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Deal Diary: Legal Quartet Handles Caesars Sale to Fertitta

By David Marcus

Published: May 29th, 2026

Casino owner Caesars Entertainment taps Latham, Skadden and PJT on a $17.6 billion sale to Feritta, which uses White & Case, Morgan Stanley and Goldman.

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Drinks With The Deal: Nixon Peabody’s Singh on Parental Expectations, Remote Work

By David Marcus

Published: May 21st, 2026

Shaziah Singh, a corporate partner at Nixon Peabody, discusses telling her parents she was going to become a lawyer and how she manages remote work.

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Drinks With The Deal: Sheppard's Zablocki on How She Came to Healthcare Law

By David Marcus

Published: May 14th, 2026

Amanda Zablocki, co-leader of the healthcare practice at Sheppard, became a lawyer because of the joy her father got from legal practice and specialized in healthcare out of a sense of personal mission.

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Deal Diary: Legal Quartet Guides Arc Resources-Shell

By David Marcus

Published: May 1st, 2026

Arc Resources uses Burnet Duckworth, Freshfields, Baker Botts and RBC on a $16.1 billion agreement to sell to Shell, which taps Osler Hoskin & Harcourt and Goldman.

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Deal Diary: Legal Quartet Plays BMG-Concord Music

By David Marcus

Published: May 1st, 2026

Bertelsmann taps Davis Polk on an agreement to combine its BMG unit with Concord Music, which uses Latham, Reed Smith and JPM while Concord shareholder Great Mountain Partners turns to Alston & Bird.

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Industrials Starts Year as Tale of Two Markets

By Conner Searfoss

Published: April 27th, 2026

Though uncertainty continues to be the market’s most certain variable, the drive to return capital and the availability of some high-grade assets kept industrial M&A relatively afloat in the first quarter.

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Deal Diary: Paul Weiss, Skadden, Wilson Work Amazon-Globalstar

By David Marcus

Published: April 15th, 2026

Satellite communications company Globalstar turns to Skadden and Wilson Sonsini on an $11.6 billion agreement to sell to Amazon, which taps Paul Weiss and Goldman.

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Bidders Progress in Concurrent Dye & Durham Auctions

By Ronald Orol

Published: April 8th, 2026

Sponsors and strategics have submitted first-round bids for the Canadian legal software company as a whole and for its financial services unit.

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Drinks With The Deal: Hogan Lovells' Qureshi on Adjusting to New Environments

By David Marcus

Published: January 22nd, 2026

Mahvesh Qureshi, an M&A partner at Hogan Lovells and member of the firm's global board, discusses the social skills that have helped her succeed as a lawyer and law firm manager.

Insights & Analysis

Deal Diary: Legal Quartet Handles Caesars Sale to Fertitta

Drinks With The Deal: Nixon Peabody’s Singh on Parental Expectations, Remote Work

Drinks With The Deal: Sheppard's Zablocki on How She Came to Healthcare Law

Deal Diary: Legal Quartet Guides Arc Resources-Shell

Deal Diary: Legal Quartet Plays BMG-Concord Music

Industrials Starts Year as Tale of Two Markets

Deal Diary: Paul Weiss, Skadden, Wilson Work Amazon-Globalstar

Bidders Progress in Concurrent Dye & Durham Auctions

Drinks With The Deal: Hogan Lovells' Qureshi on Adjusting to New Environments

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