Deal watch

Alex Ryan

Skadden, Fried Frank, Kirkland and Debevoise have all taken lead advisory roles as BlackRock announced on Friday (12 January) that…

Alex Ryan

The Telegraph and The Spectator are no longer up for auction after Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI helped the Barclay family…

Megan Mayers

Despite the inevitable slowdown in the spring following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, deal activity rebounded over the summer with an…

Nathalie Tidman

While it could hardly be said to have slowed down over summer, the deal market has nevertheless ramped up since the…

Nathalie Tidman

Innovative, Covid-driven transactions have continued to emerge in recent months, with the first working week of 2021 proving no exception.…

Nathalie Tidman

News over the weekend of AstraZeneca’s $39bn deal to acquire Alexion Pharmaceuticals has capped off the 2020 pharma boom in…

Muna Abdi

With real estate investment moving out of paralysis post-election, Muna Abdi asks which firms are best prepared to take advantage…

Legal Business

Kirkland & Ellis advised investment adviser and repeat customer GLP Investment Services on the $18.7bn sale of its US logistics…

Legal Business

Slaughter and May is acting on the £1.3bn unsolicited bid for doorstep lender Provident Financial. Corporate head Andy Ryde (pictured)…

Legal Business

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is advising entertainment and communications company ARRIS on its proposed $7.4bn acquisition by CommScope Holding Company.…

Nathalie Tidman

As the market hunkers down for the festive season, GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) £3.1bn sale to Unilever of Horlicks has warmed the…

Nathalie Tidman

Slaughter and May and Kirkland & Ellis have led on the $12bn combination of UK Plc offshore drilling companies Ensco and Rowan…

Tom Baker

In the latest flurry of deals, Travers Smith has represented popular mobile app Shazam on its buyout by tech giant Apple,…

Marco Cillario

It has been a busy few weeks for Linklaters’ transactional team as the firm scooped spots on two multibillion pound…

Nathalie Tidman

City heavyweights Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) and Eversheds Sutherland have landed key roles on Legal & General’s £4.4bn…

Nathalie Tidman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have scored lead mandates on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of small business lender Funding…

Nathalie Tidman

City heavyweights Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the driving seat on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of…

Tom Baker

Eversheds Sutherland has landed a major role on the administration of Formula 1 team Force India as Cooley advises a UK IT…

Legal Business

White & Case and a group of Italian elite independents advised CVC Capital Partners on the €3bn acquisition of a…

Nathalie Tidman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are leading on Linde’s $3.3bn Americas disposals, bringing the German gas group a step closer to…