US firms Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins are leading on another US private equity acquisition of a London-listed company. This morning it was announced that US private equity firm Thoma Bravo has reached an agreement for Bidco to acquire leading UK-based cybersecurity company Darktrace. Darktrace is listed on the London Stock Exchange and will be […]
Linklaters and Slaughter and May are leading on BHP’s mega-offer for rival mining company Anglo American. It emerged this morning that Australian giant BHP had put forward an unsolicited proposal to Anglo American If the deal went ahead, it would be valued at around £31bn. Linklaters is on call for Anglo American as it discusses […]
Corporate teams at Slaughter and May and Travers Smith are relying on larger – and younger – teams of associates to power up their revenues. According to data collected by The Lawyer’s Practice Analysis service, firms housing a larger number of junior lawyers help to grow revenues quicker compared to firms with a more senior […]
Kirkland & Ellis has banded together its high-profile recruits from Paul Weiss and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in its recent transaction for KPS Capital Partners. Leading for the private equity group’s majority stake purchase of sports surfaces business Sport Group, the US firm’s London team was made up of partners and associates from Kirkland’s hiring […]
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 […]
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 […]