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• Dutch PE boutique adds new name partner Edwin Liem

  May 08 2012 Van Campen & Partners, the boutique private equity firm that spun off from Baker & McKenzie’s Amsterdam office earlier this year, has hired its eighth partner.... more

• Jones Day hires 3 private equity lawyers from Foley & Lardner

  Mar 20 2012 Jones Day has boosted its private equity practice with the hire of three specialists from Foley & Lardner. The firm’s San Diego office will welcome rainmaker Kenneth... more

• Ropes & Gray hires ex-Amarchand lawyer as partner in London office

  Mar 14 2012 Ropes & Gray has hired a former White & Case senior associate as a partner in its London office. Anand Damodaran was previously an associate with Amarchand &... more

• Skadden set to launch German capital markets practice after double hire

  Feb 08 2012 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is set to launch a capital markets practice in Germany after the hire a two-partner team from Shearman & Sterling. Shearman's... more

• PE firm Duke Street buys controlling interest in London law firm

  Feb 06 2012 Private equity firm Duke Street has taken a stake of just over 50 per cent in London-based law firm Parabis. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval and is... more

• Fried Frank boosts Hong Kong corporate practice with hire from Herbert Smith

  Jan 28 2012 U.S. firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has boosted its Hong Kong corporate practice with the hire of partner Carolyn Sng of Herbert Smith. Sng’s practice... more

• Freshfields launches global financial investment practice group

  Jan 25 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched a global financial investors group to handle private equity, infrastructure funds, sovereign wealth funds and alternative... more

• Kirkland & Ellis managing partner departs for private equity firm

  Jan 23 2012 The managing partner of US firm Kirkland & Ellis has surprised the firm by handing in his resignation for 'personal reasons'. James "Jim" Learner has quit the role and... more

• BLP expands Singapore office with Watson Farley hire

  Dec 31 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner continues the expansion of its Singapore office with the hire of Ken Cheung, the head of Watson Farley Williams’ corporate practice in Asia.... more

• Mumbai-based firm Wadia Ghandi secures practice licenses for Singapore base

  Dec 09 2011 Mumbai-based law firm Wadia Ghandy & Co is set to launch a fully operational base in Singapore, after partners Ankit Majmudar and Shabnum Kajiji secured their licences... more

• UK law firm franchise QualitySolicitors set to expand after PE boost

  Oct 31 2011 UK law firm franchise QualitySolicitors, which launched last year and has rapidly expanded to include around 200 branches, has just received a significant private... more

• Private equity firm hires Weil Gotshal & Manges partner as MD and CLO

  Sep 09 2011 The co-head of the private equity practice group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges - James Westra - is leaving the law firm to become Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer... more

• Kirkland & Ellis boosts HK practice with multiple lateral hires

  Aug 15 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has been on a lateral hiring spree in Hong Kong, scooping up eight partners from rival firms: two from Allen & Overy, three from Latham & Watkins, and... more

• Ropes & Gray launches in Shanghai

  Jul 21 2011 US firm Ropes & Gray has launched its third office in Asia with a new office in Shanghai, which will focus on private equity, life sciences and investment funds work.... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf boosts private equity practice with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius hire

  Jun 23 2011 Dewey & LeBoeuf is expanding its private equity practice with the hire of partner Ira White from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. White will become the co-chair of the firm’s... more

• Weil Gotshall hires four-partner team from Clifford Chance in London

  Jun 16 2011 The London office of Weil Gotshal & Manges has scooped up a four-partner team Clifford Chance. The departure of funds partners Ed Gander, Nigel Clark and Nick Benson... more

• Luthra advises on ICICI Venture investment in food franchise in India

  May 31 2011 The private equity arm of ICICI Bank - ICICI Venture - has acquired a minority stake in RJ Corp's Devyani International, which runs KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf boost London PE practice with double hire from Taylor Wessing

  May 23 2011 US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has boosted its UK private equity practice with the hire of two partners from Taylor Wessing. Mark Davis - the former private equity head at... more

• Trilegal and Vaish advise on Sequoia Capital and IDG's investment in Sourcebits

  May 21 2011 Private equity firms Sequoia Capital and IDG Ventures India have invested $5 million each in Sourcebits, a Bangalore-based third-party developer of mobile... more

• US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe

  May 09 2011 US firms are busy hiring to boost capacity in Europe as lucrative private equity work picks up in the region. Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, which opened in... more

• UK firm Irwin Mitchell considers alternative funding options

  Apr 29 2011 Personal Injury law firm Irwin Mitchell has revealed that it is in consultation with investment bank Espirito Santo, seeking advice on funding options ahead of the... more

• Ropes & Grey builds private equity practice with Jones Day hire

  Mar 11 2011 Global law firm Ropes & Gray has developed its private equity practice with the hire of Peter Baldwin, a corporate partner from Jones Day. Baldwin is the second... 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

• Debevoise hires Council from Orrick for Shanghai base

  Feb 23 2011 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced the hire of Niping Wu to the role of International Counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office. Wu comes to the firm from Orrick,... more

• Amarchand and JSA advise on BTS investments

  Jan 28 2011 BTS Investment Advisors, a Private Equity firm has invested Rs. 36 crore ($7 million) in Carzonrent, a leading car-rental and radio-taxi business (under the brand name... more

