Reed Smith LLP is looking to strengthen its growing private credit practice and its capabilities in advising on transaction financings with the addition of a new partner from McGuireWoods LLP to its financial industry group in the London office.
Guinness beer brand owner Diageo PLC said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Philippines-based Don Papa Rum for €260 million ($282 million), with a potential €178 million more over five years depending on performance.
Law firm Ince Group said on Monday that it has completed the sale of its subsidiary Arden Partners to financial services group Zeus, 10 months after it made the acquisition, in a £1 million ($1.2 million) deal guided by Latham & Watkins LLP.
Legal services business group Knights Group Holdings PLC said on Monday that it has entered into a deal to acquire Meade King LLP, a long-established Bristol law firm, for £2.1 million ($2.6 million), as it seeks to expand in southwest England.
Allied Irish Banks PLC said Friday it received a green light from the Irish competition regulator for the approximately €5.7 billion ($6.18 billion) acquisition of a mortgage portfolio from Ulster Bank, which is winding down its operations in Ireland.