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• 3 Australian firms lead $1.6bn mining deal

  Aug 10 2011 Three Australian law firms are leading the joint $1.6 billion offer by Rio TInto and Mitsubishi for 13.8 per cent of the shares in mining company Coal & Allied. The... more

• China's largest law firm Dacheng allies with Malaysian firm

  Mar 29 2011 China’s largest law firm Dacheng has announced exclusive Malaysian alliance with Malaysian firm Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong. The alliance is expected to service... more

• Wall Street firms post high profits

  Mar 15 2011 A number of Wall Street firms saw profits rise last year, as M&A and capital markets work swelled. Some firms ensured their profits by pruning the equity partner... more

• Khaitan & Co snares AZB rising star Vaishali Sharma

  Oct 17 2010 AZB & Partners corporate and private equity partner Vaishali Sharma has joined Khaitan & Co’s Mumbai office, as AZB has stemmed a string of associate departures over... more

• Wachtell hires lawyer from US Federal Reserve

  Oct 13 2010 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has hired Patricia Robinson, who joins the firm from a role as assistant general counsel at the US Federal Reserve. Robinson’s work at... more

• AZB and Khaitan advise on Reliance's $217m investment in Oberoi Hotels

  Aug 31 2010 AZB & Partners and Khaitan & Co have assisted Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries in its Rs 1020 crore ($217m) buy today of a 14.12 per cent stake in the Oberoi hotel... more

• Amarchand and AZB on JFE’s $1.1 bn investment in JSW Steel

  Jul 29 2010 JFE Holdings,the second largest Japanese steelmaker, has announced its India investment to buy a 14.9 percent stake in India’s third largest steel manufacturer JSW... more

• AZB dominates Q1 M&A league tables – Reuter’s report

  Jun 03 2010 Thomson Reuters, which is amongst the world’s leading sources of information for businesses and professionals has published their quarterly report titled ‘Emerging... more

• AMSS, AZB and Simpson Thacher cement KKR’s investment in Dalmia

  May 14 2010 Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) invested Rs. 750 crores ($166 Million) in Dalmia Cements to record the largest private equity investment in India's... more

• Ciena acquires Nortel's Ethernet Technology: Luthra advice on India leg

  May 07 2010 Ciena Corporation, a US based provider of communication network infrastructure, associated software and professional services has acquired the optical networking and... more

• Khaitan & Co., Foley & Lardner advise on Invensys-Skelta deal

  Apr 30 2010 Invensys Process System, a Singapore based subsidiary of the London based Invensys Plc, a global IT group, acquired a 100 percent stake in Bangalore-based Skelta... more

• Crowell & Moring boosts presence in Middle East and North Africa

  Apr 22 2010 US firm Crowell & Moring has boosted its presence in the Middle East and North Africa with plans to open an affiliate office in Cairo under the sponsorship of Hegazy &... more

• Four firms guide biggest telecom deal in two years

  Apr 22 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Jones Walker have taken key roles on the $10.6 billion... more

• >> Newsletter 02-2010 of Brazilian Business Law

  Mar 02 2010 >> Newsletter 02-2010 of Brazilian Business Law NEWSLETTER 02-2010 OF BRAZILIAN BUSINESS LAW __________________________________________________ by Rafael De Conti... more

• Bird & Bird hires SJ Berwin M&A partner Arturo Meglio in Italy

  Feb 22 2010 Bird & Bird has strengthened its Italian corporate group with the hire of M&A partner Arturo Meglio, one of SJ Berwin’s founding Milan partners. Meglio will split... more

• Ropes, Mason Hayes, Wilmer lead on $1.1 bn SkillSoft LBO

  Feb 15 2010 Ropes & Gray and Mason Hayes & Curran have lined up to advise on one of the largest leveraged buyouts in Ireland since the credit crunch - the $1.1bn sale of SkillSoft... more

