Global excellence in Public M&A

Clients across the globe instruct us on their public M&A deals.

Clients know that whatever the scale of complexity and challenge ahead, we will deliver to ambitious takeover schedules, drawing on the best legal minds across our global practices, with local, personal advice.

We have consistently dominated the legal advisory league tables and are recognised by the leading independent directories as top tier for M&A in Europe and globally. Our lawyers know that legal advice is not “one size fits all”.

Our wealth of experience means that we are able to understand complex legal and commercial issues from every angle. And, if faced with challenges we have not seen before, our lawyers also have market-leading experience of advising on some of the most innovative deals in recent years across a multitude of sectors.

Testimonial

Linklaters maintains a highly sophisticated corporate practice that enjoys an outstanding reputation for complex M&A work. It consistently acts on landmark cross-border deals, servicing industry-leading clients from the energy, healthcare and TMT sectors, among numerous others. Its clients also benefit from a market-leading borrower-side finance practice that can assist with high-value deal work. Linklaters' extensive international footprint covers Europe, the Americas and East Asia.

Chambers UK 2025

Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above: London

Work highlights

Clients regularly turn to us on some of their biggest and most strategic mandates. In the past few years Linklaters has worked on, among others, these transformational public M&A deals:

Work highlights

Specialist practice areas

Competition/Antitrust

Our market-leading global practice advises on some of the most high-profile matters including significant mergers, complex investigatory work, regulatory and litigation.

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Employment & Incentives

Our Employment & Incentives practice delivers the highest standards of quality to our clients across the full range of employment and incentives issues.

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Intellectual Property

We have global recognition and a track record of solving a wide range of IP issues, including commercialising, acquiring and licensing IP, and enforcing and defending IP in litigation.

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Pensions

Our top-tier Pension lawyers can assist with the full range of pensions issues including de-risking solutions, tailored funding solutions, regulatory, governance and investment issues.

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Tax

Our pre-eminent Tax practice is known for its market-leading work and is consistently recognised as being at the forefront of its field.

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Technology, Procurement and Outsourcing

With technology and outsourcing being used to transform and achieve business objectives, Linklaters advises on a global basis, and those in regulated industries.

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Testimonial

Confirming its status as a market-leading outfit for high-value M&A, the team at Linklaters LLP demonstrates extensive expertise in handling the full gamut of corporate work, advising buyers, sellers and financial advisers on public takeovers, carve-outs, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings. Leveraging the expertise of specialist groups in tax, antitrust, employment, and technology, the ‘technically excellent, commercial, and pragmatic’ team is renowned for its ability to manage multi-billion pound, cross-border transactions.

Legal 500 UK 2025

M&A: Upper Mid-market and Premium Deals, £750m+: London