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Pinsents and McGrigors confirm merger under Pinsent Masons brand

Pinsent Masons and McGrigors are set to merge on 1 May, with the combined firm to operate under the Pinsents banner. Partners at both firms approved the union in a vote which closed on Friday (3 February), paving the way for the creation of a firm...

06 Feb 2012 | 11:12

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inner image Private equity house takes majority Parabis stake in law firm LBO first

Private equity house Duke Street has acquired a majority stake in the Parabis Group, the parent company of insurance litigation law firms Plexus Law and Cogent Law. The deal, which values Parabis between £150m and £200m, is subject to approval fr...

06 Feb 2012 | 09:40 | 1 comment

inner image Ashurst makes debut for new client opposite Linklaters on $800m TPG buyout

Linklaters and Ashurst have taken lead roles on TPG Capital's $800m (£508m) acquisition of hedge fund services company GlobeOp. Linklaters won the lead role for the buyout house, fielding a team led by corporate partner Charlie Jacobs and private ...

06 Feb 2012 | 00:00

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Dundas set to launch new office in Aberdeen

Dundas & Wilson is to open an Aberdeen office led by senior corporate partners Douglas Crawford and David Davidson. The Scottish firm already has bases in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London housing a total of 82 partners and 369 fee earners.

02 Feb 2012 | 16:03

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Links and Freshfields take top roles on proposed $82bn mining merger

Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won lead roles on a proposed merger between commodities trader Glencore and mining giant Xstrata worth around $82bn (£50bn). Xstrata confirmed it had received an approach from Glencore for an all-...

02 Feb 2012 | 11:28

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Herbert Smith sets 1 July target to secure Freehills tie-up

Herbert Smith could go ahead with its proposed tie-up with Australia's Freehills as early as 1 July this year. Confirmation of the timescale of the possible union, which is dependent on a vote by partners at both firms, comes after Legal Week repor...

01 Feb 2012 | 06:01

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Irish arm of PwC global legal network taken over by Ireland's Beauchamps

Ireland's Beauchamps Solicitors has acquired Landwell Solicitors, the Irish arm of the global legal network connected to accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers. Landwell, which comprises three partners and four fee earners, is to join forces with...

31 Jan 2012 | 16:23

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Here come the Aussies - Slater & Gordon kicks off Legal Services Act era in earnest

"Let the transformative change of RJW begin – it has been clear for a long time that the firm was itching to do something big and it now has the backing to realise its ambitions. RJW’s rivals will no doubt be watching very closely..."

31 Jan 2012 | 12:10

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Quartet of firms lead on proposed sale of Swedish packaging company

Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Eversheds are advising on DS Smith’s proposed €1.6bn (£1.3bn) acquisition of a packaging division of Sweden’s Svenska Cellulosa (SCA). A&O City corporate partners D...

27 Jan 2012 | 00:00

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Top 50 union promises shuffle upwards for national duo but no end game for Pinsents

Georgina Stanley and Rose Orlik ask if the looming McGrigors merger can help Pinsents achieve its larger goals...

27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | secure | 1 comment

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Norton Rose and Maclay Murray win roles on dairy company sale

Norton Rose and Maclay Murray & Spens have taken key advisory roles on the sale of Scottish dairy company Robert Wiseman Dairies to Germany’s Muller. The deal, announced earlier this month (16 January), will see the company change hands for £279...

27 Jan 2012 | 00:00

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Raft of firms lead on Soho House majority stake sale

Olswang, Latham & Watkins, Ashurst and Withers have all taken a role on the sale of a majority stake in private members’ club chain 
Soho House Group. Olswang advised Soho House owners Richard Caring and Nick Jones with a team led by City corpo...

27 Jan 2012 | 00:00

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Freshfields leads on Aon HQ relocation

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken a lead role for global insurance broker Aon on the relocation of its head office from Chicago to London. Financial institutions partner James Smethurst and corporate head Julian Long led the Freshfields team...

27 Jan 2012 | 00:00

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Links leads on HSBC's $801m LatAm sell-off

Linklaters is among six law firms to have taken roles for HSBC on the $801m (£512m) sale of its Latin American businesses to Colombia's Banco Davivienda, reports The Am Law Daily. The deal will see Banco Davivienda pick up 136 bank branches in Cos...

26 Jan 2012 | 07:04

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Tods Murray bulks up in private client with Edinburgh boutique merger

Scots firm Tods Murray and Edinburgh boutique Fyfe Ireland are to merge, creating a combined practice to be known as Tods Murray LLP. Fyfe partners Greig Honeyman and Drew Taylor will take eight lawyers and six support staff to Tods Murray's Edinbu...

24 Jan 2012 | 12:38

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