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Explore major deals shaping the global legal market — from high-value mergers to landmark transactions across industries.
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is advising EverBank Financial Corp on the strategic combination with WaFd. The firm’s disclosed mandate spans corporate, executive compensation and benefits, regulatory, tax and antitrust work. EverBank is a financial holding company and the parent of EverBank, N.A. Its banking business combines nationwide digital distribution with financial centers in California, Florida and New York. The transaction is structured as a reverse merger. EverBank will merge into WaFd, which will remain the legal surviving corporation. EverBank shareholders will receive WaFd common stock in exchange for their EverBank shares. They are expected to own approximately 59.2% of the combined company after closing. That ownership split gives EverBank investors majority economic ownership despite WaFd remaining the surviving listed entity. The combined company will adopt the EverBank Financial Corp name and trade on Nasdaq under the ticker EVBK. The merger is expected to create a bank with approximately US$75 billion in assets. The combination brings together EverBank’s specialty banking and digital capabilities with WaFd’s western U.S. branch network. J.P. Morgan and Piper Sandler are serving as EverBank’s financial advisers. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approval, WaFd shareholder approval and customary closing conditions. Completion is expected in early 2027.
Sep 07 2026
Slaughter and May advised Land Securities Capital Markets plc on the transfer of its listed debt from Euronext Dublin to the London Stock Exchange. The firm also advised on the annual update of Landsec’s secured multicurrency notes programme. Land Securities Capital Markets plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Land Securities Group PLC, or Landsec. Landsec has a combined UK property portfolio of more than £10 billion across workspace, retail, leisure and residential assets. The legal work centered on migrating the listing and trading venue for the outstanding securities rather than raising new debt. All outstanding debt securities issued under the programme moved from Euronext Dublin’s main market to the London Stock Exchange’s main market. The programme itself has a £7 billion capacity. Slaughter and May’s related mandate covered its annual update as well as the change in listing venue.
Sep 07 2026
Linklaters advised Deutsche Börse AG on the hybrid bond issuance. The transaction was the first publicly placed hybrid bond represented by central register securities under the German Electronic Securities Act. The notes were issued through Clearstream Europe AG’s D7 platform. D7 is Deutsche Börse Group’s digital securities infrastructure and provides a fully digital alternative to conventional physical issuance. The bonds form part of Deutsche Börse’s €6 billion Debt Issuance Programme and carry a 4.200% coupon until the reset date. The notes mature in September 2052. Deutsche Börse has a first optional redemption date in June 2032. The proceeds are available for general corporate purposes, including refinancing existing debt. Estimated net proceeds were approximately €597.9 million. For Deutsche Börse, the transaction combines corporate funding with deployment of infrastructure from within its own group. Clearstream forms part of Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade business.
Sep 02 2026
PSG is making a growth investment in XBE rather than pursuing a full change-of-control acquisition. The structure allows PSG to add capital and its software growth expertise while preserving meaningful ownership for founder and CEO Sean Devine and existing investor Banneker Partners. XBE has said the partnership is intended to provide greater capacity to accelerate product innovation, strengthen its platform and expand its customer community. The investment fits PSG’s focus on software and technology-enabled services businesses undergoing transformational growth. XBE provides operational software for the heavy materials, logistics and construction sectors, integrating functions such as scheduling, dispatch, pricing, financial management, telematics and analytics. PSG is therefore backing an established vertical software platform at a stage when management is seeking to increase the pace of product development and scale. Weil advised PSG on the investment. Its disclosed team included specialists in private equity, tax, executive compensation, employment, technology and IP, privacy and cybersecurity, banking and finance, and antitrust, indicating a multidisciplinary growth-equity mandate extending beyond the core investment documentation.
Aug 19 2026
Willis Re is using the acquisition to establish an operational presence in the United States and accelerate the geographic expansion of its specialist reinsurance platform. The acquired business gives it immediate access to an established U.S. client base spanning regional and super-regional carriers, MGAs and programmes, together with capabilities in reinsurance broking and capital advisory. Willis Re has described the transaction as transformational for its global growth strategy and as a means of broadening both its capabilities and the lines of business it can serve. The acquisition includes BMS’s U.S. reinsurance broking and capital advisory businesses, together with the London-based team that supports its U.S. reinsurance operations. This gives Willis Re an established platform rather than requiring it to build a U.S. operation organically, while adding local market expertise and relationships in the world’s largest insurance market. Weil is advising Willis Re on the acquisition. Its disclosed team spans M&A, tax, executive compensation, employment, technology and IP, privacy and cybersecurity, antitrust, private funds, real estate, finance and regulatory transactions. The breadth of that team reflects the range of corporate, regulatory and operational issues involved in acquiring and integrating a regulated cross-border insurance-broking business.
