Victoria Basham

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Editor and Journalist at The Global Legal Post

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Five more firms ink deal with Trump as Susman Godfrey sues

1 week ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

Elite litigation firm Susman Godfrey is suing President Donald Trump over his executive order targeting the firm, it emerged on Friday (11 April), the same day Trump announced five more law firms had cut deals with his administration to avoid punitive executive action.
Susman Godfrey latest to be hit with executive order

2 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

Elite litigation firm Susman Godfrey has become the latest law firm to be targeted with an executive order by President Donald Trump. The order was signed by Trump on Wednesday (9 April) and echoes earlier orders targeting Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale in restricting Susman employees’ access to federal buildings, instructing agencies to terminate contracts with the firm and its clients and revoking its lawyers’ security clearances.
Skadden, Wachtell called in for Versace's $1.4bn sale to Prada Group

2 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have been called in for the sale of Versace by Capri Holdings to Prada for nearly $1.38bn in cash. A Skadden team led by corporate counsel Cristina Tomassini and partners Sandro de Bernardini and Peter Serating in London and New York are guiding Prada on the deal, which will create a multi-billion dollar fashion group positioned to compete with French luxury fashion conglomerates like Kering and LVMH.
Cravath PE co-head defects to Sidley Austin in New York

2 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

Sidley Austin has hired a co-head of Cravath Swaine & Moore's private equity practice, as the firm continues to build a bench of top dealmakers in New York. Dave Perkins has made the move after almost 20 years at Cravath, which used to be immune to partner departures but has seen rainmakers exit in recent years amid intense competition for talent among leading law firms. At Cravath, Perkins worked with clients including American Securities, BDT & MSD, Brookfield and ECN Capital.
Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss, NRF guide Woodside's $5.7bn LNG asset stake sale to Stonepeak

2 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Paul Weiss are advising US private equity firm Stonepeak on its agreement with Woodside Energy, repped by Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF), to provide $5.7bn in funding for a LNG development in Louisiana. Simpson Thacher's team is led by energy and infrastructure partners Eli Hunt and Javad Asghari. The firm is guiding Stonepeak, which oversees $72bn in AUM and specialises in infrastructure and real assets, on the transactional aspects of the deal.
Jenner & Block, WilmerHale seek to permanently block executive orders

2 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

Jenner & Block and WilmerHale filed separate court papers on Tuesday (8 April) seeking to permanently block President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting them. The firms filed motions for summary judgement in the US District Court for the District of Colombia, meaning they are asking the court to decide their cases without a full trial.
McDermott Will & Emery shutters Singapore office

2 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

McDermott Will & Emery has closed its Singapore office, in a move that means the US firm no longer has an on-the-ground presence in Asia. The firm had stated its commitment to its Singapore team last year after the departure of energy duo Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Merrick White for Watson Farley & Williams left the office with Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan as its sole remaining partner.
A&O Shearman marks Chicago debut with Mayer Brown duo

2 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

A&O Shearman has launched an office in Chicago after hiring a pair of energy and infrastructure partners from Mayer Brown. Paul Astolfi was co-head of Mayer Brown's global projects and infrastructure group and has made the move alongside partner Katy McNeil. Adam Hakki, A&O Shearman's US chair and co-chair of its global executive committee, said the hires were a "major step forward" for the firm's energy and alternative energy practice and overall US growth plans.
Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin approve merger to create top 20 global firm

3 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

Anglo-Australian firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and New York-based Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel have agreed to merge, in a landmark deal that will create a top 20 global firm by revenue. The two firms' partnerships voted "overwhelmingly" in favour of the merger, HSF said today (4 April), adding that the deal was the "first truly transatlantic and transpacific law firm combination".
Greenberg Traurig hits Reed Smith for London infrastructure partner

3 weeks ago | globallegalpost.com | Victoria Basham

Greenberg Traurig (GT) has hired a partner from Reed Smith to boost its infrastructure bench in London. Richard Ceeney has joined GT as a shareholder after 18 years at his former firm. He is the second Reed Smith partner the firm has hired in London in the past month after finance specialist Kevin-Paul Deveau, with whom he will work closely to boost the firm's infrastructure and projects offerings.