Corporate

Our global Corporate practice advises clients on their most high-profile and complex multi-jurisdictional transactions. With almost 950 corporate lawyers worldwide, and 75% of those lawyers being based outside of London, this practice works together as one on behalf of clients who include many of the world's leading corporations, financial institutions and government bodies – as well as smaller growing businesses.

Mergers and acquisitions underpin this practice but our lawyers also advise on all aspects of company and commercial law and corporate finance – including public takeovers, international equity offerings, private equity, joint ventures and strategic alliances, company establishment and corporate restructurings, and day-to-day corporate and regulatory advice. Our ability to combine exceptional transactional skills with specialist expertise covering areas including antitrust, tax, intellectual property, employment and environment enables us to handle numerous issues that can arise in a single corporate transaction.

The strength and reputation of our Corporate practice is authenticated by the following:

• In the first quarter of 2012, the practice was ranked by Thomson Reuters as 1st in Asia (excluding Japan) by value of deals, 1st in Eastern Europe by value and volume of deals, 1st in emerging markets by colume of deals, 1st in MENA by colume of deals, 1st in Benelux by volume and value of deals, 2nd in Europe by volume of deals and by Bloomberg as 2nd in the UK by volume of deals.
• In the last five years we have advised on more than 1,248 deals globally, worth over GBP320bn (Mergermarket).
• During the period of 2006 - 2011 we were the leading legal advisor on deals involving a US bidder and a European target (Mergermarket).
• Clients praise our servie - "The work hard at building client relationships whether or not a transaction is taking place.  The level of service is superb and they always excel in making sure that clients' expectations are met." (Chambers 2012)

You can find more information about the Corporate practice area on the main Allen & Overy website.