Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border) | Global

In M&A, the law firm provides a full suite of services and high-end deal guidance to clients as well as expansive cross-border reach, regularly connecting with the firm's extensive network of strong offices overseas during transactions. A strong affinity with major financial services players and banks, as well as relationships with large corporates, provides the team with frequent cross-border M&A mandates and deal counsel experience. The law firm's major presence in many major economies generates a flow of inbound work and the London office is highly regarded for its project management abilities on M&A involving multiple jurisdictions.

The law firm has a high-quality M&A team in London which is proficient in advising global clients on complex deals, frequently coordinating outbound transactions from its UK base, as well as providing guidance to overseas companies investing in the UK. The law firm calls upon its extensive network of offices in its role as global deal counsel, offering wide-ranging support to clients in their international operations in major economies. An impressive client base includes acting as M&A adviser to major players from the banking and financial services, energy, TMT and infrastructure sectors, in addition to private financial sponsors and alternative lenders.

Widely regarded as a global heavy-hitter in M&A, the group is a top choice for major UK and overseas clients, with a particularly strong track record representing UK corporates. The law firm regularly works with major public companies and is also a trusted adviser to private equity firms, equally adept advising on both substantial public and private M&A. It acts for clients with interests and operations abroad, typically forming a cross-office team with local Freshfields offices in major financial centres, or for work in emerging global economies by coordinating local counsel. The firm complements the M&A group with strong antitrust expertise and sector knowledge across the technology and pharmaceutical sectors and a top-notch merger control and competition law team.

Recognised as one of the most internationally-focused law firms in the UK, Linklaters offers an outstanding full-service practice in London, which is renowned for the quality of its international work throughout its wide-ranging scope of expertise. The London team holds an elite reputation for coordinating both transactional and contentious cross-border matters and often acts as the driving force behind strategic advice in global mandates. The law firm's distinguished global platform is also noted as a key attraction to clients, extending the firm's reach across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Africa and various emerging markets.

The law firm has a premier M&A team with an epicentre of resources and operations located in its London base, frequently project-managing complex deals governed by UK law. Its stellar cohort of blue-chip corporate clients regularly chose to instruct the firm as lead counsel on complex cross-border transactions, with an emphasis on transformative M&A. Global work is typically carried out in conjunction with the firm's carefully curated network of non-exclusive relationships with firms in foreign jurisdictions, and the firm regularly coordinates this group while acting as lead global deal counsel to UK clients in their outbound investments. Inbound investment is also a frequent element of work for the M&A group, which benefits from its international network, with foreign clients from the USA and Asia investing in and acquiring UK organisations.

Latham & Watkins has developed a formidable presence in the London transactional market, regularly assisting clients with transatlantic and global M&A and leveraged buyouts. The London office offers a wide skill set to clients, and regularly connects with the firm's teams across an extensive network of offices to assist clients in cross-border M&A, particularly deals spanning across the USA and Europe. It has a stellar reputation for its representation of private equity funds on substantial cross-border transactions and also offers public company expertise in the global M&A context.

Skadden is renowned as a powerhouse M&A firm, with a high-performing London team that is a frequent presence on public M&A. The UK group regularly links with US colleagues and the London office acts as a key hub to connect the US to UK and European markets, offering high-end expertise to clients on high-value transatlantic M&A. The firm also offers a strong foothold in key Asian markets and the UK is integral to the firm's prominent position on global transactions in the energy, TMT, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

The law firm offers significant resources for M&A work in its London office, and its internationally active UK M&A team regularly advises on cross-border transactions for UK and foreign clients. The law firm is uniquely positioned to cover clients' needs across numerous key and emerging markets, offering end-to-end support in M&A and providing a full suite of services, including a specialist team for global corporate reorganisations and carve-outs. The team is a top choice for clients whose mandates touch many jurisdictions, and though predominantly operating in the mid-market, the London office also offers experience in high-end M&A. The firm regularly handles public deals and is also a strong choice for UK private equity firms investing in wide-reaching jurisdictions.

The London M&A team is focused on providing high-end, specialist advice to an elite roster of clients, with an excellent reputation acting for private equity sponsors. It provides a well-equipped contact point for US-based funds and corporate clients on substantial acquisitions in the UK and Western Europe and regularly collaborates with US and Asia M&A colleagues on global matters. The firm frequently advises on significant global transactions that are governed by UK or US law, reaching out to and directing a network of partner firms for local law expertise.