• India: UBS hires Nischal Hindia

  Jan 25 2011 The investment banking giant, UBS, has hired Nischal Hindia (pictured) as an Executive Director to assume the role of country counsel for investment banking in India.... more

• Amarchand and Luthra kick-start the new year with accolades

  Jan 25 2011 Amarchand and Luthra have been on an award winning spree, beginning 2011 with Amarchand winning the Indian Business Law Journal’s 2010 Law firm of the year award and... more

• ELP boosts its corporate and PE practice with Darshan from ARA Law

  Dec 08 2010 Darshan Upadhyay (pictured) joins Economic Laws Practice (ELP), Mumbai as an Associate Partner to strengthen its corporate and private equity practice. more

• AZB, IndusLaw and Trilegal top the Venture Intelligence PE and M & A league tables

  Oct 29 2010 Venture Intelligence has come out with its Private Equity (PE) and Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A) league tables for the first 9 months of 2010 and the results are not... 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

• Three firms assist in negotiations for potential $3bn CommScope deal

  Oct 26 2010 Telecommunications equipment maker CommScope is negotiating with The Carlyle Group regarding a potential transaction that would result in CommScope becoming a private... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton moves partner to boost Hong Kong practice

  Oct 04 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has relocated partner Drew Dutton from Paris to Hong Kong in bid to bolster its Hong Kong financial services and transactional private equity... more

• Lawyers protest deregulation of UK legal industry

  Sep 23 2010 A protest outside London’s High Court yesterday saw lawyers handing out cans of baked beans branded with the slogan “Legal services by supermarkets is as ridiculous as... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton boosts PE practice with London hire

  Sep 21 2010 US firm Debevoise & Plimpton has boosted its London private equity practice with the hire of partner David Innes from Travers Smith. Debevoise presiding partner... more

• Wongpartnership and Freehills advise on $1.54bn takeover

  Aug 26 2010 Singapore firm WongPartnership and Australian firm Freehills have advised on the first major private equity deal in Australia since 2007: a US$1.54 billion takeover... more

• Shearman, JSA and Wadia Ghandy advise Xander and NVP to invest 400 crore in Sadbhav Infrastructure

  Aug 26 2010 Global private equity (PE) firms Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Xander Group are together acquiring a minority stake in Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Limited,a... more

• Anti-Virus deals in India and US: Sequoia acquires stake in Quick Heal; Intel buys McAfee

  Aug 26 2010 Private equity major, Sequoia Capital (Sequoia) has acquired a 10 percent stake in Pune based Quick Heal Technologies Private Limited (Quick Heal). Quick Heal is a... more

• MJ Hudson set to launch on private equity under new UK laws

  Jul 20 2010 MJ Hudson is set to become the first UK firm to take advantage of new laws allowing investment in legal practices, launching on the finance of a group of buyout firms.... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins lead one of the year's largest leveraged buyouts

  Jul 16 2010 Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins had taken leading roles in the $3.8 billion cash purchase of vitamin manufacturer NBTY by private equity firm The Carlyle... more

• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Latham Watkins lead $3.1bn PE deal

  Jul 13 2010 Simpson, Thacher & Barlett and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles in a deal for the sale of the healthcare business Multiplan Inc. The business will sold by one... more

• Khaitan & Co further expands funds practice

  Jun 25 2010 Khaitan & Co's Head of Funds Daksha Baxi incorporated ‘Shubhkam Growth Fund’ and iPro Capital each of which will seek to invest nearly Rs.100 crore ($26.6 million).... 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

• Three firms score leading roles in $3.4 billion PE deal

  May 06 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have taken lead roles in the $3.4 billion acquisition of Massachusetts-based... more

• Orrick hires Paul Hasting partner as global private equity chief

  May 03 2010 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has lured the head of Paul Hastings’ China private equity practice, Maurice Hoo, to become the global head of Orrick’s private equity... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna hires seven lawyers, boosts private equity practice

  Apr 14 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna has recruited a team of seven private equity lawyers who were formerly part of Linklaters CEE ‘flying squad’ – a group that handled private equity... more

• Freshfields and SJ Berwin take key roles on Pantheon sale

  Feb 22 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and SJ Berwin advised on the $775m sale of private equity house Pantheon Ventures to NYSE-listed Affiliated Managers Group (AMG).... 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

• 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

• Latham scoops Ashurst partner for City corporate push

  Jan 14 2010 Latham & Watkins has bolstered its London corporate group with the capture of private equity specialist Graeme Ward from Ashurst. Latham & Watkins has bolstered its... 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

• 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

• Indian law firms join global private equity league

  Sep 10 2009 Indian law firm AZB & Partners has advised a total of four private equity deals, while DSK Legal and Trilegal have each advised three private equity buyers in the past... more

• Simmons hires German private equity expert Jan Wildberger

  Aug 10 2009 Simmons & Simmons has bolstered its Frankfurt office with the addition of Jan Wildberger, founding partner of German private equity boutique Haarmann. 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

• Clifford Chance and O'Melveny advise on $2.9bn fund raising

  Dec 22 2008 Clifford Chance and O'Melveny & Myers have jointly advised emerging markets private equity house Actis on a $2.9bn fundraising for Actis Emerging Markets 3. 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