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Linklaters advises on Unilever’s Magnum Ice Cream Company demerger
Spin off comes amid legal dispute between Magnum brand Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever
Skadden, Wachtell, Debevoise in for Netflix’s $82bn Warner Bros deal
Skadden acts for Netflix in blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros’ TV, film studios and streaming division, with Wachtell and Debevoise across the table
Hogan Lovells, NRF guide merger to form UK’s largest listed infrastructure investment firm
Carey Olsen also acts in HICL Infrastructure’s £5.3bn merger with The Renewables Infrastructure Group
Gibson Dunn, Cooley advise on Merck’s $9.2bn purchase of flu drug-maker Cidara
Gibson Dunn also advised Merck on its $10bn acquisition of Verona Pharma earlier this year
Paul Hastings, Jones Day and Eversheds advise on Parker’s acquisition of Filtration Group
Parker Hannifin agrees to pay $9.25bn for the filtration tech innovator
Quartet of firms lead Hologic’s $18.3bn take private by Blackstone and TPG
Kirkland, Wachtell, Ropes and Sidley advise on largest medical devices deal in almost two decades
Trio of firms guide Carlyle’s €7.7bn acquisition of majority stake in BASF’s coating unit
Freshfields acts for Germany’s BASF as Milbank and Latham counsel Carlyle
Latham, Linklaters advise on Verisure’s €13.7bn record-breaking IPO
Latham says deal is the largest European private-equity backed listing on record
Trio of firms guide Qualtrics’ $6.75bn healthcare tech firm acquisition
Goodwin Procter and Simpson Thacher counsel Silver Lake-backed Qualtrics as Latham & Watkins acts for target Press Ganey Forsta
Latham tops global M&A rankings after strongest first nine months for dealmaking since 2021
Los Angeles-founded giant ahead of Wachtell and Skadden in second and third spot respectively
Haynes Boone leads on landmark US-UK listing amid AI boom
Linklaters and Vinson & Elkins also score roles advising underwriters as energy REIT Fermi lists on the Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange
Wachtell, Kirkland lead on EA’s record $55bn deal to go private
Six law firms called in for video game maker’s acquisition by consortium that includes Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s PIF, the largest take-private investment in history
Trio of firms called in for Fortegra’s $1.65bn sale to South Korean insurer DB Insurance
Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin advise Fortegra as Latham & Watkins guides DB Insurance
Skadden, Paul Weiss lead on Citigroup’s $2.3bn sale of Banamex stake to Mexican billionaire
Mexican law roles handed to White & Case, Creel García-Cuéllar and Robles Miaja
Wachtell, Paul Weiss guide Pfizer’s $7.3bn buy of weight loss drugmaker Metsera
Wachtell advises Pfizer as it scrambles to win slice of booming obesity drug market with Paul Weiss-repped Metsera