Deals

Kirkland, Mayer Brown act in Boeing’s $10.55bn sale of tech assets to Thoma Bravo

Kirkland counsels Thoma Bravo as Mayer Brown acts for Boeing in deal jet maker says will enable it to focus on core business

  • 3d

Simmons leads fashion e-retailer Zozo’s $154m acquisition of UK rival Lyst

CMS is advising global shopping platform Lyst on the deal, which will continue to operate as a standalone business

  • 1w

A&O Shearman, Weil, NRF advise on Ageas’ purchase of Bain-backed insurer esure

Deal valued at just under £1.3bn will create top three UK personal line insurance platform

  • 1w

Skadden, Wachtell called in for Versace’s $1.4bn sale to Prada Group

Skadden guides Prada as Wachtell counsels Versace owner Capri Holdings, which bought the Italian luxury stalwart for $2.15bn in 2018

  • 2w

Sullivan & Cromwell tops global M&A rankings after strongest start for deal-making in three years

New York firm comfortably ahead of Davis Polk & Wardwell and Freshfields in second and third spot respectively

  • 2w

Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss, NRF guide Woodside’s $5.7bn LNG asset stake sale to Stonepeak

Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss counsel infrastructure-focused PE firm Stonepeak as Norton Rose Fulbright acts for Australia’s Woodside

  • 2w

MoFo advises SoftBank on mega $40bn funding round in OpenAI

Largest venture-backed investment on record values ChatGPT-creator at $300bn

  • 3w

Paul Weiss, Wachtell lead on Rocket’s $9.4bn Mr Cooper acquisition

Paul Weiss guides online mortgage business Rocket on second major acquisition this year

  • 3w

HSF, Browne Jacobson advise on sale of WHSmith’s UK high street business

WHSmith offloading high street arm to Modella Capital to focus on travel retail business

  • 4w

Sidley, Weil lead on Clearlake’s $7.7bn deal to take Dun & Bradstreet private

Sidley guides longtime client Clearlake as Weil advises Dun & Bradstreet on deal that ends its second stint as a public company

  • 1mo

Cooley, Covington shepherd AstraZeneca's $1bn EsoBiotec acquisition

AstraZeneca boasts highest market capitalisation of FTSE 100, at $185bn

  • 1mo

Wachtell, Davis Polk lead $6.7bn merger of troubled drugmakers Mallinckrodt and Endo

Hogan Lovells, Paul Weiss and Ireland’s Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody also act in tie-up of drugmakers with shared history of opioid crisis lawsuits

  • 1mo

Paul Hastings, Weil called in for BlackRock’s $23bn Panama Ports deal

Paul Hastings advises seller CK Hutchison as Weil guides consortium led by BlackRock

  • 1mo

Latham, BCLP advise on Tapestry’s sale of luxury shoe brand Stuart Weitzman to Caleres

In a luxury shake-up, Tapestry divests high-end shoe company for $105m in cash to focus on Coach and Kate Spade brands

  • 2mos

Macfarlanes and Linklaters lead on Ferrari Group’s €785m IPO

Italian-based luxury logistics company sells 25% of founding family shares to fund transaction

  • 2mos

Travers Smith and Foley & Lardner among firms advising on Steve Madden’s Kurt Geiger acquisition

Steve Madden pays £289m in cash to acquire luxury UK brand Kurt Geiger from PE firm Cinven

  • 2mos

A&O Shearman, Slaughters shepherd American Axle’s £1.16bn acquisition of UK car parts group Dowlais

Cravath also called in for deal that continues exodus of companies from London Stock Exchange

  • 2mos

Arnold & Porter, Latham advise on Kim Kardashian-backed investment in 111SKIN

Reality TV star’s SKKY Partners makes minority investment in London-based luxury skincare company 111SKIN

  • 2mos

CMA’s problems ‘greater than one man’ - competition lawyers reflect on ousting of regulator's chair

UK government cites pro-growth agenda as Competition and Markets Authority chair Marcus Bokkerink resigns

  • 2mos

French firms Gide and Lacourte Raquin Tatar guide Kering and Ardian in luxury real estate partnership

Gucci-owner Kering sells 60% stake in prominent Paris properties to PE firm Ardian

  • 3mos
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