoms multinational Veon | 7mos
Former A&O Shearman Riyadh co-lead to spearhead launch of six-lawyer office, the latest in a procession of Saudi openings by international law firms | 7mos
Nick Appleton is the latest partner to join Wall Street firm in London after a series of partner hires | 8mos
Report by Pirical confirms record number of appointments at global giant, which has broken with years of tradition by not announcing its new partners | 8mos
Under the leadership of three co-chairs, the firm will capitalise on growing demand in the health, science and luxury sectors | 8mos
Kirkland, Wachtell, Ropes and Sidley advise on largest medical devices deal in almost two decades | 8mos
Promotions spread across 20 of firm’s 43 global offices in largest cohort since 2022 | 8mos
Energy specialist Simon Tysoe joins after a decade at Latham | 8mos
US firm cites ‘extensive’ Australian relationships as it opens office focused on commerical litigation, energy and tech transactions and global workforce matters | 8mos
Freshfields acts for Germany’s BASF as Milbank and Latham counsel Carlyle | 8mos