Big Deals
A new legal powerhouse in the Baltics
A merger between Klavins Ellex and GLIMSTEDT & Partners has created Latvia's largest law firm and a giant in the Baltics. Operating under the name Klavins Ellex, the new firm will have 278 lawyers across offices in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, making it a...
read morePinsent Masons advises on Skyscanner sale
Pinsent Masons recently advised on the sale of Skyscanner in what is believed to be the largest corporate transaction in Scotland this year. The deal, which was announced on the U.S. Stock Exchange, will see Skyscanner sold to CTrip.com International, China’s largest...
read moreDentons advises GLL Real Estate Partners on Budapest deal
Dentons has advised GLL Real Estate Partners, a Munich-based international real estate investor and asset manager, on the acquisition of Váci 1, a landmark retail and office building in downtown Budapest for a separate account mandate from Bayerische...
read moreMorgan Lewis, KW merger scrapped
The £3bn megamerger between King & Wood Mallesons and Philadelphia-headquartered Morgan Lewis & Bockius would have created the world’s second largest law firm by turnover and would have satisfied KWM’s long-held desire to complete its global footprint with a...
read moreFieldfisher joins forces with UK commercial specialist Hill Hofstetter
European law firm Fieldfisher has confirmed that it is joining forces with local commercial specialist Hill Hofstetter, an 18-partner commercial firm based in London and Birmingham that specializes in corporate, litigation, real estate and employment law. According to...
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