A&O Shearman and Paul Hastings have scored roles on Macquarie’s sale of AGS airports operating in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton. The asset manager instructed A&O Shearman to lead on the seller side of the transaction. On the other side, Paul Hastings is leading for longstanding client PSP Investments and AviAlliance as the buyers. A&O’s team […]
Freshfields is leading on the UK Government’s investment arm’s sale of shares in NatWest Group, while Linklaters is advising its longstanding bank client on the transaction. The Linklaters team is headed by corporate partner Lucy Reeve and managing associate Mackenzie Hewett. Linklaters is leveraging its enduring relationship with the UK bank. A few months back, […]
Mayer Brown has recruited a corporate and securities partner from Dechert, just a day after DLA Piper announced the addition of a Dechert restructuring partner to its team. Ross Montgomery makes the move after nearly 12 years at Dechert. He joined the firm as an associate in 2013 and was made partner in 2021 alongside […]
Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May are advising on SIX Group’s acquisition of Aquis Exchange. On the sell side, Slaughters is working with Aquis on the transaction that is expected to complete in Q2 of 2025. SIX, a Swiss stock exchange group, agreed to buy Aquis, a London-headquartered equities trading company, with a cash offer […]
Davis Polk & Wardwell is continuing its expansive streak in London by two restructuring partners from Sidley Austin. Jifree Cader and Mark Knight are leaving Sidley to spearhead Davis Polk’s London restructuring team. Cader trained at Addleshaw Goddard before becoming a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. He joined Sidley Austin in 2016 and went on […]
One Essex Court’s Laurence Rabinowitz KC has been appointed as chair of the UK Takeover Panel, the independent body that regulates takeovers and mergers. Rabinowitz will continue in full-time practice alongside the appointment, which commences on 1 May 2025, when Fountain Court’s Michael Crane KC will retire. Called to the Bar in 1987, Rabinowitz’s recent […]
Latham & Watkins is acting for mining giant Anglo American, a relatively new relationship struck by the US firm’s London office. A team from Latham is advising Anglo American in the sale of its minority interest in Jellinbah to investment management giant Zashvin. Latham’s team was led by London corporate partners Sam Newhouse and Emily […]
Freshfields has hired three lawyers from Weil Gotshal & Manges’ London office, in a move that connects its recent private capital hires in New York to the City. Weil partner Paul Stewart is moving across as Freshfields’s new global co-head of private credit and capital solutions. He will serve in this role alongside New York-based […]
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has hired its new head of intellectual property and technology transactions from Latham & Watkins. Deborah Kirk, who trained at Linklaters before becoming head of transactional intellectual property in Latham’s London office, will lead on Skadden’s technological IP matters. Skadden executive partner Jeremy London said: “Deborah joins the firm […]
Kirkland & Ellis is leading for KKR in its acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in Eni’s biofuel business. The Kirkland team is led by London corporate partners Toby Parkinson, Sara Pickersgill, Nick Appleton, Serra Tar and associates Claudia Carr, Melissa Sawyer and Shaun Boyle. They are supported by debt finance partners Sinead O’Shea, […]
Frasers Group has enlisted the support of White & Case in its attempt to put Mike Ashley in charge of online fashion retailer Boohoo. This week, Frasers Group published an open letter to Boohoo, claiming the latter is in the midst of a “leadership crisis”. Frasers Group is Boohoo’s largest shareholder and said that its […]
A private equity partner has left Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson’s London office after less than two years at the firm. Rachel Greenhalgh is moving to an in-house position at veterinary care business IVC Evidensia. She joined Fried Frank at the end of 2022 after seven years at Kirkland & Ellis, where she made […]