• Edward Nathan top South African M&A law firm by deal value

  Jan 29 2010 Despite a 61% drop in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity last year in South Africa, corporate law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs ranked first in value in the legal... more

• Simpson Thacher's Adam Signy secures lead role on KKR deal

  Jan 28 2010 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Travers Smith and DLA Piper were advising on the acquisition of Pets at Home, Britain’s biggest pet food and equipment retailer, by... more

• Allen & Overy poaches Clifford Chance M&A team in Paris

  Jan 08 2010 Allen & Overy has boosted its Paris M&A practice with the hire of an M&A team from Clifford Chance, inlcuding partner Marcus Billam, senior consultant Catherine... more

• Latham loses M&A star David Schwartzbaum to Greenberg

  Jan 08 2010 Latham & Watkins has lost its M&A partner David Schwartzbaum to Greenberg Traurig in New York. The hire is seen as a coup for Greenberg, that has recently hired... more

• Orrick advises One Equity Partners on China Medicine investment

  Jan 08 2010 A team of M&A and tax lawyers from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's offices in Hong Kong and New York, led by partners Mark Lee and David Cho, has advised One... more

• Linklaters, Freshfields, Clifford Chance top in European M&A

  Jan 08 2010 Linklaters defended its position as the top legal adviser on European mergers and acquisitions in 2009 with 160 deals worth a combined $155 billion. Freshfields... more

• Skadden is top global M&A adviser in 2009

  Jan 08 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom overtook its UK competitor Linklaters LLP to advise on the highest value of mergers and acquisitions in 2009 according to... more

• Law firm mergers down 24 percent in 2009

  Jan 07 2010 Law firm mergers in the U.S. fell 24 percent in 2009 from the previous year but may rise in 2010, law firm consultants Altman Weil say in a report. The largest... more

• Weil Gotshal, Skadden win lead roles on $1.9bn Sanofi buyout

  Dec 29 2009 French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis is purchasing Tennessee-based consumer care products company Chattem Inc. for $1.9-billion in a move to diversify from its... 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

• Wachtell, O’Melveny advise Apollo on $2.4bn Cedar Fair deal

  Dec 18 2009 Equity firm Apollo Global Management agreed late Wednesday to acquire Cedar Fair, a company that owns Knott's in Buena Park and 10 other amusement parks, seven water... 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

• Freshfields, Simmons, Hengeler lead on Springer Media sale

  Dec 14 2009 Swedish private equity firm EQT and the Singapore Government's GIC are buying Springer Science and Business Media for up to €2.2bn, allowing an exit for the two UK... more

• Linklaters, Slaughter & May lead on JPMorgan Cazenove deal

  Nov 20 2009 Linklaters and Slaughter and May have won mandates on JPMorgan’s £1bn buy-out of the remaining half of UK broker Cazenove. Linklaters corporate partner Stephen... more

• Freshfields, CC lead on CVC's $2bn buyout of AB InBev CEE breweries

  Oct 17 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised key private equity client CVC Capital Partners on the biggest buyout of the year so far. CVC has agreed a deal worth... more

• Greenberg Traurig Maher adds M&A lawyer Ewan Robertson

  Oct 14 2009 Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP, the firm recently established in London by international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, announced that Ewan Robertson will be joining... more

• Baker McKenzie advises on Swiss bank sale

  Oct 13 2009 Baker & McKenzie’s Zurich team represented Switzerland's Julius Baer on the buyout of the local business of Dutch bank ING for a total of 345m EUR. more

• Freshfields, Cleary, Salans head up $1.6bn Gazprom deal

  Oct 01 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Salans have won roles on a $1.6bn Russian energy deal, which saw the Russian energy giant buy a... more

• Simpson Thacher, Cravath, Ropes & Gray advise on $6.4bn Xerox deal

  Sep 29 2009 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Cravath Swaine & Moore and Ropes & Gray won roles on Xerox's $6.4bn purchase of business process outsourcing company Affiliated Computer... more