Aug 18 2026
Groupe Lactalis is using the transaction to strengthen its position in the UK dairy market by adding a portfolio of established consumer brands and five manufacturing facilities to its existing UK operations. The acquisition materially expands its presence in cheddar, butter and spreads, with Groupe Lactalis stating that the enlarged business will become a leading supplier in those categories. The acquired portfolio also includes products with distinctive market positions, notably Cathedral City, Davidstow, Wensleydale Creamery, Country Life, Clover and Utterly Butterly, and Yorkshire Wensleydale, which has Protected Geographical Indication status. Weil is advising Groupe Lactalis on the acquisition. Its disclosed team spans corporate/M&A, antitrust, technology and intellectual property, tax, incentives, regulatory matters, ESG, disputes and employment. That breadth reflects a mandate involving significantly more than negotiation of the acquisition agreement: the business includes multiple manufacturing operations, major consumer brands and associated intellectual property, while completion remains subject to regulatory approvals. The most immediate legal work remains completion focused, particularly satisfying the applicable regulatory conditions. Beyond closing, which is targeted by the end of Q1 2027, the transaction represents a substantial expansion of Groupe Lactalis’s UK operating platform.
Aug 14 2026
Apollo S3, Apollo’s Sponsor & Secondary Solutions business, closed a single-asset continuation vehicle for Mountaintop Beverage through a newly formed structure. The transaction transfers Mountaintop from Monogram Capital Partners II, L.P. into a newly formed continuation vehicle led by Apollo S3, with participation from other institutional investors. Rather than acquiring Mountaintop outright from Monogram, Apollo S3 is leading a new investor group that provides the business with a longer investment horizon and committed capital while allowing Monogram and Mountaintop’s management to remain owners. The structure addresses two objectives simultaneously: generating liquidity for existing fund investors and providing fresh capital for the company’s next stage of expansion. Weil advised Apollo S3 on the continuation vehicle. Its disclosed team spans private equity, private funds and tax. The investment also gives Apollo S3 exposure to Mountaintop’s planned manufacturing expansion and future acquisition activity, creating the possibility of further capital deployment as the company executes that growth program.
Aug 12 2026
GardaWorld used two existing financing channels in parallel to add flexibility to its capital structure: an additional issuance under an established senior-note series and an increase to its existing term loan. The structure allowed GardaWorld to raise further capital without creating entirely new debt instruments, with the additional notes ranking alongside and forming part of the same series as notes already outstanding. The immediate use of the proceeds is balance-sheet management. GardaWorld intends initially to reduce drawings under its senior secured revolving credit facility, while preserving the capital for broader corporate purposes. Importantly for the company’s forward strategy, those purposes expressly include potential acquisitions. The transaction therefore provides liquidity that can be redeployed as opportunities arise rather than financing a specifically identified acquisition. Simpson Thacher represented GardaWorld on both elements of the financing: the capital-markets offering and the amendment increasing the existing term loan. Its disclosed team combined capital markets and credit lawyers with tax, executive compensation and benefits, intellectual property, environmental and regulatory specialists. That multidisciplinary composition reflects a financing mandate requiring coordination across both securities issuance and bank-credit documentation within an established capital structure. The financing leaves GardaWorld with additional capacity to pursue corporate development while managing short-term revolver exposure.
Aug 07 2026
Milbank advised Northampton Capital Partners on both the formation of Cypress Infrastructure and its preferred investment in Terra-Gen. The mandate covered the establishment of the investment platform as well as the project-level investment. Cypress is being established by Northampton together with APG Asset Management, acting on behalf of pension fund ABP and other institutional investors. It is designed as a vehicle for long-term investment in U.S. renewable infrastructure. The Terra-Gen investment is Cypress’s first transaction. It gives the vehicle exposure to battery storage in California and wind generation in Texas. Both assets have contracted arrangements supporting their capacity or output. This aligns with Northampton’s stated focus on high-quality infrastructure investments. The transaction is structured as a preferred investment rather than an acquisition of the underlying projects. Terra-Gen will continue to operate, optimize and retain long-term ownership of the assets. Northampton has described Cypress as a source of flexible, creative and long-term capital for renewable power developers and producers. This transaction is the first deployment of that strategy. Milbank’s team included corporate/M&A, project and infrastructure finance, tax, national security, antitrust, real estate and environmental lawyers. The breadth of the mandate reflects the legal work involved in both launching the platform and completing its first investment.
