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October 2, 2008 |
Linklaters has stormed to the top of the latest M&A rankings as clients continue their flight to quality for big-ticket mandates.Mergermarket tables for the first three-quarters of 2008, which are provided exclusively to Legal Week, put the magic circle law firm far ahead of its rivals by value for global, European and UK M&A, with Linklaters advising on 184 deals to date worth $602.3bn (£335bn). Over Q3 the firm has seen a stream of mandates coming from the credit crunch - winning roles on deals including the proposed takeover of HBOS by Lloyds TSB and Bank of America's takeover of Merrill Lynch. It is also advising on the largest deal of the quarter - InBev's unsolicited bid for rival drinks company Anheuser-Busch.The mandates mean Linklaters' quarterly tally has a higher value at $238.3bn (£134bn) than in both Q2 2008 and Q3 2007.Linklaters corporate partner Matthew Middleditch told Legal Week: "We have been lucky that our broad base of clients has been active this year. Given the uncertain climate, quite how much longer activity will continue is uncertain for everyone."The rankings demonstrate clients turning to top-tier law firms during the economic crisis. By value the rankings are dominated by leading international players such as the magic circle, Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. All have significantly outperformed the wider M&A market. Q2 saw 3,407 deals announced globally worth $686.6bn (£380bn) while Q3 fell to 2,352 worth $735.3bn (£408bn).With the credit crunch already claiming global banking institutions such as Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Washington Mutual as well as HBOS and Bradford & Bingley in the UK, firms are preparing for a further flurry of bank-related M&A activity. Freshfields head of corporate Barry O'Brien said: "There is no question we will see more work arising from financial institutions. The regulated balance sheets have not been as robust as people assumed and I would expect to see further financial services consolidation in the future."
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October 2, 2008 |
A raft of leading law firms have landed roles on the latest bank bailouts with Bradford & Bingley (B&B), Dexia and Fortis all agreeing rescue deals this week.Herbert Smith, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May and Ashurst all won major roles on the £40bn nationalisation of B&B. Herbert Smith advised longstanding client B&B, fielding a team under London corporate chief Michael Walter. Slaughters, fielding a team under London corporate partner Charles Randell, acted for the UK Government, which nationalised the bank on Monday (29 September). Freshfields advised Bank of England on its role overseeing B&B, with partner Michael Raffan leading the team.Ashurst advised Banco Santander-owned Abbey on its acquisition of B&B's £20bn deposit business, which includes 200 branches. As the banking crisis spread to continental Europe, Herbert Smith ally Stibbe won lead roles advising on the state bailouts of Belgian banking leader Fortis and Dexia. The firm is advising the Belgian Government, which has taken minority stakes in both of the troubled banks. The firm is acting opposite Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton for Dexia, which is to receive a E6.4bn (£5.1bn) injection from the governments of Belgium, France and Luxembourg and shareholders. Linklaters took the lead for Fortis on its E11.2bn (£8.9bn) cash injection from the governments of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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September 30, 2008 |
Herbert Smith's Dutch ally Stibbe has bagged lead roles advising on the state bailouts of Belgian banking leaders Fortis and Dexia. The firm is advising the Belgian Government, which has taken minority stakes in both of the troubled banks. Stibbe's Brussels office has played the lead role on both transactions with corporate partners Olivier Clevenbergh and Marc Fyon and finance partner Ivan Peeters advising.
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September 30, 2008 |
After selling off $1.75bn (£970m) in assets to Barclays, bankrupt giant Lehman Brothers is to sell much of its money management business, including its asset management unit, Neuberger Berman, to Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman for about $2.15bn (£1.19bn) in cash, reports The American Lawyer.The Neuberger business is among the biggest outstanding issues for Lehman. Weil Gotshal & Manges, Lehman's bankruptcy counsel, is handling the deal on Lehman's end. A twelve-partner team from Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray advised longstanding client Bain on the acquisition.
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September 29, 2008 |
Four leading Wall Street firms have advised on the latest grand-scale banking rescue as Wachovia joins the ranks of banking giants to fall victim to the credit crunch. Davis Polk & Wardwell and Sullivan & Cromwell took the lead roles on Citi's acquisition of Wachovia's banking operations for $2.16bn (£1.16bn). Citi will take on around $53bn (£29bn) worth of Wachovia debt in the rescue deal, backed by the US Government.Sullivan advised Wachovia on the deal, while Davis Polk advised Citi, led by M&A partners John Ettinger and Phillip Mills and financial institutions partner Randall Guynn.
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September 26, 2008 |
Sullivan & Cromwell has taken the lead role on JPMorgan's $1.9bn (£1bn) purchase of Washington Mutual (WaMu) assets, following the US Government seizing the savings and loan association last night (25 September). Sullivan advised JPMorgan, led by chairman Rodgin Cohen and flanked by finance and M&A partner Mitch Eitel. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is understood to have taken the lead mandate advising Washington Mutual.Cravath Swaine & Moore also took a role as JPMorgan simultaneously launched a $10bn (£5.4bn) fundraising, selling common stock to the public to add capital to its balance sheet. New York-based corporate partner William Fogg led the Cravath team.
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September 24, 2008 | International Edition
With every day last week seemingly heralding news, or at the least rumours, of another shock bank collapse/rescue, there are clearly better times to be a lawyer in the financial services sector. But for Linklaters it seems this particular cloud has a silver lining. Rafts of firms have managed to win substantive roles in the transactions but in the UK, only Linklaters has managed to secure key positions on all three deals to date.The firm has a team of around 20 partners acting for PricewaterhouseCoopers as UK administrator on Lehman Brothers' collapse in addition to a separate team advising Lloyds TSB on its takeover of HBOS. The firm is also advising Merrill Lynch on UK aspects of its takeover by Bank of America.
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September 24, 2008 |
With every day last week seemingly heralding news, or at the least rumours, of another shock bank collapse/rescue, there are clearly better times to be a lawyer in the financial services sector. But for Linklaters it seems this particular cloud has a silver lining. Rafts of firms have managed to win substantive roles in the transactions but in the UK, only Linklaters has managed to secure key positions on all three deals to date.The firm has a team of around 20 partners acting for PricewaterhouseCoopers as UK administrator on Lehman Brothers' collapse in addition to a separate team advising Lloyds TSB on its takeover of HBOS. The firm is also advising Merrill Lynch on UK aspects of its takeover by Bank of America.
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September 24, 2008 |
Since bonuses were introduced by law firms in the late 1990s as a way to limit the long-term effects of salary inflation, amounts paid out - and the hoops that assistants have to jump through in order to get their hands on the cash - have varied wildly between firms. Some firms give tens of thousands of pounds to assistants regardless of individual performance, while others require Olympian levels of all-round commitment in return for sums that could probably be more easily obtained through a few after hours' shifts at the local pub.
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September 22, 2008 |
Just days after Lehman Brothers sold off $1.75bn (£950m) in assets to Barclays, the bankrupt giant is in talks to sell its investment-management unit to private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman, according to sources familiar with the deal. A lawyer familiar with the deal says Weil Gotshal & Manges, Lehman's bankruptcy counsel, is handling the deal for Lehman. The source says Ropes & Gray is representing Bain, a longtime Ropes client.
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