• Allen & Overy loses corporate star Rolf Koerfer to Oppenhoff

  Sep 22 2009 Allen & Overy corporate heavyweight Rolf Koerfer, who had been serving as chairman of German car parts company Continental recently, has left the firm to become a... 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

• Shearman, Baker, Weil advise on $2.8bn chicken deal

  Sep 17 2009 Shearman & Sterling and Baker & McKenzie took lead roles in the acquisition of a majority stake in the bankrupt Kentucky Fried Chicken supplier Pilgrim's Pride by... more

• Clifford Chance advises Vivendi on $2.9bn Brazil bid

  Sep 14 2009 Clifford Chance is advising French media company Vivendi on its $2.9bn offer for Brazilian telecom company GVT Holding. The surprise cash offer by Vivendi could... more

• Clifford Chance, Norton Rose advise on T-Mobile/Orange UK merger

  Sep 09 2009 Clifford Chance and Norton Rose are advising on the potential tie-up of T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a deal that would create the largest mobile phone operator in the UK. more

• Clifford Chance, Slaughters advise on $16.7bn Cadbury bid

  Sep 08 2009 US food giant Kraft Foods said yesterday that it will pursue a takeover of Cadbury PLC even after the British maker of Trident gum and Dairy Milk chocolate rejected... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf represents eBay on $1.9bn Skype deal

  Sep 03 2009 Just one month after hiring eBay's longtime advisers from Cooley Godward Kronish, Dewey & LeBoeuf has won a mandate to represent the acution site on its $1.9bn deal to... more

• Dewey and Paul Hastings lead on Disney-Marvel megadeal

  Sep 01 2009 US law firms Dewey & LeBoeuf and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker have won lead roles on Walt Disney's $4 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment. The deal... more

• PRC law firms take top spots in Asia M&A ranking for first time

  Aug 26 2009 Beijing-based law firms Commerce & Finance and Deheng took the top two spots of the Asia-Pacific M&A league table by value in the first half of 2009 --- the first time... 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

• Herbies, Linklaters, Slaughters advise on Friends Provident takeover

  Aug 12 2009 Herbert Smith, Linklaters, Slaughter and May have won key advisory roles as buyout firm Resolution completes its £1.86 billion ($3.1 billion) takeover of British... more

• Indian law firms beat global practices in deal rankings

  Jul 31 2009 In the first half of 2009, Indian firms advised on project finance deals valued at $31.9 billion, a rise of more than 150 per cent, according to data compiled by... more

• Paul Weiss wins lead role on Sumitomo-Citi deal

  Jul 31 2009 Paul Weiss, and Japanese law firms Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu are advising on one of the largest Japanese M&A deals in 2009, Sumitomo... more

• Shearman faces heavy government involvement in Chinese Hummer deal

  Jul 31 2009 The proposed acquisition of the Hummer brand from GM by Chinese company Sichuan Tengzhong is still unapproved. Shearman & Sterling, which is acting as international... more

• Cravath and Mayer Brown advise on IBM, SPSS merger

  Jul 29 2009 Cravath, Swaine & Moore is advising longstanding client IBM on its acquisition of analytics software maker SPSS for $1.2 billion, with a team led by Cravath's M&A... more

• Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Hengeler Mueller advise on VW-Porsche merger

  Jul 28 2009 Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Germany's corporate powerhouse Hengeler Mueller have won key roles on the merger of German carmakers Volkswagen AG... more

• Dewey hires star M&A team from Cooley

  Jul 09 2009 Dewey & LeBoeuf has hired three partners from Cooley Godward Kronish, including Richard Climan, one of the Silicon Valley firm’s top rainmakers and head of Cooley’s... more

• Wachtell tops global M&A rankings in first half of 2009

  Jul 07 2009 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the most-profitable US law firm, took the top spot on the Bloomberg list of M&A advisers for the first half of 2009, ousting UK-based... more

