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Deal Highlights

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Deal Name	Deal Date	Firm Name	Jurisdiction	Deal Type	Lawyer Names	Client Names	Client Role
PGIM Inc. - M&A	2021-05-20	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	United Kingdom	M&A		PGIM Inc.	Buyer
Cairn Capital Ltd. - M&A	2021-02-02	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	United Kingdom	M&A	Alla Barford, Ezra Zahabi, Gavin Weir, Ian Meade, Jasdeep Rai, Kelvin Mahal, Melissa Kinsmore-Ward, Mohammed Natha, Stuart Sinclair, Suleyman Siddiqui	Cairn Capital Ltd.	Buyer
Trans-Siberian Gold plc - M&A	2021-03-18	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	United Kingdom	M&A	Sebastian Rice	Trans-Siberian Gold plc	Target
Pricoa Private Capital - M&A	2022-04-07	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	United Kingdom	M&A		Pricoa Private Capital	Buyer
Aquadrill LLC - M&A	2022-12-23	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	United Kingdom	M&A	David Elder, David Sweeney, Patrick Hurley	Aquadrill LLC	Target

Corporate

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This week’s top moves: Akin expands in the Middle East as Linklaters lands Wachtell lifer

Firms opened new fronts in Abu Dhabi and Madrid this week, while New York remained a battleground for senior transactional talent

September 10 2026

Corporate

This week’s top moves: Sidley’s 11-lawyer team leads finance-heavy lateral round

Among top hires, Akin continues its Chicago build-out, while Latham, Reed Smith and Vinson & Elkins expanded their infrastructure, PE, corporate and regulatory benches

Noemi Distefano, August 06 2026

Banking

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This week’s people moves: finance hiring wave continues across US and UK big law

Paul Hastings’ latest finance hires from Cahill and Ropes & Gray stood out in a week that also saw Akin and Charles Russell Speechlys add corporate partners

Noemi Distefano, July 10 2026

M&A

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This week’s people moves: Morgan Lewis, Akin, Hogan Lovells and more

We round up new hires across the M&A, PE, corporate and finance practices at leading law firms in the UK, Ireland, and US

Noemi Distefano, May 14 2026

Banking

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This week’s people moves: Linklaters, Ashurst, Fieldfisher and more

New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific

Noemi Distefano, February 05 2026

M&A

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AI in big law: Why Akin focuses ‘on handrails, not handcuffs’

The firm’s director of AI innovation and a corporate partner delve into the firm’s safe adoption of AI, the advantages for M&A, and the rise of agentic AI

Noemi Distefano, September 04 2025

Banking

This week’s people moves: Akin, A&O Shearman and more

New hires were made across the finance practices in New York, San Francisco, London and Milan

Karry Lai, July 10 2025

Banking

This week’s people moves: Winston & Strawn, Sullivan & Cromwell and more

New hires were made across the financial regulation, M&A and investment funds practices in London, New York and Chicago

Karry Lai, June 19 2025

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The full Agrokor story: Croatia’s first extraordinary administration

Akin Gump lawyers who worked with the creditors’ committee reveal how the unprecedented corporate restructuring came together

James Roome, December 06 2019

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Banking

This week’s people moves: Sidley, Akin, Kirkland & Ellis and more

Karry Lai, May 15 2025
Banking

IFLR+ Talent Tracker: Firms build on Q1 financial hiring momentum

Karry Lai, July 16 2024
ESG moves up on corporates’ priority lists in the Middle East

IFLR Correspondent, December 19 2023
Investment managers seek advice on SEC private fund rules scope

Alice Tchernookova, September 29 2023
SEC private fund rules are law firms' bonanzas

Alice Tchernookova, September 21 2023
US Bankruptcy Court clarifies foreign insolvency and restructuring recognition under Chapter 15

Karry Lai, August 02 2022
HK Court of Final Appeal clarifies requirements on winding up foreign companies

Karry Lai, July 18 2022
Hong Kong SAR’s insolvency decision demonstrates cooperation with Chinese courts

Karry Lai, April 01 2022
First recognition order made by Chinese court under HK and PRC insolvency arrangement

Karry Lai, February 24 2022
Transition bonds could have more impact than green bonds

Natasha Teja, February 17 2021
Dealmakers already looking to 2021 as M&A market disappears

IFLR correspondent, May 13 2020
Covid-19 now part of the M&A legal process

IFLR correspondent, May 13 2020