Legal

The secondaries market is burgeoning with new entrants and LP interest. Buyers are clamouring for lead buyer status, but does it pay to be hyperbolic if there are contracts to back up the facts?

Clark joins the Magic Circle firm as head of its global funds practice from Goodwin.

Our latest poll of the legal world suggests a $1trn market isn’t far off.

Now in its seventh year, our latest survey of law firm activity shows an industry advising on a collective $754bn of transaction volume.

The appointments are the latest in a string of secondaries lawyer moves to firms such as Fried Frank and Sidley Austin.

Jacqueline Eaves will join the law firm's private equity and private investment funds practices in London.

Amanda Butler-Jones plays a 'leading role' in the law firm's relationship with the secondaries and liquidity solutions group of a large asset manager.

Adam Freedman joins the firm following the departure earlier this year of its former compliance chief.

Latham & Watkins has hired a Kirkland & Ellis partner to help boost its secondaries capabilities.

The deal totalled somewhere in the range of $2bn to $2.5bn, making it one of the largest deals of the year.