• Linklaters and Freshfields lead on $68bn mining merger

  Jun 23 2009 Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won lead roles on the proposed merger of mining giants Anglo American and Xstrata, a deal that would create a... more

• Freshfields main European adviser to Chrysler on Fiat deal

  Jun 22 2009 Cologne-based Freshfields partners Ludwig Leyendecker and Kirsten Floss are leading a large team of lawyers advising Chrysler on European aspects of the Chrysler/Fiat... more

• Chrysler Fiat sale delayed by U.S. Justice Ginsburg

  Jun 09 2009 Chrysler's planned asset sale to a group led by Italy’s Fiat was delayed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who granted a request for a delay sought by state pension funds. 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

• Linklaters and Herbert Smith advise on £2.3bn British Energy deal

  May 12 2009 Linklaters and Herbert Smith have advised on a £2.3bn deal that saw British Gas owner Centrica buy a 20 per cent stake in UK energy group British Energy. more

• Are bankruptcy-related M&As on the rise?

  Apr 14 2009 Reports exist that bankruptcy-related acquisitions and mergers have reached their highest levels in almost five years. Moreover, numerous experts suggest that such... 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

• Orrick, Dechert reach settlement in Whole Foods antitrust case

  Mar 09 2009 Whole Foods' battle against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is finally over. In 2007 the FTC lawyers tried to prevent the merger of Whole Foods and Wild Oats by... more

• Clifford Chance advises Chinalco on $19.5bn Rio Tinto deal

  Feb 17 2009 Clifford Chance has advised Aluminum Corporation of China ("Chinalco") on its US$19.5 billion strategic partnership with the Rio Tinto group, the largest outbound... more

• Baker & McKenzie: Fewer Asia M&As, more litigation

  Feb 16 2009 US law firm Baker & McKenzie is expecting a stronger Asian demand for litigation and advice in areas such as restructuring, despite corporate business slowing in the... more

• Mannheimer Swartling advises on major investment bank deal

  Feb 13 2009 Mannheimer Swartling has advised the Swedish National Debt Office on its sale of Carnegie Investment Bank AB and Max Matthiessen Holding AB to Altor and Bure Equity... 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

• Roschier and Mannheimer advise on €4.2 bn postal merger

  Feb 05 2009 The Swedish office of Roschier and local M&A powerhouse Mannheimer Swartling have bagged lead roles on the merger between Sweden's Posten and Post Danmark. 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

• Cadwalader, Simpson, Wachtell win lead roles in Pfizer mega-merger

  Jan 27 2009 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Simpson Thacher, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz have won lead roles on US drug manufacturer Pfizer's $68bn acquisition of rival... more

• Slaughter and May escapes the financial crisis

  Jan 19 2009 Despite the current drop in deal activity, Slaughter and May, is playing a role in several big transactions. In 2008 the UK firm advised BHP Billiton on its... more

• China and South Korea to ease foreign investment rules

  Jan 19 2009 China and South Korea, long ambivalent towards foreign investors, are both set to issue new rules to encourage investment from overseas in 2009 with one simple goal in... 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• M&A slowdown forces Ashurst to move associates into energy team

  Dec 01 2008 Ashurst has redeployed three corporate and three finance junior associates to its energy, transport and infrastructure team as the transactional side of its business... 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

• Norton Rose advises HSBC on Indonesian bank buyout

  Oct 24 2008 Norton Rose is advising HSBC on the purchase of Indonesian lender Bank Ekonomi for $608m. Lovells was handed a role by the sellers, a group of Indonesian private... more

• Freehills and Mallesons compete for top spots in Asian M&A league

  Oct 23 2008 Mergermarket's st Q3 M&A league tables showed that for the first three quarters of 2008 Mallesons had slightly more deal volume (55) than Freehills (53), while... 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

