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M&A
Amid US and European market stagnation, Australia is emerging as a vibrant mid-market M&A hub, attracting investors with strong deal flow and stable economic policies
Winners to be announced on May 28 at The Pier Sixty Collection in New York City
Newly independent King & Wood has established offices in North America, while Mallesons has entered a ‘new era’ with a 1,200-lawyer firm across Australia and Singapore
M&A
Consortium Legal’s M&A partner David Reuben discusses the largest transaction to ever cross the desks of law firms and authorities in the region
M&A
Annette Becker, who joined the firm’s new Seattle hub last year after nearly 25 years at K&L Gates, discusses building an M&A platform amid AI-driven deal complexity
Reed Smith has set up shop in Boston, while other firms have hired across capital structure solutions, project finance, corporate and banking practices in the US, Australia and Italy
In a memorandum of understanding, the two agencies have formalised coordination to harmonise rules, and streamline oversight of the US financial markets
New hires were made across the antitrust, M&A, corporate and finance practices in Brussels, London, Charlotte, Washington DC, New York and San Diego
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