Linklaters LLP

Linklaters LLP‘s corporate team stands out for what clients describe as a ’deep transactional expertise with a genuinely trusted advisor approach, offering clear, unvarnished counsel.’ The team covers the full range of corporate work, handling buy-side, sell-side, and financial adviser mandates on public takeovers, carve-outs, joint ventures, and complex restructurings. With support from specialists in tax, competition, employment, and technology, the practice continues to enjoy a strong reputation for managing multi-billion-pound cross-border transactions. Simon Branigan leads the corporate division, regularly navigating deals across mining, retail and consumer goods, oil and gas, and financial sectors. James Inglis advises across public and private M&A, capital raisings, and governance advice, while Aisling Zarraga handles some of the market’s most significant M&A and joint ventures. The ‘truly exceptional’ Iain Fenn leads the firm’s public M&A team and regularly gives boardroom advice on strategic, crisis and governance issues. Senior partner and chair Aedamar Comiskey remains a steady force on headline public and private M&A. The team also includes fintech specialist Fionnghuala Griggs; UK Takeover Code expert Ian Hunter; Derek Tong, who heads the global technology practice; Namrata Shah , who is described as an ’an absolute star’; and technology sector specialist Lisa Chang.