Unilever has in the past turned to Slaughter and May for much of its big-ticket corporate work, but Linklaters has picked up a number of key mandates for the company in recent years.
A Linklaters team led by corporate head Aedamar Comiskey and corporate partners McNicholl and Nick Rumsby led on the defence of the Kraft-Heinz bid in 2017, while in the same year the magic circle firm advised on the £6.5bn sale of its margarine and spreads division, with the firm’s co-head of consumer Paul McNicholl and London corporate partner Matthew Bland advising.
