Deals
Kirkland, Latham and Jones Day steer Royal Caribbean’s $3bn acquisition of stake in Sandals
Kirkland & Ellis is advising cruise operator on its largest-ever deal, with Latham & Watkins and Jones Day acting for Sandals
Sidley, Latham score lead roles as Clearlake takes full control of Chelsea FC
Sidley guides Clearlake as it acquires stakes from Latham-repped US financiers Mark Walter and Todd Boehly, in deal that values Chelsea at around £5bn, including debt
Luxury collaborations: the contracts behind successful brand partnerships
Behind the apparent simplicity of luxury collaborations, Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro explore the network of commercial decisions that need to be reflected in the contract
Italian legaltech Lexroom acquires French, Bulgarian AI legal research start-ups
Company expands European footprint with purchase of Paris-based Query Juriste and Bulgaria’s Praven Intelekt
Orrick, Cleary, Fenwick & West guide Stripe’s multibillion-dollar OpenRouter buy
Orrick and Cleary advise OpenRouter as Fenwick acts for Stripe in deal reportedly worth around $8bn that deepens payments company’s push into AI
Regional powerhouse Knights steps up South East expansion with £27m Moore Barlow deal
Listed regional firm will add 160 legal professionals to its ranks with acquisition of target’s commercial and private wealth business lines
Quartet of firms steer Madison Air’s $5.6bn acquisition of German fan-maker ebm-papst
Paul Hastings, Kirkland & Ellis and Hengeler Mueller guide Madison Air as Milbank advises ebm-papst’s owner families
Elevate acquires US legal work-management platform start-up Lupl
Target was backed by CMS, Cooley and Rajah & Tann Asia
Winston Taylor, Linklaters line-up on Frasers’ deal to buy Harvey Nichols out of administration
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group reported to have paid about £40m for the struggling luxury retailer
Paul Hastings, Goodwin, Sidley and Skadden among firms advising on Thoma Bravo’s $4bn Accelerant take private
Firms including Maples Group, Walkers, Conyers Dill & Pearman and Ropes & Gray also on deal
Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk steer Intel’s upsized $20bn stock offering
Gibson Dunn acts for Intel on first public share sale since 1971 as Davis Polk steers underwriters
Wachtell, Debevoise guide Prysmian’s $3.8bn Atkore buy in US electrical push
Wachtell acts for Italy’s Prysmian, the world’s biggest cablemaker, as it bets on AI-driven infrastructure demand with buy of Debevoise-repped electrical products-maker Atkore
Egyptian firm El Wakeel advises Al Ahly football club on landmark Vodafone stadium deal
Firm advises Egyptian club on naming rights deal, the country’s largest ever sports sponsorship agreement
Clutch of law firms guide DCC Energy’s $7.7bn takeover by KKR, ECP
Gibson Dunn, Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Cleary guide KKR’s largest public-to-private transaction in Europe in more than a decade alongside Irish firms Matheson, Arthur Cox and William Fry
Harvey acquires US investment firm-focused AI platform Benchmark
Deal will help further expand Harvey’s asset management capabilities