Ashurst is representing Lazard, as lead financial adviser, in connection with the recommended cash offer by The Unite Group plc for Empiric Student Property plc (Empiric), a FTSE 250 UK REIT. The offer was announced 14 August 2025 and values Empiric’s entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital at approximately £723 million.

Ashurst has advised the project financier, National Australia Bank (NAB), to the first commercially financed hydrogen project in Australia, the Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia (GEGHA), which will be located near Moree, New South Wales (NSW). GEGHA is a joint venture between Australian agricultural enterprise Sundown Pastoral and developer of green hydrogen infrastructure projects…

Simpson Thacher acted for CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH), in relation to a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $1,790 million aggregate principal amount of 9.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2034 and a concurrent tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 5.625% Senior Secured…

Simpson Thacher is advising affiliates of KKR in their acquisition of CapeOmega Gas Transportation AS together with Ocean Yield from Partners Group.

Milbank is paying out summer bonuses range from $6,000 to $25,000, based on class year. Four other firms have also announced bonuses including Vartabedian Hester & Haynes ($5,000), Otterbourg ($15,000), Bell Nunnally (up to $15,000), and Hueston Hennigan ($10,000 to $30,000, based on billable hours).

Of the recent Am Law 100 entrants to Miami’s market, Winston & Strawn and Kirkland & Ellis have exhibited the most impressive growth.

One of the main work-related factors contributing to lawyers’ mental health issues is the legal industry’s high standards and demands for perfectionism.

Milbank passes out summer bonuses but will other firms follow?

For the fourth year in a row, Munger Tolles & Olson has maintained its top spot.

Peter Mason, a White & Case leveraged finance partner, has joined Proskauer Rose.