• Real estate M&A crisis: Just 42 transactions in Europe in 2008

  Sep 25 2008 Figures produced by Mergermarket show the extent of the downturn in real estate M&A over the last year, with Europe seeing only 42 real estate transactions, and UK... more

• Allen & Overy, Linklaters in HBOS-Lloyds merger talks

  Sep 18 2008 Allen & Overy has bagged the lead instruction advising struggling mortgage lender HBOS in its reported merger talks with Lloyds TSB. Linklaters is understood to be... more

• Wachtell, Shearman head up $50bn Merrill takeover

  Sep 16 2008 Elite US firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Shearman & Sterling have taken the lead advisory roles on the $50bn all-stock sale of banking giant Merrill Lynch to... 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

• Skadden advises Coca-Cola Co. on $2.4 billion China deal

  Sep 10 2008 Coca-Cola Co. tapped Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom for corporate work on its $2.4 billion cash offer for China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. Skadden lawyers... more

• Skadden private equity partner Kenju Watanabe joins Paul Hastings in Tokyo

  Sep 08 2008 Kenju Watanabe, formerly of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, has joined Paul Hastings as partner in the Tokyo office. Watanabe's practice focuses on... more

• Shearman lands key role on Dresdner Bank sale

  Sep 08 2008 Just months after losing its 30-lawyer Mannheim office, Shearman & Sterling has been handed the mandate to advise the insurer Allianz on the sale of Dresdner Bank to... more

• Shearman and Sullivan lead on Dresdner Bank sale

  Sep 02 2008 New York leaders Shearman & Sterling and Sullivan & Cromwell have bagged top roles on insurance giant Allianz’s €9.8bn sale of Dresdner Bank to German rival Commerzbank. more

• Ashurst and Linklaters take lead on oil giant takeover

  Aug 27 2008 Ashurst and Linklaters have landed lead roles on the proposed £1.4bn takeover of Russian oil exploration giant Imperial Energy. The deal sees Linklaters score a... more

• King & Spalding Represents Texas Offshore Crude Oil Port Joint Venture

  Aug 20 2008 International law firm King & Spalding advised Enterprise Products Partners L.P., TEPPCO Partners, L.P., and Oiltanking Holding Americas, Inc., on their joint venture... more

• Simpson Thacher gets tough on associates as M&A work slows down

  Aug 12 2008 Up to 30 associates at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have been asked to consider their positions as a result of a mid-year performance review, writes TheLawyer. 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

• O’Melveny Asia M&A head Puff joins Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office

  Aug 04 2008 Former O’Melveny and Myers’ Asia head of M&A practice Gregory Puff has rejoined global law firm Shearman & Sterling’s Hong Kong office as a partner. Puff was an... more

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Taps Cravath for ImClone Deal

  Aug 01 2008 Cravath, Swaine & Moore is advising Bristol-Myers Squibb on the planned acquisition of the rest of ImClone Systems, the maker of the best-selling cancer drug Erbitux,... more

• DLA Piper advises Sophos PLC on takeover offer for Utimaco Safeguard AG

  Jul 31 2008 DLA Piper is advising Sophos Plc, a global leader in endpoint security and control solutions, on its €217 million voluntary public takeover offer for Utimaco Safeware... more

• Gay associate who sued Sullivan joins Clifford Chance

  Jul 30 2008 The ex-Sullivan & Cromwell associate who brought a highly-publicised sexual orientation discrimination suit against his former firm has been hired by Clifford Chance.... more

• Ashurst boosts London energy practice with Lovells hire

  Jul 28 2008 Ashurst has added to its London energy, transport and infrastructure team with the hire of Jason Radford, a partner from City rival Lovells. Jason Radford advises... more

• Freshfields and Allen & Overy lead on € 11.2bn Continental Sale in Germany

  Jul 23 2008 The German practices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy are working on either side of the controversial €11.2bn investment by the Schaeffler Group in... more