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• Australian firm Slater & Gordon gets approval for £53.8m acquisition of UK firm RJW

  May 02 2012 The Solicitors Regulation Authority has granted regulatory approval to Australian firm Slater & Gordon for its £53.8 million acquisition of UK law firm Russell Jones &... more

• Indian firm Economic Laws Practice absorbs Prism Partners

  Apr 18 2012 Indian law firm Economic Laws Practice has absorbed Prism Partners & Advocates, taking the smaller firm’s principal partners P. R. Ramesh and Yogesh Chande into its... more

• End of merger negotiations between UK firms Maclay Murray & Spens and Bond Pearce

  Mar 19 2012 There has been a failure of merger negotiations between Scottish law firm Maclay Murray & Spens and Bristol's Bond Pearce. The decision to abandon the talks comes... more

• International law firms set their sights on Mexico

  Feb 24 2012 Large international law firms are setting their sights on Mexico, as the country’s growing economy precipitates both inbound and outbound investment streams. DLA... more

• Private company acqires law firm for 19.3 million pounds

  Jan 26 2012 Publicly traded company Quindell Portfolio has announced a plan to purchase personal injury law firm Silverbeck Rymer, in what may be the first transaction of this... more

• Arnold Porter acquires SF firm Howard Rice

  Dec 08 2011 Washington-based law firm Arnold & Porter is set to acquire mid-size San Francisco firm Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin. The merger will brin Howard Rice’s... more

• Trilegal leads $432m acquisition of Indian paper manufacturer

  Oct 29 2011 Indian law firm Trilegal has taken a lead role on the acquisition of a majority stake in Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills by U.S. paper giant International Paper.... more

• Vinson & Elkins and Wachtell Lipton lead $1 billion hostile takeover of Tulsa-based SemGroup

  Oct 28 2011 Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline is intent on the acquisition of rival Tulsa-based company SemGroup. but when its $1 billion offer was rejected by the board... more

• Three firms advise on Sinopec's $2.1b resources co acquisition

  Oct 11 2011 Three firms have advised on the $2.1 billion acquisition of Canadian oil and gas exploration company Daylight Energy by the China National Petroleum and Chemical... more

• Wachtell, Jones Day lead on $18.4bn sale of Goodrich to United Technologies

  Sep 23 2011 United Technologies Corporation is set to purchase $18.4 billion for aircraft equipment maker Goodrich Corporation. The deal will see United Technologies aquire the... more

• US firm Fox Rothschild acquires another small boutique

  Aug 23 2011 Philadelphia-based law firm Fox Rothschild has boosted its LA office with the acquisition of local boutique the Chan Law Group. The firm’s growth strategy has seen it... more

• Clifford Chance advises industrial and trading company in UAE acquistion

  Jun 29 2011 Clifford Chance has taken a leading role on the acquisition of a 35% stake in UAE-based mobile handset retailer and distributor Axiom Limited by Qatar-based Mannai... more

• Cali firm Best Best & Krieger acquire Washington DC boutique

  Jun 06 2011 California law firm Best Best & Krieger has acquired boutique telecommunications law firm Miller & Van Eaton in Washington DC. This will be the first time that BB&K... more

• Blake Dawson, ELP and Allens lead Rs. 9000 crore port deal

  May 06 2011 Adani Group-owned Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has announced the acquisition of Abbot Point Port in Australia. The all-cash deal is valued at A$1.8... more

• North Carolina - South Carolina Merger: Womble Carlyle expands

  Apr 15 2011 North Carolina firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, with a headcount of 500 lawyers, has acquired 44-lawyer firm Buist Moore Smythe McGee of South Carolina.... more

• JSA and Neo Juris advise on Rhodia’s PI Industries acquisition

  Apr 15 2011 French chemical company Rhodia Group has acquired by way of slump sale (through its wholly owned subsidiary, Rhodia Polymers & Specialties India Private Limited) the... more

• Simpson Thacher and Latham on AOL acquisition of Huffington Post for $315 million

  Feb 10 2011 The US internet company, AOL Inc. has bought Huffington Post for $315 million (Rs. 1,480 crore). The Am Law Daily reports that AOL will pay $300 million in cash, while... more

• Australian firm Slater & Gordon acquires personal injury law firm

  Jan 18 2011 Australian firm Slater & Gordon has completed its $35 million acquisition of personal injuries litigant firm Keddies Lawyers. Slater & Gordon managing director... more

