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Ashurst and CC advise on landmark £1.3bn hospital PPP
A trio of firms have lined up on the world's largest public-private partnership (PPP) hospital in a SEK14.5bn (£1.3bn) deal. The project, Sweden's first health and medical care PPP, involved the development and construction of Stockholm's new univ...
02 Aug 2010 | 09:59 | 
Weil leads on French private equity firm's billion-pound IPO exit
Weil Gotshal & Manges has taken a lead role advising on the DKK12.4bn (£1.4bn) initial public offering (IPO) of Danish food company Chr Hansen. The Weil Gotshal team advising on the flotation was headed up by capital markets partners James Cole an...
11 Jun 2010 | 12:47 |
Sweden: It all goes around again
Sweden's lawyers are experiencing a sense of deja vu, with the financial crisis and the general anxiety it brought about in the Swedish market causing lawyers to reminisce about the country's trouble in the early 90s. The current financial crisis saw ...
14 Apr 2010 | 11:08 |
Linklaters M&A partner joins Ashurst in Stockholm
Linklaters has lost another partner from its Stockholm office, with M&A specialist Martin Boerresen set to join Ashurst in the Swedish capital. Boerresen will join Ashurst's M&A and corporate practice in Stockholm on 1 May.
01 Apr 2010 | 11:36 |
Former Ince partner joins Norway firm in Singapore
Norwegian leader Wikborg Rein has landed a new partner for its Singapore practice, taking on Chris Grieveson from Ince & Co. Grieveson is to head up the dispute resolution practice in Wikborg's Singapore office from 1 April, having left Ince's part...
30 Mar 2010 | 07:40 |
Freshfields and Hogan lead on $1.8bn Volvo China sale
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has secured a lead role on China's Zhejiang Geely Holding's $1.8bn (£1.2bn) acquisition of Volvo from Ford Motor Company. The deal, which marks the first time a Chinese company has taken over a leading foreign carmak...
29 Mar 2010 | 11:59 |
Nordic law firms eye 2010 recovery despite tough year of falling revenues
Several leading Nordic law firms have posted declining revenues after the global recession hit the region hard in 2009. Leading Swedish independents Mannheimer Swartling and Vinge both saw a significant drop in revenues last year. Mannheimer, which...
17 Mar 2010 | 10:42 |
Linklaters acts for private equity house on €850m Nordic LBO
Linklaters has advised on the largest leveraged buy-out in the Nordic region since the onset of the credit crunch. A team from the magic circle law firm's London office has advised private equity house Triton on its e850m (£761.5m) acquisition of ...
03 Mar 2010 | 11:37 |
A&O in front seat on Dutch car maker's $400m deal to save Saab
Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken a lead role as General Motors (GM) and Spyker reached an agreement for the purchase of Saab Automobile yesterday (26 January) after months of discussions. The magic circle firm advised Spyker on the deal, which has bee...
27 Jan 2010 | 11:46 |
Magnusson appoints new head in Stockholm arm
Swedish law firm Magnusson has appointed a new managing partner in its Stockholm office, with corporate partner Carl Oestring set to take on the role. Oestring will succeed the firm's founding partner, Per Magnusson, who has stepped down from the p...
20 Jan 2010 | 02:10 |
Mayer Brown leads on GM sale of Saab assets to Chinese company
Mayer Brown has taken the lead role for Beijing Automotive Industry Holding (BAIC) on the purchase of Saab assets and intellectual property rights from General Motors. The deal, valued at SEK1.4bn (£119m), could stave off bankruptcy for Swedish ca...
17 Dec 2009 | 12:23 |
Independent Law Firms in Europe: Numbers crunched
Europe's independent firms have put expansion plans on hold, with the recession prompting fears among many managing partners that the risks of a tie-up with a like-minded firm could outweigh potential the benefits. Despite the opportunistic merger ...
01 Dec 2009 | 18:30 |
Independent Law Firms in Europe: A model of resilience
The global recession has done little to alter the faith of Europe's independents in the strength of their law firm models. While the global UK and US-based firms have been busy with internal housekeeping and the struggle for position in their home ...
01 Dec 2009 | 18:01 |
Scandinavia and the Baltics
Hannes Snellman assesses the changing Nordic standards for corporate takeovers, while Thommessen charts the attempts to shore up Norway's lenders.
29 Oct 2009 | 11:22 |
M&A market upturn prompts renewed optimism among leading Nordic firms
Market confidence is on the rise among leading Nordic law firms, with M&A activity showing signs of picking up and Sweden introducing changes to its takeover code. Sweden introduced revised takeover rules on 1 October, with the changes, ushering in...
28 Oct 2009 | 11:06 |
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