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Which Law Firms were top performers in global M&A in USA and Europe
January 7th, 2016
Skadden and Freshfields top global deal tables as M&A figures reach record heights In a record year for global M&A, US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer were the top performers ...
Citi and Hildebrandt: Significant factors for law firms in 2016
December 21st, 2015
Citi Private Bank and Hildebrandt Consulting release a report cited key factors for Law Firm’s success in 2016 According to the report the two increasingly significant factors are: Winning Battle for Laterals Hires Continued volatility “There was a time ...
A&O and Freshfields win big on 888’s £900m purchase of Bwin after bidding battle
July 20th, 2015
Magic Circle duo Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted as the bidding battle for online gambling company Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment came to an end today (17 July) with 888 beating GVC to acquire the FTSE 250-listed ...
Why law graduates are being taught to think like MBAs
May 13th, 2015
Lawyers Don’t Know Enough About Business. Law Schools Are Trying to Fix That The popularity of an American legal education is dwindling in the face of disappointing job prospects for graduates. To rescue themselves from oblivion, some law schools are fashioning themselves after ...
Legal Revenue Grows as Elite Law Firms Set the Pace
April 6th, 2015
Tech sector, M&A fees help to make 2014 law industry’s best year since recession Last year, on average, was the best year for law firms since the recession. But averages can be misleading. Revenue at large, corporate law firms ...
Investors Pour Record Amount Into European High-Yield Bond Funds
February 3rd, 2015
Over €1 billion Moved Into European High-Yield Bond Funds in Week Ending Jan. 28. Mario Draghi plans to get Europe’s economy up and running, but he has also sent investors stampeding into riskier corners of the region’s bond market. Investors ...
Leucadia is investing $300 million in cash into FXCM to Permit FXCM to Continue
January 19th, 2015
Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK) and FXCM (NYSE: FXCM) announced that Leucadia would be providing $300 million in cash to FXCM and its subsidiaries (collectively “FXCM”) that will permit FXCM to meet its regulatory-capital requirements and continue normal operations ...
Law Firms Awards
December 29th, 2014
MERGERMARKET EUROPEAN M&A AWARDS 2014 Top investment banks and law firms gathered at the Savoy Hotel in London, to recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative deals ...
US firms now dominate London, UK200 shows
October 27th, 2014
The largest US firms are now so entrenched in the UK legal market that they are collectively generating over £2bn annually and are major players in the 100 firms bringing in the most revenue from the UK. New research ...
Hong Kong Is Hot Spot for U.S. Lawyers as Probes Rise
October 22nd, 2014
When Cathy Palmer first came to Hong Kong as a U.S. prosecutor more than 20 years ago, she was chasing heroin-smuggling triads who later sent a booby-trapped package to her Brooklyn office. Since March, she has been in the ...
