Dealmakers will need to focus on problem-solving in the most challenging environment for M&A since the financial crisis, write Gavin Davies and Rebecca Maslen-Stannage
Cravath acts for BDT Capital as teams from Davis Polk and Sullivan & Cromwell advise Weber
Allen & Overy, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz among those acting for RBC as Linklaters advises HSBC’s Canada arm
Vodafone is expected to raise at least €3.2bn after selling part of its stake in German telecoms business Vantage Towers
Walgreens-backed VillageMD acquires Warburg Pincus-backed Summit Health-CityMD
Advent’s Caldic and Wilbur-Ellis’s Connell to merge to create €3bn global life sciences and speciality chemicals business
KKR-led consortium acquires 30% of Telenor Fiber, a spin-off from Norwegian telecoms company Telenor
Sullivan leads on value, Goodwin on volume as global activity sees largest year-on-year percentage decline since 2009
Sheridans advise Collins and Genesis bandmates Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford on deal
Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Gleiss Lutz, White & Case and Sullivan & Cromwell included in line up
Transatlantic take private sees Los Angeles giant's client snap up FTSE 250 business
Chinese firms Han Kun Law Offices and CM Law firm also act on the matter along with offshore specialists Maples Group
Unicorn Instabox set to combine with rival last-mile delivery startup Budbee
DLA acts for real estate investment trust STORE Capital, while Skadden and Kirkland advise GIC and Oak Street respectively
Linklaters acts for Vistry on combination with troubled rival housebuilder Countryside, advised by Norton Rose