• Orrick acquires Munich branch of Holme Roberts & Owen

  Jan 11 2011 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has acquired the Munich branch of US firm Holme Roberts & Owen. The acquisition marks the end of Holme Roberts & Owen’s German presence,... more

• UK firm Weightmans to acquire parts of Vizards Wyeth

  Jan 10 2011 Vizards Wyeth is set to be acquired by national UK law firm Weightmans, according to reports. Employees at the 19-partner firm have been informed that only some... more

• Khaitan advises CEAT in $12m acquisition of global brand rights

  Jan 07 2011 CEAT Limited has acquired the trademark “CEAT” globally, from Italian based Pirelli Tyres for €9 million ($12 million i.e. Rs. 54 crore). Khaitan & Co advised CEAT... more

• JSA and Patrik Hemberg advise Volvo's full acquisition of Volvo Buses India

  Dec 09 2010 Volvo Bus Corporation Sweden has acquired 30 per cent stake of Jaico Automobile Engineering Company Private Limited in Volvo Buses India Private Limited (the joint... more

• Vinson & Elkins leads $1.01bn deal between Energy XXI and EXXonMobil

  Nov 24 2010 Energy XXI Ltd. has finalised a deal to buy oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico from ExxonMobil for $1.01 billion. When the transaction is complete at... more

• AZB and FoxMandal advise Sequoia Capital to invest $15 million in biopharmaceutical company Celon

  Nov 02 2010 Sequoia has invested Rs. 70 crore ($15 million) in a Hyderabad based biopharmaceutical company Celon Laboratories Limited (Celon). Sequoia thus acquires 33 percent of... more

• Eight firms lead $1.4bn Dutch PE deal

  Oct 27 2010 Eight law firms have taken roles advising on a $1.4 billion deal for the acquisition of Dutch insurance company Brit Insurance Holdings by private equity giants... more

• Cadwalader and Covington lead $3.6bn UK pharma deal

  Oct 13 2010 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Covington & Burling have taken lead roles on a $3.6 billion cash deal for the acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals by the world’s... more

• Mayer Brown sells UK corporate secretarial arm to outsourcing company TMF

  Oct 05 2010 Mayer Brown has concluded an agreement with outsourcing company TMF for the sale of its UK corporate secretarial arm. Under the deal, five secretaries from the firm’s... more

• Baker & McKenzie set to launch Luxembourg office

  Oct 01 2010 Baker & McKenzie is set to open a new office in Luxembourg, which will focus on funds advice for tax, corporate and finance related matters. The firm has has... more

• Four firms lead on Unilever's US$3.7bn acquisition

  Sep 28 2010 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Slaughter and May, Sidley Austin and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on the $3.7 billion all-cash acquisition of leading US hair... more

• Allens leads A$3.4 billion Canadian deal

  Aug 31 2010 Allens Arthur Robinson has taken a leading role in the proposed A$3.4 billion deal for the acquisition of Intoll Group by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.... more

• Norton Rose on $80m distributer aquisition in Oz

  Aug 25 2010 Norton Rose has taken a leading role in a deal that looks set to be one of the largest Australian distributor acquisitions of the year. The firm is advising software... more

• AZB and JSA assists American Tower Corporation to acquire Essar Telecom for Rs.2,100 crore

  Aug 23 2010 American Tower Corporation (ATC) has acquired Essar Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited (ETIPL) wholly, with a 100 percent equity acquisition, amounting to Rs.... more

• Kirlkland and Brown Winick lead $1 billion chemicals deal

  Jun 29 2010 Two firms have been picked to lead the $1 billion acquisition of privately-held herbicide supplier Albaugh Inc by Tel Aviv-based Makhteshim Agan Industries, the... more

• Freshfields and Arnold & Porter advise on $3.8 billion chemicals deal

  Jun 24 2010 The world's largest chemical company – the Germany company BASF – has agreed to acquire Cognis Holding GmbH, a German producer of food and cosmetics ingredients, in a... more

• JSA, Wadia Ghandy on Hitachi’s acquisition of Flyjac

  May 07 2010 The Mumbai offices of J. Sagar Associates (JSA) have advised Hitachi Transport System (HTS), a subsidiary Hitachi Japan in its acquisition of logistics and warehousing... more

