Firm Wire · Week to October 9, 2026
Firm Wire: announcements, week to October 9, 2026
Firm Wire items are announcements made by the firms themselves. The desk confirms that the announcement was published and reproduces its factual content. It does not verify the claims in it, and publication is not an endorsement.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Fried Frank says it advised Conversant on an $845 million fundraise
- Fried Frank says it received Legal 500 UK rankings and 39 lawyer recommendations
- Fried Frank says it published its third-quarter European funds regulatory update
- Fried Frank says it advised Warner Bros. Discovery on its $110 billion acquisition by Paramount Skydance
- Fried Frank says it advised Leidos on completing its Analogic joint venture
- Fried Frank says it reviewed DOJ’s new corporate fraud enforcement directive
- Fried Frank says it reviewed New York City’s affordable housing fast-track districts
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Pinsent Masons
- Pinsent Masons says it reviewed Riyadh’s 2027 contractor accreditation framework
- Pinsent Masons says it published an analysis of the EU KIDS Act’s proposed access restrictions
- Pinsent Masons says it reviewed security obligations in technology supply chains
- Pinsent Masons says it reviewed Australia’s automated decision-making guidance
- Pinsent Masons says it published an update on ADGM’s regulatory agenda
- Pinsent Masons says it published an analysis of the proposed EU KIDS Act
- Pinsent Masons says it published an update on UK sustainability reporting standards
Troutman Pepper Locke
- Troutman Pepper Locke says it reviewed Missouri’s audit exemption for smaller TPAs
- Troutman Pepper Locke says it published a podcast on Rohit Chopra’s California agency appointment
- Troutman Pepper Locke says it analyzed the Senate-passed Protect College Sports Act
- Troutman Pepper Locke says it will hold a public company seminar on October 29
- Troutman Pepper Locke says Emma Trivax received pro bono recognition
Appleby
Clifford Chance
- Clifford Chance says it advised managers on Andorra’s €500 million sustainability bonds
- Clifford Chance says it advised Swiss Re on a $1 billion P-Caps facility
- Clifford Chance says it advised lenders on €129 million for North Macedonia’s Stip wind project
- Clifford Chance says it advised on the UAE’s first two retail treasury sukuk issuances
- Clifford Chance says it advised Ardian on its majority investment in The Social Hub Berlin
- Clifford Chance says it advised AdAstra on acquiring Infinite Services
- Clifford Chance says it is advising BT on acquiring TalkTalk and PlatformX
- Clifford Chance says it is advising Informa on its £2.24 billion Clarion acquisition
- Clifford Chance says it advised on an $802.4 million infrastructure securitization
- Clifford Chance says it advised Hillwood on a €150 million logistics portfolio sale
- Clifford Chance says it advised Cris-Tim on the Via Trend acquisition
- Clifford Chance says it advised Euroports on a majority stake sale
- Clifford Chance says it advised Maxim’s on its Starbucks business reorganization
- Clifford Chance says it advised banks on Bayer’s €2 billion hybrid bond issue
Clyde & Co
- Clyde & Co says it advised EDPR on selling a 166 MW Polish renewables portfolio
- Clyde & Co says it reviewed Saudi registration access for overseas data controllers
- Clyde & Co says it reviewed the Chief Coroner’s 2025 annual report
- Clyde & Co says its associated firm advised Contrack on a stake acquisition
- Clyde & Co says it published a briefing on UK and EU digital product records
CMS
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Gibson Dunn says it advised Hess Midstream’s conflicts committee on a $3 billion transaction
- Gibson Dunn says it advised Cooper Union on the Chrysler Building ground lease
- Gibson Dunn says it earned three top Bloomberg capital markets rankings
- Gibson Dunn says it advised Meridiam on a roughly $4.5 billion continuation vehicle
- Gibson Dunn says it received seven Law Middle East Awards nominations
- Gibson Dunn says it is advising AT&T on a US fiber joint venture
- Gibson Dunn says it published its October 2 derivatives regulatory update
- Gibson Dunn says it advised MorningSky Power on an Invenergy portfolio transaction
- Gibson Dunn says 29 lawyers appear on Lawdragon’s 2027 corporate employment list
- Gibson Dunn says it advised on Investcorp’s $1.22 billion North American fund
Miller Johnson
Sidley Austin
- Sidley says it is representing GE HealthCare in its $945 million SOFIE acquisition
- Sidley says it reviewed SEC proposals on retail access to alternative investments
- Sidley says it advised Energy Transfer on its $2.625 billion Vaquero acquisition
- Sidley says it advised Diversis on acquiring majority ownership of Tideworks
- Sidley Austin says it analyzed the SEC’s new examination handbook
- Sidley Austin says it analyzed a proposed federal corporate practice of medicine restriction
- Sidley Austin says it published updated life sciences contingent value rights research
- Sidley says it is advising Telix on its $1.65 billion ITM acquisition
- Sidley says it advised SlateView on the Parkview Estates acquisition
- Sidley says it advised Invenergy on its HASI equity partnership
- Sidley says it reviewed the narrowed Medicare Part B GLOBE pricing rule
- Sidley says it represents Qualcomm in its acquisition of PickNik
- Sidley says it is a finalist for GIR’s global investigations practice award
Stewarts
Cole Schotz
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch
Foley & Lardner
- Foley says it published an analysis of FDA’s nonclinical testing terminology rule
- Foley says it advised DESRI on financing its Texas Evlou project
- Foley says it advised Iron Path Capital on its $450 million second fund
- Foley says it reviewed Texas’s proposed marketplace fee tax change
- Foley says Peter Stockburger is a cybersecurity award finalist
- Foley says it published a customs and tariff-risk self-check
- Foley says it published five supply-chain checks for the tariff environment
- Foley says Michael Kasdin discussed cannabis insurance in a Law360 Q&A
- Foley says it published an early review of third-quarter private equity activity
- Foley says it published a recap of its physical AI discussion with Chris Yeh
Thompson Coburn
Touchstone Partners
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff
Cooley
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Seyfarth Shaw
White & Case
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Goodwin Procter
Varnum
Penningtons Manches Cooper
- Penningtons Manches Cooper says it will hold a cyber resilience leadership workshop on November 3
- Penningtons Manches Cooper says it will host a trustees and charities panel on November 9
- Penningtons Manches Cooper says it will hold an illegal working compliance webinar on October 15
- Penningtons Manches Cooper says it will host a roundtable on industrial relations reforms