M&A

Magic Circle firms have overtaken US firms in the UK league table for mergers and acquisitions, The Times reports. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, with 60 deals worth $144.4 billion over the past year, led the latest Mergermarket league table compiled for Legal Week, followed by Slaughter and May, H

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has revealed it is preparing internally for an increase in complex merger notifications after Brexit. Last year was the most active year on record for merger and acquisition activity notified to the CCPC and the former Competition Authority,