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Mayer Brown partners named "Lawyers of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America 2023

Four lawyers have been recognized as “Lawyers of the Year

Mayer Brown named 2022 "Illinois Powerhouse" by Law360

Mayer Brown’s successes this past year have further cemented its longstanding relationship with both the city and state while it continues to bring value to clients across industry sectors.

Allens advises Morrison & Co and Brookfield led consortium on $3.7 billion acquisition of Uniti Group

This acquisition demonstrates the value long-term investors see in telecommunications fibre networks, underpinned by the ever increasing reliance by households on high-speed broadband services and the growth in data transit volumes.

Blockchain Networks Beginning to Allow Enforcement of Court Orders

In a further development in the digital assets space, also in June 2022, the Supreme Court of the State of New York authorised the first-ever service of court documents on an anonymous defendant using tokenised airdrop.

Norton Rose Fulbright represents Jupiter Power in agreement with Energy Vault

Expected to be completed in 2023, these projects represent Jupiter's first project in California as well as an additional Jupiter West Texas project, and will provide critically needed dispatchable capacity to these electricity markets.

Freshfields advises Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on joint venture with Hamilton-Pyramid Europe

The Freshfields’ team, led by real estate partner Victoria Hills, included tax partner May Smith, senior associate Palina Pradhan, associates Mohammad Bagash and Stephanie Austera, and counsel Gabrielle Van Der Haegen.

Freshfields Represents eBay in Acquisition of TCGplayer

The Freshfields team is being led from New York, Silicon Valley and Washington by corporate Partners Zheng (Jonathan) Zhou and Ethan Klingsberg

Dentons represents Juvo Partners Fund in technology-enabled education investments

The work was led by corporate Salt Lake City shareholder David R. Rudd and associate William T. Morris.

Norton Rose Fulbright represents secured lenders in Chapter 11 cross-border restructuring of Altera Infrastructure L.P.

Prior to the Chapter 11 filing, CoCom was involved in months of complex negotiations with Altera and its majority equity holder, Brookfield Business Partners.

DLA Piper advises Nearmap on its acquisition by Thoma Bravo

Our tax team also played a key role, led by partner Eddie Ahn and senior associate Kenny Mui, as well as our US team led by partners Andy Weil and Paolo Morante.

Dentons advises Česká spořitelna on €113 million refinancing of Zeitgeist Asset Management’s residential real estate portfolio

Through its financing of this project, Česká spořitelna demonstrates its support of quality alternatives to home ownership, by bringing more stability into the Czech rental market.

Asia-Pacific Restructuring Practices of U.S. Law Firms 2022

Partners Neil McDonald, Jacqueline Tang and Wei-Yang Lim were listed as key professionals in the group.

14,000 online whistleblowers prompt HMRC crack down on furlough fraud

Significant numbers of employees who found themselves unwittingly playing a part in a breach of the rules or even fraud will have reported them in response.

Collas Crill Launches Summer Internship Programmed In Cayman

This summer the firm welcomed Demae Lee and Paige Thomas who attend Cayman International School and Cayman Prep and High School respectively.

Latham & Watkins Advises Apollo in Strategic Partnership and Financing of GI Alliance’s Physician-Led Buyout

A multidisciplinary deal team led by members of the Private Equity and M&A Practices represents the high-growth, global alternative asset manager.

Dentons advises EMMA Capital on the sale of 75% of SuperSport and a new joint venture with Entain

The transaction is expected to complete in Q4 2022 and is conditional upon regulatory approvals.

Dentons advises WELLE on acquisition of EuRec

Dentons represented WELLE in negotiations with the minority shareholder and the directors of EuRec, and in all legal aspects of the share transfer and the restructuring of the company’s management.

Police Scotland data ruling a ‘helpful reminder’ of erasure rights

Two months later, Bartosik submitted a complaint to Police Scotland, claiming that officers had failed to record and investigate the allegations and had not responded to his report.

Large UK firms suspected of underpaying £1.4bn in employment taxes

These so-called ‘hidden employees’ include workers who are paid by businesses on a self-employed basis, as well as those who are paid through a personal service company and fall within the tax rules for off-payroll workers – known

Carey Olsen supports Transocean as Viasit Inc. comes onboard joint venture Inteliwell

Inteliwell will offer a suite of applications that will provide an end-to-end, closed-loop workflow for well construction planning, execution, and monitoring.

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