Deals - Page 3
Freshfields, Goodwin lead on AstraZeneca’s $2bn acquisition of Fusion Pharma
Deal second this month to see Freshfields advise acquisitive AstraZeneca
Kirkland, Latham shepherd EQT’s $35bn Equitrans gas merger
Last year’s top M&A firms lead as flurry of US oil and gas dealmaking continues
Linklaters, Slaughters lead on Mondi’s £5bn DS Smith bid
Linklaters acts for Mondi in deal to create £10bn packaging giant as global M&A surges after 2023’s slump
Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May lead on Nationwide’s proposed £2.9bn Virgin Money bid
Slaughters advises Nationwide on deal to create UK’s second-largest savings and mortgage provider as CC reps Virgin Money
Global dealmakers expect M&A disputes to increase on economic, geopolitical woes
Berkeley Research Group survey shows that digital assets, energy and ESG will be key disputes areas in 2024
Wachtell, Vinson & Elkins and Latham lead on Chord’s $11bn Enerplus merger
Canadian firms Goodmans and Blake Cassels & Graydon also advise as consolidation in US gas and oil industry continues apace
Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell guide Capital One’s $35bn Discover acquisition
Biggest global M&A deal since start of 2024 continues rebound in megadeals following fallow 2023
Wachtell, Paul Weiss and Vinson & Elkins shepherd Diamondback’s $26bn Endeavor acquisition
Wachtell acts for Diamondback on acquisition that will make it third-biggest producer in largest US oilfield
Freshfields and Hogan Lovells advise on Barclays’ £600m Tesco Bank deal
Tesco to unload credit card, loan businesses to Barclays, with the two companies also entering into a 10-year distribution deal
Global M&A set to rebound in 2024, study finds
Survey of senior executives by Norton Rose Fulbright and Mergermarket points to ‘more active global M&A market’
Allen & Overy, Morrison Foerster guide WillScot’s $3.8bn McGrath acquisition
A&O reps WillScot as modular office lease company moves to expand presence across North America
Roomba-maker names new GC, promotes CLO to interim CEO after Amazon M&A deal collapses
Tonya Drake is promoted to GC, while CLO Glen Weinstein will lead iRobot Corporation on interim basis
Cleary, Skadden and Goodwin chip in for Synopsys’ $35bn Ansys deal
Cleary acts for Synopsys as Skadden and Goodwin counsel Ansys in cash-and-stock deal that could attract regulatory scrutiny
Wachtell, Skadden called in for Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14bn Juniper acquisition
Freshfields and Covington also advise on deal highlighting increased appetite for big ticket deals after slump in 2023
Kirkland and Wachtell shepherd APA’s $4.5bn acquisition of oil rival Callon
M&A rankings leader Kirkland advises target Callon as energy sector consolidation continues apace
Kirkland tops global 2023 M&A rankings ahead of Latham as dealmaking hits 10-year low
Deal value fell 17% in 2023 to $2.9trn with volume down 6% to 55,200
Sidley and Latham sew up Coupang’s $500m Farfetch rescue deal
Sidley advises South Korea’s Coupang on its acquisition of troubled luxury e-commerce platform, advised by Latham
Ropes & Gray, Milbank and Wachtell lead on $14.9bn US Steel acquisition
Milbank and Wachtell advise US Steel as Ropes & Gray counsels Japan’s Nippon Steel on its biggest acquisistion to date
Skadden, Linklaters tuck into EG Group’s sale of 218 restaurants to KFC
Deal sees KFC buy all of Skadden-repped EG’s UK and Ireland KFC businesses
O’Melveny and Wilson Sonsini check in for Alaska Air’s $1.9bn acquisition of Hawaiian
O’Melveny advises Alaska as Wilson Sonsini reps Hawaiian in deal likely to attract regulatory scrutiny
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