Latham & Watkins advised Sequoia Capital on its investment into Valar Atomics. The US$1 billion Series B financing was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Apandion, Atreides Management, Conviction, Dream Ventures, HOF Capital, Point72, Riot Ventures, Snowpoint Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and other new and existing investors. The financing supports Valar as it moves from demonstrating its nuclear technology toward manufacturing standardized reactor systems at scale. Sequoia is leading the growth financing. The investment gives it exposure to a business seeking to apply manufacturing economics to nuclear power. Valar has demonstrated its Ward 250 reactor and is positioning the company around repeatable reactor production rather than bespoke nuclear construction. The new capital is intended to support a vertically integrated model spanning reactor deployment, long-term operation and fuel production. The company sees potential demand from AI infrastructure, industrial users and national-security applications. Manufacturing scale is therefore central to the next phase of the business. Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire will join Valar’s board as part of the investment. This gives the lead investor direct governance involvement during the company’s expansion. For Sequoia, the investment backs both the underlying nuclear technology and the manufacturing platform required to commercialize it at scale. Valar has said the financing will support its ambition to produce fleets of reactors rather than individual projects.
Aug 05 2026
Ropes & Gray represented Anaqua on its acquisition of Unified Patents. The mandate combined M&A advice with specialist input on IP transactions, employment and executive compensation, tax, healthcare, and litigation and enforcement. Anaqua is using the acquisition to broaden its intellectual property management platform. The combination extends its offering beyond IP administration and commercialization into patent-risk mitigation and litigation prevention. Unified Patents brings a membership-based model focused on monitoring patent-assertion activity. It also challenges patents it considers weak and negotiates royalty-free licenses. Its capabilities include prior-art searching, AI-enhanced claim analysis and demand-letter assessment. Anaqua says the combination is intended to give clients a more integrated approach to creating, managing and protecting intellectual property. The transaction also brings Anaqua specialist data and expertise built by Unified Patents over more than a decade. Anaqua expects those resources to support enhanced AI-driven capabilities in risk mitigation, licensing management and portfolio valuation. Unified’s senior leadership is joining Anaqua. The core Unified Patents operation will continue within the enlarged platform. For Ropes & Gray, the transaction required advice across the corporate acquisition and the IP, employment and litigation issues central to integrating a specialist IP-services business. Anaqua’s next phase is focused on integrating Unified’s expertise, data and services into its broader platform. It has also said that Unified’s litigation and licensing decision-making will remain independent.
Latham & Watkins advised Perceptive Advisors on the growth financing for Autolus Therapeutics. The mandate combined U.S. and UK finance advice with support across corporate, tax and healthcare regulatory matters. Perceptive is providing capital to support Autolus as it expands commercialization of AUCATZYL and advances its broader oncology pipeline. The financing combines senior secured debt with equity-linked participation. Funding is available in several tranches, with part of the commitment linked to specified revenue milestones. Perceptive also received a warrant over up to 3.5 million Autolus ADSs (American Depositary Shares). The structure therefore gives Perceptive additional economic exposure alongside its debt investment. Latham’s wider mandate included intellectual property, data privacy and cybersecurity, real estate and pensions advice. The firm also advised on German-law matters. The breadth of the instruction reflects the legal complexity of a cross-border secured financing for a regulated biotechnology business with operations and assets spanning multiple jurisdictions.
Aug 04 2026
Vinson & Elkins served as legal counsel to the Apollo-managed funds on the acquisition of Maverick Water Group. The transaction gives Apollo control of the business while Maverick’s management team retains a minority interest and continues to operate the company. Maverick develops, owns and operates alternative non-potable water systems. Its customers include communities, data centers, and industrial, energy and real estate users. The company’s infrastructure is developed under long-term contracted arrangements. Apollo intends to support further expansion of the platform and Maverick’s identified near-term development pipeline. The investment sits within Apollo’s broader infrastructure strategy. Apollo reported that its funds had deployed more than US$130 billion across infrastructure and infrastructure-related investments during the previous five years. The structure therefore combines a change of control with continued management participation. It also preserves operational continuity while providing Maverick with backing for further development.
Aug 04 2026
Willkie Farr & Gallagher advised Bending Spoons on its acquisition of Airtable. Willkie has also acted for Bending Spoons on several earlier acquisitions. Bending Spoons acquires and operates digital businesses for the long term. Its portfolio includes AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, Vimeo and WeTransfer. The transaction is structured as an all-cash acquisition of 100% of Airtable’s issued and outstanding shares. It values Airtable at an enterprise value of US$1.285 billion. Airtable’s net cash and cash equivalents increase the implied equity value to approximately US$2.25 billion. The deal is Bending Spoons’ first acquisition since its Nasdaq listing in July 2026. Airtable adds an enterprise workflow platform serving more than 500,000 organizational customers. Airtable’s annual recurring revenue had grown by more than 20% year-on-year to approximately US$480 million by June 2026. Bending Spoons has said it intends to invest in the business for the long term and expand the platform’s capabilities. Completion is expected later in 2026. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Bending Spoons and Airtable will continue to operate independently until completion.
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