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A&O Shearman advises Exponent and Natara on Natara’s cash offer to acquire Treatt plc

The multi-practice A&O Shearman team is being led by partners and European co-heads of private equity, Peter Banks and Neil Sinha

Norton Rose Fulbright advises on £156 million recommended offer for Treatt

Natara is a global manufacturer of aroma ingredients products.

Clifford Chance advises lenders to a Global Infrastructure Partners-led consortium on Aramco's US$11 billion Jafurah midstream deal

JMGC will receive a tariff payable by Aramco in exchange for granting Aramco the exclusive right to receive, process, and treat raw gas from Jafurah.

Linklaters advises ING on investment in Van Lanschot Kempen

Through this transaction, ING has increased its total shareholding in Van Lanschot Kempen to 20.3%.

Linklaters Represents Dow in $540 Million Investment by Macquarie Asset Management in Diamond Infrastructure Solutions

The additional transaction brings Dow's total proceeds from the transaction to approximately $3 billion.

Conyers Advises Crestline in Agreement to Sell $17 Billion Private Credit and Alternative Investment Solutions Manager to Rithm Capital

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter 2025

DLA Piper Advises Fiserv on Strategic Acquisition of AIB Merchant Services

The acquisition will allow Fiserv to drive continued growth in Ireland and across the wider European market.

Appleby Advises GSR IV Acquisition Corp. on Successful USD200M Initial Public Offering

GSR is a Cayman Islands–incorporated blank check company formed to pursue mergers

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer advises Hong Kong's Li & Fung on acquisition of UK's Orrsum

Anthony was assisted by associates Yusra Jafar and Praveena N.S. in Hong Kong.

Hogan Lovells advises CBC on US$450M syndicated loan arranged by Bank of America, Citi, and JPMorgan

The Hogan Lovells cross-border team was led by Jorge Diaz-Silveira

Hogan Lovells advises CBC on US$450M syndicated loan arranged by Bank of America, Citi, and JPMorgan

The Hogan Lovells cross-border team was led by Jorge Diaz-Silveira

Freshfields advises China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited on its HK$6.3 billion voluntary general offer for HKBN Ltd.

Leveraging our deep expertise in complex public M&A and the telecommunications industry, our team guided CMHK through the regulatory processes

Freshfields Advises Quantinuum on $600m Equity Capital Raise

The Freshfields team is led by M&A partner Andrea Basham

Guidance issued as High Court clarifies rule for solvent liquidations

The judgment said that the liquidator has no discretion to make payments to creditors beyond the first 12 months of the liquidation.

High Court rejects new bid over Thaler’s AI invention patent

In 2023 Dr Thaler had unsuccessfully tried to argue that his AI system DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience) could be named as an inventor of a patent under UK law.

Linklaters advises the bank lender group to John Wood Group plc on an amendment and extension of their existing facilities

This is in connection with a proposed acquisition of Wood by Sidara Limited

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer advises on the A$3.8 billion project financing and financial close of Stage One of Marinus Link

HSF Kramer’s finance team was led by Miles Wadley

EU-US Privacy Shield 2.0 survives legal challenge

The General Court also rejected Latombe’s claims over the oversight of bulk data gathering in the US.

ICSID data offers insight into investor damages awards

The amounts claimed and awarded can vary significantly depending on the nature of the investment and the dispute at issue.”

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer advises on the development and project financing of one of New Zealand’s largest solar farms

Beon Energy has been engaged to construct the Project under an EPC Contract and provide maintenance services during operations under an O&M

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