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Skadden still strongest law firm brand, but field closes gap
February 3rd, 2015
Jones Day sits just 13 points behind Skadden; Baker & McKenzie makes large gains For the fourth straight year, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom holds the strongest law firm brand, according to one survey, but how long will ...
Monster’s 1.3bn deal with Coca-Cola under Skadden and Jones Day advice
August 18th, 2014
Coca-Cola Company gets advise from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Jones Day, among other, for its deal with energy drink business Monster. The global drinks brand is also to pay $2.15bn (£1.3bn) in exchange for a 16.7 ...
CME Group to acquire NEX Group plc, bringing together cash, futures and OTC Marketplaces
March 30th, 2018
CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) and NEX Group plc (NXG.L) today announced that they have reached an agreement in which CME Group will acquire NEX in a transaction valued at £10 per share, consisting of 500 pence in cash ...
London Stock Exchange to buy Citi’s Yield Book bonds analysis business for $685 million
May 30th, 2017
London Stock Exchange (LSE)(LSE.L) has agreed to buy The Yield Book, Citigroup’s (C.N) fixed-income analytics service and also its related indexing business, for $685 million in cash, the companies said on Tuesday. LSE, which had said it would be ...
Symantec to Acquire Lifelock for $2.3 Billion to Form World’s Largest Digital Safety Platform for Consumers and Families
November 21st, 2016
Combines Norton, the #1 Consumer Security brand, and LifeLock, a leading Identity Protection provider Combination will expand addressable market, broaden value proposition, and enable sustainable consumer segment revenue and profit growth Company reaffirms fiscal year 2017 non-GAAP financial guidance ...
The law firms that won roles in transaction that to be the largest European technology M&A deal
October 31st, 2016
Allen & Overy (A&O) and DLA Piper have won roles among US heavyweights as Qualcomm acquires Dutch firm NXP Semiconductors for $39bn. Smartphone chip designer Qualcomm has agreed to the world’s biggest automotive chip maker NXP in a deal worth $47bn including ...
E*TRADE Announces Acquisition of OptionsHouse
July 26th, 2016
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aperture New Holdings, Inc., the ultimate parent company of OptionsHouse, for $725 million in cash. The transaction will boost E*TRADE’s derivatives capabilities while expanding its customer profile with the ...
Citi Announces Sale of Prepaid Card Services to Wirecard
June 30th, 2016
Citigroup today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its institutional Prepaid Card Services to Wirecard AG. The operations of Prepaid Card Services, including its approximately 120 employees, will be transferred to Wirecard upon closing. Francesco ...
New York attorney receives 5 years’ imprisonment for Ponzi scheme
May 20th, 2016
‘I don’t want anyone here to think that lawyers are like this. It’s just me.’ A former Skaddens attorney was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday after operating a Ponzi scheme which defrauded around 30 of his friends ...
Transatlantic prosecutions drive US lawyers to the City
April 12th, 2016
The widening grip of US law enforcement is feeding a wave of American lawyers heading across the Atlantic. A growing number of US law firms are sending lawyers with law enforcement experience to work in the United Kingdom. As ...
