Corporate

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City talk: Charles Russell Speechlys’ corporate team has a secret weapon

Charles Russell Speechlys has hit the ground running on partner hires in the first quarter of 2024. The recruitment of corporate partners Alexis Karim and Giles Dennison in January from DWF and Eversheds respectively, immediately followed by Edwin Coe finance partner James Walton and firm alum Richard Ellis, have been just a glimpse of the firm’s […]

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Ted Baker fallout: Slaughters and Simmons among firms in leading roles

Slaughter and May and Simmons & Simmons are respectively on to represent Authentic Brands Group and Ted Baker’s holding company No Ordinary Designer Label as the fashion retailer files its intention to appoint administrators. Hundreds of high street jobs were put at risk after Tuesday’s announcement that Ted Baker would be in want of a […]

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Linklaters takes the lead on Unilever’s ice cream split

Unilever’s longstanding advisers at Linklaters have secured the lead role on the consumer goods conglomerate’s split with its ice cream business. The Linklaters team was made up of repeat advisers to the client, including corporate partners Charles Turner and Michael Fanner, Netherlands’ national managing partner Guido Portier and tax partner Lynne Walkington. Capital markets partner […]

PE partner returns to private practice after seven-year break

The former head of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson’s London office – Graham White – has taken on a new role in the City after retiring in 2017. White joins McDermott Will & Emery in London as a senior partner. He had formerly run Fried Frank’s London office between 2014 and 2017. McDermott’s London […]

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Clifford Chance PE partner exits for Paul Weiss

Paul Weiss is continuing its London office expansion, hiring another private equity partner from Clifford Chance. Oliver Marcuse is set to join the US firm, just months after former magic circle colleague Chris Sullivan made the same move. Marcuse was promoted to the firm’s partnership in 2022, having spent his career at Clifford Chance. Secondments […]

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Slaughters and Travers among firms advising on Vodafone’s €8bn Italian sale

Slaughter and May has represented long-time client Vodafone on the telecommunications giant’s latest sale of its Italian business to Swisscom. The Slaughters team was steered by corporate partners Victoria MacDuff and James Cook, along with associates Serena Hopkins, Anika Sethy and Iain Meiklejohn. The firm also fielded a sizeable team of tax, commercial and employment […]

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Linklaters and Slaughters lead on Mondi’s £5bn bid for DS Smith

Linklaters is advising Mondi in its all-share combination acquisition of DS Smith, represented by Slaughter and May. Mondi, the sustainable paper and packaging provider, is set to acquire its smaller counterpart in the international packing industry for over £5bn. Linklaters led from its corporate team with partners Aisling Zarraga and Matthew Hearn, alongside corporate managing […]

Nationwide Building

Slaughters and Clifford Chance lead on Nationwide’s Virgin Money deal

Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have lined up for Nationwide’s proposed acquisition of Virgin Money UK. Slaughters partner David Watkins acted for the buyer, Nationwide. Meanwhile Clifford Chance acted for Virgin Money. The team is being led by partners Katherine Moir and David Pudge, with support from employment partners Sonia Gilbert and Chinwe Odimba-Chapman, […]

New York

Freshfields doubles down on PE with Latham hires

Two Latham & Watkins partners are joining Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s New York office, tasked with building out the magic circle firm’s transactional private equity offering. Neal Reenan and Ian Bushner are the two partners making the move from Latham to Freshfields. While Freshfields has been working on private equity deals for its European and US […]

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Paul Hastings partner exits for Hg Capital

Hg Capital has hired its new general counsel from Paul Hastings, ahead of the departure of longstanding legal chief Andrew Jessop. Samantha McGonigle is to take on the top legal job at Hg, having joined Paul Hastings less than a year ago. A member of its private equity group, McGonigle started her career at Lovells, […]