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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.

M&A

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.

M&A

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.

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Drinks With The Deal: Greenberg Traurig's Levor on PE's Next Frontier

By David Marcus

Published: January 8th, 2026

Shaun Levor of Greenberg Traurig discusses building a legal career in New York after growing up in South Africa and how his father, a trial lawyer, has influenced his approach to practice.

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Drinks With The Deal: Vertex's Rughani on Full Spectrum of Corporate Development

By David Marcus

Published: December 18th, 2025

Vertex head of corporate development Nigel Rughani discusses dealmaking, sourcing and integration strategy on the buy side.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Dechert's Thierfelder on Intensity in Practice, Management and Life

By David Marcus

Published: November 20th, 2025

Dechert co-chair and PE and M&A partner Mark Thierfelder talks about embracing the intense nature of corporate practice, why lateral hiring is critical for his firm and his affinity for hobbies that force him to forget about work.

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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

Drinks With The Deal: Greenberg Traurig's Levor on PE's Next Frontier

Drinks With The Deal: Vertex's Rughani on Full Spectrum of Corporate Development

Drinks With The Deal: Dechert's Thierfelder on Intensity in Practice, Management and Life

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