Deals - Page 5
Legal AI platform Legora valued at $5.5bn after completing $550m funding round
Series D capital raise from investors including Accel, Bain and Starwood will help fuel US growth
Freshfields and Gibson Dunn advise on Axel Springer’s £575m Telegraph acquisition
Deal scuppers rival deal from the owner of the Daily Mail, advised by Slaughter and May
AI patent platform DeepIP secures $25m in latest funding round
Korelya Capital and Serena co-lead Series B round, which takes total funding to $40m
Magic Circle trio guide $4bn data centre acquisition
Slaughter and May and Linklaters advise CPP and Equinix in acquisition of Nordic data centre operater atNorth, as Clifford Chance counsels owner Partners Group
HSF Kramer, Linklaters guide Engie’s £10.5bn acquisition of UK Power Networks
HSF Kramer counsels French utility’s acquisition of UK’s biggest electricity distribution company from Hong Kong-based CK Infrastructure Holdings, counselled by Linklaters
Ropes & Gray, Wilson Sonsini guide Gilead’s $7.8bn cancer drugmaker acquisition
Ropes acts for Gilead as Wilson Sonsini counsels target Arcellx in deal that comes as pharmaceutical groups rush to buy smaller rivals with proven drug pipelines
Opensity Solutions launches following three-way merger backed by Renovus Capital Partners
New managed services provider created through combination of K2 Services, Epiq GBTS and Forrest Solutions
Thomson Reuters acquires AI-powered deal data and analytics platform Noetica
Thomson Reuters said it will integrate the AI platform into its CoCounsel offering
Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May guide Schroders’ £9.9bn sale to Nuveen
Deal marks largest-ever acquisition of a European fund manager that will create a combined group with $2.5trn of assets under management
UK New Law start-up Lawhive secures fresh funding for US expansion
Series B round raises $60m, adding to earlier funding from investors that included England internationals Harry Maguire and Reece James
Trio of City firms guide NatWest’s £2.7bn Evelyn Partners acquisition
Macfarlanes, Slaughter and May and Linklaters score roles in deal set to create one of UK’s biggest wealth management and private banking businesses
Skadden, Gibson Dunn advise on Devon Energy’s merger with Coterra Energy
Tie-up will create one of world’s largest shale operators, with a combined value of around $58bn
Fried Frank and Hogan Lovells advise on Next’s acquisition of Russell & Bromley
Next buys luxury shoe brand out of administration for £3.8m, adding to portfolio that includes FatFace and Made.com
Ropes & Gray, Kirkland & Ellis lead EQT’s $3.7bn buyout of Coller Capital
Deal understood to be the largest-ever acquisition of a secondaries fund manager
Saks Global taps Willkie and Haynes Boone in US bankruptcy filing
Just a year after Saks’s $2.7bn acquisition of Neiman Marcus, the filing reflects broader challenges for traditional brick-and-mortar luxury retail