Swooping into the UK Market: Alston & Bird open its first UK office
US law firm, Alston & Bird, launches its first London office.
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October 14, 2019
One In, All In: Stevens & Bolton moves to all-equity partnership model
Regional outfit Stevens & Bolton has levelled the playing field for its partners by implementing an all-equity partnership model, making good on its 2017 strategic plan.
October 14, 2019
Growth Continues: Dentons plants seeds in Argentina and Uruguay
Dentons (the world’s largest law firm by headcount) has merged with leading law firms in Argentina and Uruguay.
October 12, 2019
Pension Pushing: Lane Clark & Peacock snap up KPMG Pension division
Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP), one of the UK’s largest financial consultancy firms, is looking to bid £200m in a takeover of Big Four auditor KMPG’s pensions advisory division.
September 10, 2019
No Deal: A&O and O’Melveny call off merger talks after a year of negotiations
The magic circle law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) and the American international law firm O’Melveny & Myers have announced that discussions about a proposed merger between the two have been called off.
September 5, 2019
Amazon’s NHS Vision: Tech giant makes move into the healthcare market
News about the collaboration between the NHS and Amazon, through its Alexa devices, broke on the 10th of July.
September 5, 2019
Eating Up the Competition: JustEat join with Dutch company in £9bn merger
JustEat and Takeaway.com merge to create the second largest online food delivery business, after China’s Meituan.
September 2, 2019
Turkish Delight: Turkey’s military pension fund set to buy British Steel
Turkey’s military pension fund, known as Oyak, has seen its subsidiary Ataer enter into exclusive talks with British Steel with plans to finalise the acquisition by the end of the year, following due diligence checks.
August 27, 2019
New Year, New Me: Gordon Dadds renames itself The Ince Group
Gordon Dadds is hoping to rebrand as "The Ince Group", following its acquisition of struggling shipping law firm Ince and Co in December 2018.
August 20, 2019
The £80m Golden Tikit: BT sells off legal software division
BT has announced the firm will be exclusively focusing on full-fibre broadband across the UK. They have sold their legal software division in a ‘national mission’ to provide Britain ultra-fast broadband.
August 19, 2019