The law firm's elite global status ensures the London team acts for numerous multinational clients and institutions in high-end M&A advisory work, often collaborating with colleagues in foreign jurisdictions on large public deals. The team is a top choice for investment banks and corporates on transformative M&A, particularly when there is a US aspect, and is recognised for collaborating with its stellar New York office on substantial transatlantic transactions.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has forged an excellent reputation internationally through a global platform principally built around its transactional capabilities. The law firm's primary headquarters in New York and its impressive London base both act as important global hubs and are coupled with a far-reaching network of offices which extends across the USA and Europe, with Asian operations run from China. All the law firm's offices have a principal focus on advising international banks, large multinational corporations and private equity funds. The firm typically offers strength in cross-border finance, restructuring, high-end M&A and tax across its platform.

The law firm has become increasingly full service in its UK offering to clients, with M&A work a growing component of its cross-border activity from London. The team maintains a strong reputation for collaborating with its internal network in the key markets, particularly with the USA on transatlantic M&A, and emerging markets, particularly across CEE, the Middle East and Central Asia. In cross-border energy and infrastructure deals, the London office brings industry and transactional skills to bear for major clients. The firm offers a strong private equity practice in the UK and is a top choice for high-end buyouts, able to utilise its deep roots in the US market and globally.

The law firm has grown its presence and reputation as trusted adviser for multi-jurisdictional M&A, taking on mandates involving jurisdictions across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Maintains a solid reputation for pan-European transactional work, with a noted expertise and presence in the CEE region. The London team represents an attractive proposition for clients in the energy sector seeking to engage in cross-border M&A transactions, where the firm combines sector expertise with broad geographic scope to cater for the global needs of the industry.

Davis Polk & Wardwell is a New York-headquartered firm with high-end capabilities across transactional, regulatory and contentious areas. Set up to serve global clients and project-manage matters from key financial centres, including London, Paris, Beijing and Hong Kong, and collaborates with selected partner firms in other jurisdictions for local law aspects. Primarily serving large US and international investment banks, financial institutions and corporates, the firm has extensive experience handling sophisticated, multi-jurisdictional M&A, financing and capital markets offerings, as well as running international investigations and disputes, including global antitrust files.

Offering clients a vast network of offices and affiliate offices across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South and North America, the London team provides a global solution for clients in M&A and provides a full service to support transactional teams. The law firm has a strong handle on US markets, and is able to utilise multiple US teams to receive and drive transatlantic M&A from the UK, across a wide range of sectors. Similarly, the UK team regularly collaborates with internal colleagues on a variety of public and private M&A transactions touching numerous global jurisdictions, largely operating in the cross-border mid-market space.

Hogan Lovells represents international clients across its full-service scope, providing an excellent cross-border service for a range of contentious, transactional and regulatory work. The London team remains a central contributor to the law firm's worldwide success and frequently coordinates cross-border work. It has particularly close ties to the firm's European offices as well as forming an effective team with the law firm's lawyers in other key jurisdictions throughout the USA, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

Jones Day offers renowned cross-border capabilities to international clients for a mixture of transactional and contentious matters. The London team is particularly seen working in conjunction with the firm's US-based teams and also gives clients access to a broad global presence spanning across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. While offering a broad practice in London, M&A transactions, civil fraud and corporate litigation are key areas of the UK team's international activity.

Dechert is widely acknowledged to have an extensive international footprint with which it is able to handle major complex matters concerning multiple jurisdictions. With a significant focus on the financial sector, private equity and life sciences industries, the law firm is able to provide clients with assistance on a myriad of mandates, including fund formation, transactions and disputes from key offices across the major markets in the USA, Europe and Asia. To complement its significant global reach, the firm also frequently collaborates with co-counsel from other jurisdictions to provide a complete service.

The London office plays a key role in the law firm's international M&A and the team is a major hub for transatlantic and pan-European deals as well as other global M&A governed by UK law. The firm's 'one-stop shop' approach provides a full global service to UK clients, offering wide-ranging expertise in London and far-reaching local law capabilities to call upon in cross-border M&A. The team enjoys a robust reputation for advising on international M&A related to infrastructure projects, frequently collaborating with corporate teams within the extensive Dentons network. It is also repeatedly chosen by clients on multi-jurisdictional matters which have heavy global due diligence requirements.

r Norton Rose Fulbright has an extensive network of offices distributed throughout North and Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. The law firm is structured in alignment with global industry sectors, which, combined with the geographic spread of its lawyers, makes it a popular choice for global clients seeking a full-service offering. It focuses on building teams with sector-specific multi-jurisdictional expertise to meet the needs of clients with global businesses.

The UK M&A team offers clients strong expertise on large transatlantic M&A, with several offices in the USA and the London group frequently collaborating on US-UK opportunities generated in both countries. The UK team also offers domestic and foreign clients global scope, assisting UK and European clients internationally and acting as a key hub for global clients in their European investments and operations. The law firm performs particularly well on energy deals and regularly advises clients on matters in emerging markets, where it capably directs local counsel.