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Latham Wins 2022 GCR Award for Merger Control Matter of the Year – Europe

Voters from across the global antitrust community honored the firm’s work clearing EssilorLuxottica’s US$8.3 billion acquisition of GrandVision.

Mayer Brown advises Barclays Bank PLC on asset-based finance facility to support acquisition of McKesson Corporation’s UK business

A separate Mayer Brown team also advised Aurelius on the acquisition of McKesson Corporation’s UK business.

Clifford Chance expands US Energy & Infrastructure practice with lateral hire of renewable energy, project finance and tax partner Alexander Leff

Clifford Chance's US Energy & Infrastructure practice guides financial investors and corporations on some of the leading renewable energy deals in the market.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 ranks Mayer Brown in 23 categories and recognizes three lawyers as "Leading Individuals"

The guide also recognized Paulette Vander Schueren in the "Hall of Fame" in the Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping category and Laurent Borey in the Tax category.

Allen & Overy advises Omnes on its acquisition of a minority stake in TagEnergy

The EUR450 million capital injection will further accelerate the energy transition by driving the initial delivery of TagEnergy’s growing portfolio of more than 2.7GW in five countries – the UK, Spain, Portugal, France and Australia.

Appleby Asia Group Head Judy Lee is recognised in the IFLR1000 Women Leaders List 202

The Women Leaders list recognises the leading female transactional lawyers in the world.

Harneys advises Waystone Group on its acquisition of Centaur

The corporate lawyers at Harneys have strong networks with industry players and service providers in key markets around the world and understand the business environment in which their clients operate.

Walkers Advises on the Successful Restructuring of MIE Holdings Corporation by way of a Cayman Islands Scheme of Arrangement

MIE is the holding company of a group of companies which is one of the leading independent upstream oil and gas companies in the People's Republic of China focused on the exploration and development, production and sale of crude oil.

London law firms Seddons and Lawrence Stephens to merge

The merger will bring together each firms’ complementary expertise to create a full service law firm.

Dechert Assists in the Development of Blockchain-based BerkShares Platform

Dechert’s fintech team worked with its client, the Schumacher Center, and a consortium including BerkShares, banks and app developers, for over a year in migrating BerkShares to a blockchain-based system, addressing unique regulatory and licensing i

Dentons Supports MergeBase Software in Closing Seed Financing

Dentons assisted MergeBase in closing this financing round with a team comprised of Arik Broadbent and Clemens Maschke.

David Lamb Recommended as a Global Leader for M&A 2022 by Who’s Who Legal

The Who’s Who Legal directory has highlighted the foremost experts in different practice areas globally through client and practitioner recommendations since 1996.

Baker McKenzie advises Datwyler in the acquisition of QSR Group

The planned acquisition of QSR will strategically expand Datwyler’s existing portfolio and geographic footprint as Datwyler will become a global leader in another attractive area of system-critical sealing components with this acquisition.

Bird & Bird advised Sponsor Capital on a transaction whereby a Fund under its control acquired the business assets of Vantaan Kiinnike and Rak Oy

Due to the asset transfer, Sponsor Capital will be able, as a new owner, to support these growth objectives.

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