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The fallout between Ben & Jerry's and Unilever over the ice-cream company's moralistic stance over Israel holds lessons in M&A etiquette.

Patrick Sarch, co-head of the Hogan Lovells' mergers and acquisitions practice in the U.K., knew he wanted to be at the heart of negotiating big deals after watching what his bosses were doing during his first job on the trading floor at an investment bank.

Bank shares are cheap, interest rates are low, regulators are keen and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for digitalization and restructuring — all in all, the perfect confluence of factors to boost M&A activity in European banking over the next few years, according to market observers. Read more about the outlook for banking M&A in Europe: Italy shows most promise as Europe's domestic bank M&A wave continues in 2021 Deal-making picked up in 2020 with some of the biggest bank mergers seen in recent years, as well as a slew of minority stake and asset sales. This trend is expected...

Hogan Lovells widens government focus with launch of sovereigns practice 26 February 2021 Global team will be led by London-based infrastructure partner Jeremy Brittenden Jeremy Brittenden Hogan Lovells has launched a global sovereigns practice as the firm continues to invest in what it sees as strategic markets. The new practice will be led globally by London-based infrastructure partner Jeremy Brittenden and a core team with extensive experience advising clients in sovereign matters around the world, including Houston-based Bruno Ciuffetelli, senior regulatory counsel Norm Coleman in Was...