Freshfields and Slaughters join US quartet on Penguin-Random House merger
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have advised alongside four US firms on a deal between Pearson and media rival Bertelsmann to combine the companies’ publishing units, Penguin Group and Random House. Freshfields London corporate partners Simon Marchant and Oliver Lazenby led on the UK side for Pearson and Penguin, the British group’s publishing […]