• Salans and Freshfields advise on Habitat sale

  Dec 28 2009 Salans partners Alison Gaines and Jonathan Polin advised Retail Investments Limited, a retail investment group led by Hilco, on the acquisition of furniture chain... more

• Mayer Brown leads on Saab acquisition by China's BAIC

  Dec 22 2009 Mayer Brown advised Beijing Automotive Industry Holding (BAIC) on its purchase of Swedish carmaker Saab assets and intellectual property rights from General Motorsm... more

• Davis Polk, Skadden advise on Exxon-XTO mega-deal

  Dec 15 2009 Exxon Mobil will acquire natural gas company XTO Energy for $31 billion and $10 billion in debt, the biggest energy deal since 2006. Davis Polk & Wardwell and... more

• Latham ousts Dewey in Adobe's $1.8bn Omniture takeover

  Sep 18 2009 Latham & Watkins advised Adobe on its acquisition of Analytics company Omniture for $1.8 billion, with Silicon Valley partners Peter Kerman, Glenn Nash, and Luke... more

• Clifford Chance, Linklaters advise on China Construction Bank deal

  Aug 18 2009 Magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Linklaters have won lead roles on China Construction Bank's acquisition of AIG Finance, the consumer finance operations of the... more

• Bingham completes McKee Nelson acquisition, but two partners quit

  Aug 04 2009 Bingham McCutchen officially announced that it has completed its acquisition of McKee Nelson, forming a 1,100-lawyer firm called Bingham McCutchen LLP. However, not... more

• Bingham McCutchen to acquire boutique McKee Nelson

  Jul 07 2009 Boston-based 1,000-lawyer firm Bingham McCutchen has agreed to acquire structured finance specialist McKee Nelson with 120 lawyers in Washington and New York. The... more

• Major US pension fund seeks lead plaintiff status in Merrill suit

  Mar 24 2009 California Public Employees' Retirements System filed a court request on Monday to be granted lead plaintiff status in a major class action relating to Bank of... more

• Norton Rose, Freshfields advise on RWE's $11bn Essent deal

  Jan 13 2009 Norton Rose is advising Gernany's RWE, Europe's fifth-largest utility, on its planned acquisition of Dutch peer Essent's production and delivery assets for 8.2 billion... more

• Bonelli, Pavesi, and d’Urso Gatti close biggest Italian M&A deal in 2008

  Jan 03 2009 Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (BEP), Pavesi Gitti Verzoni and d’Urso Gatti have completed the largest Italian M&A deal in 2008. BEP partners Roberto Pistorelli and... more

• King & Spalding out of proposed Thacher acquisition

  Dec 22 2008 King & Spalding no longer is in the running to acquire a part of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, writes The American Lawyer. In the past week, when King & Spalding neared... more

• Skadden Arps and Linklaters advise on Lehman sale in Asia

  Sep 24 2008 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has advised Japanese bank Nomura on its winning auction bid for Lehman Brothers' Asian operations. Linklaters' Hong Kong office... more

• Freshfields, Clifford Chance on $1.5 Billion Barclays Reinsurance Acquisition

  Aug 06 2008 Swiss Reinsurance Company, the global reinsurance powerhouse, agreed to buy Barclays Bank's U.K. life insurance unit for $1.5 billion in cash. Swiss Re is advised... more

• Skadden and Sullivan & Cromwell on InBev Anheuser-Busch deal

  Jun 17 2008 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom partners Paul Schnell and Tom Greenberg have been unveiled as the partners leading the firm on the iconic InBev acquisition of... more

• Philadelphia Law Firm Ballard Spahr Acquires Atlanta IP Boutique

  Jun 17 2008 In an expansion move, the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P. is set to announce its acquisition of an Atlanta-based intellectual... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf joins Slaughter and May for Zurich's RBS bid

  Jun 14 2008 Dewey & LeBoeuf has snared a lead advisory role alongside City royalty Slaughter and May to advise one of the front-runners in the race to acquire the insurance... more

• Trio of firms act on multi-billion dollar Alltel sell-off

  Jun 10 2008 Debevoise & Plimpton, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have scooped lead roles advising Verizon Wireless on its $28.1bn acquisition... more

• Ashurst Frankfurt hires White & Case acquisition finance partner Anne Force

  May 22 2008 Ashurst’s Frankfurt office has hired White & Case local acquisition finance partner Anne Force. She will start at Ashurst as a partner and is qualified in German,... more