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• Sidley Austin to launch in Houston, US

  Feb 15 2012 International law firm Sidley Austin is set to launch a new office in Houston. The office will be led seven partners hired laterally from other Houston firms including... more

• 2011: a good year for deal advisors in Asia-Pacific region

  Mar 09 2011 The Asia Pacific region is showing strong activity capital markets issuance and M&A, with deals hitting a high of US$84.9bn in Jan 2011. Singapore M&A partner at... more

• Indonesia is where the action is

  Nov 12 2010 Indonesia’s consumer and resources boom is fueling an investor frenzy in the market, with Bloomberg reporting that investors have bought $23.3 billion of debt this... more

• US firms Lathrop & Gage and Kamlet Reichert conclude merger deal

  Sep 06 2010 Kansas firm Lathrop & Gage and Denver firm Kamlet Reichert have agreed to merge under the Lathrop name. The merged firm will have a headcount of close to 300 lawyers.... more

• Australian listed firm Slater & Gordon expands and shows increase in revenue

  Aug 23 2010 Australian firm Slater & Gordon has reported a very good year with revenue increasing by 21 per cent to A$124.7 million. The firm has made a series of acquisitions... more

• Skadden, Cravath lead on Merck's $7.2bn Millipore acquisition

  Mar 01 2010 German pharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA said Sunday it will buy Millipore, an American provider of purifiers and filters for biotechnology laboratories, for about $7.2... more

• Skadden M&A stars Fox and Wolf defect to Kirkland

  May 15 2009 David Fox and Daniel Wolf, two top mergers and acquisitions partners at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, are joining Kirkland & Ellis. This is the first time any... more

• Wachovia and Wells Fargo's removal attempt in Citigroup suit unsuccessful

  Mar 24 2009 A US federal district judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought by Citigroup against US banks Wachovia and Wells Fargo alleging interference with Citigroup's attempt to... more

• Block on Coca-Cola's Huiyuan Juice bid sparks fears over Chinese M&A

  Mar 19 2009 Beijing's decision to block Coca-Cola's $2.4bn takeover of China's leading juice maker Huiyuan Juice has caused a wave of domestic support. In a poll by a Chinese... more

• M&A boost for US law firms in Latin America

  Feb 09 2009 Skadden Arps, White & Case, Shearman & Sterling and other major U.S. law firms have seen a massive growth in their Latin American M&A business. Skadden has doubled... more

• Linklaters ousts Sullivan & Cromwell as global M&A king

  Feb 02 2009 UK firm Linklaters has taken the top spot in a global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table for 2008, beating US rival Sullivan & Cromwell, which has held the... more

• US law firm mergers boom in 2009

  Feb 01 2009 In the first quarter of 2009, law firm merger activity has gained pace in the US. About 20 mergers nationwide are expected to close. Southern law firms recently... more

• 2008 landmark year for Chinese outbound M&A

  Jan 19 2009 Just a few years ago, Chinese companies had been the top acquisition targets of foreign investors. Now, many of them are buyers and on an overseas shopping spree.... more

• US law firms saw merger mania in 2008

  Jan 15 2009 There were 70 new law firm mergers and acquisitions in 2008, according to a new report from the legal management consulting firm Altman Weil Inc. While the pace of... more

• Oppenhoff enhances international profile with Johnson deal

  Jan 09 2009 German independent Oppenhoff & Partner has continued to develop its international profile by instructing NYSE-listed business Johnson Controls on its purchase of... more

• Linklaters tops M&A league as deal volume plunges 38 Percent

  Jan 02 2009 Linklaters was hired to advise on four of the 10 biggest mergers and acquisitions in 2008, leading the M&A league table published by Bloomberg today. In the smallest... more

• InBev ruling triggers M&A fears in China

  Dec 01 2008 In November China’s Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) waved through InBev’s $52bn acquisition of Anheuser-Busch. However, in a single-page ruling, Mofcom also imposed a... more

• Linklaters, Cleary represent Merrill Lynch and Bank of America

  Sep 26 2008 Linklaters and Cleary Gottlieb Hamilton & Steen have scored the mandates to represent Merrill Lynch and Bank of America respectively, advising them on all non-US... more

• Cleary and Ropes & Gray on latest Lehman sale

  Sep 24 2008 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Ropes & Gray have secured the key roles on the joint acquisition of Lehman Brothers’ investment management unit by Bain Capital... more

• Allens and Freehills lead Australian M&A table

  Sep 10 2008 With a total US$35.1bn worth of deals, Allens Arthur Robinson has topped the Thomson Reuters legal advisory table for work in M&A transactions for the first eight... more

• Australian M&A sector active despite slowdown

  Aug 12 2008 The global economic slowdown has resulted in only a minor drop in M&A transactions in the Australian market, according to M&A co-practice leader Ewen Crouch at law... more

• Elite firms push into mid-market M&A as battle heats up for fewer mandates

  Jul 03 2008 Top City and national firms are fast building market share in corporate in response to the current downturn in deal activity. Deal volumes are rising at many large law... more

• Norton Rose lures Clifford Chance Shanghai partner Justin Wilson

  Jun 29 2008 Norton Rose has announced that Justin Wilson will join the firm as a partner in the Shanghai office. Wilson joins from Clifford Chance Shanghai where he was a counsel... more

• Energy M&A Lawyer Michael S. Shenberg Joins White & Case

  Jun 19 2008 Global law firm White & Case LLP today announced the arrival of partner Michael S. Shenberg in its Mergers and Acquisitions Practice in New York. A recognized leader... more

• Revenue record in 2007 for US law firms thanks to M&A boom

  May 02 2008 The American Lawyer reported today that two law firms, Skadden, Arps and Latham & Watkins, broke the industry’s $2 billion gross revenue barrier for the first time. It... more

• Law Firms Find Work Abroad as U.S. Mergers Hit a Low

  Apr 19 2008 As the credit crisis drove first-quarter U.S. mergers and acquisitions down 54 percent to $248.1 billion from $536.3 billion last year, deal volume in Asia, Latin... more

• Indian law firm Khaitan ranked Asia's 4th in M&A legal advisory league

  Apr 14 2008 After billionaires and billion- dollar firms, it is the turn of an Indian law firm to reap accolades on international arena with Khaitan and Co being ranked as Asia's... more

• Lovells jumps 38 places to storm UK M&A top three

  Apr 04 2008 Lovells jumped 38 places to storm into the top three firms by value for UK M&A deals in the first quarter. The rankings show Linklaters as the firm advising on the... more

• Leading IT lawyer Dr. Jan Geert Meents joins DLA Piper

  Feb 21 2008 DLA Piper is delighted to announce that leading IT lawyer Dr Jan Geert Meents will join its Technology, Media and Commercial ("TMC") practice as a partner in Munich.... more

• American law firms: overpaid, over here and taking over?

  Jan 09 2008 Among her 300 million citizens, America finds room for 2.2 million prisoners, half a million soldiers — and 1.1 million lawyers, increasing numbers of whom find their... more

• Merger mania in China

  Nov 12 2007 Foreign investment, which has played a significant role in sustaining the rapid growth of the Chinese economy, has acquired a new form, that of mergers and... more