DWF and its anticipated private equity buyer Inflexion have reached an agreement on the cash offer for the firm. The terms of the deal will now be put to DWF shareholders at two separate court meetings and the general meeting, where they will be asked to vote on the scheme. This will happen within the […]
Eversheds Sutherland has agreed a sprawling cooperation agreement with King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) that sees the firms agree exclusive referral deals, while also giving Eversheds the chance to grow substantially across the UK, Europe and Middle East. The agreement has been struck between Eversheds Sutherland’s international LLP and KWM (China) LLP. The talks will […]
To get their transformational merger deal across the line, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling will also need to appeal to some of the latter firm’s former members. It has emerged that as well as holding separate votes for partners at A&O and Shearman – requiring approvals of at least 75 per cent – […]
Following a strategic review, Shoosmiths has parted ways with its wealth protection group and sold it to a Midlands-based firm. Rothley Law is acquiring the 41-strong team, led by partners Melissa Maple, Adam Draper and Lucy Taylor. The groups specialise in wealth protection matters, wills and trusts, and Court of Protection. Rothley Law has offices […]
DWF Group has confirmed it is in negotiations for a potential sale to Inflexion Private Equity. The firm said on the London Stock Exchange that negotiations are underway regarding a possible cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of DWF. DWF has confirmed to Inflexion that should a firm offer […]
Axiom DWFM, the firm that recently bought the struggling Ince Group, is expected to sign off an acquisition deal later today for defendant insurance firm Plexus Legal. The Lawyer understands the deal will close this afternoon. Plexus filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator earlier this month, having confirmed earlier in that week that […]
Lewis Silkin has acquired patent and trademark firm Miller Sturt Kenyon (MSK). An 11-strong team including 4 patent attorneys will join the mid-tier firm, with MSK managing director Andy Cloughley and director Matthew Turner joining as partners. Lewis Silkin previously acquires patent firm Ablett & Stebbing in 2019. Lewis Silkin joint managing partner Jo Farmer […]
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You need a couple of attempts to crack America. For Allen & Overy, the O’Melveny negotiation was simply the appetiser before the main course. Ashurst, though, has had a few too many sharing plates. Who can forget the rejection of Latham? The talks with Fried Frank that led to the Ashurst managing partner defecting to […]