Linklaters is pleased to announce that the firm has won The M&A Advisor’s M&A Deal of the Year and Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year awards. The awards recognize the firm’s leadership on two of the most impactful and innovative transactions in the market over the past year.
A U.S.-Germany team received the M&A Deal of the Year award for its role advising the Volkswagen Group on its $5.8 billion investment and joint venture transaction with Rivian Automotive. The new JV combines the strength of both partners to create cutting-edge software and electronics architectures and scale the electric vehicle platforms and architectures. The Linklaters U.S.-German team was led by Chairman of the Americas and Global Co-Chairman of Corporate George Casey (New York), Co-Head of US M&A Heiko Schiwek (New York), Global Co-Chairman of Corporate Dr. Ralph Wollburg (Düsseldorf), Partner Achim Kirchfeld (Düsseldorf) and Partner Dr. Andreas Zenner (Düsseldorf).
A U.S.-UK team was awarded the Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year award for advising Rio Tinto on the acquisition of Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM) (ASX: LTM) for $6.7 billion. The acquisition establishes Rio Tinto as a global leader in the supply of energy transition materials and as a major lithium producer, with one of the world’s largest lithium resource bases. The Linklaters U.S.-UK team was led by George Casey and Partners James Inglis (London), Pierre-Emmanuel Perais (New York), and Lisa Chang (London).
An independent panel of global M&A, restructuring and corporate finance practitioners evaluated nominations from around the world, representing companies with deals ranging from $10 million to over $10 billion.
In addition to these transactional honors, Linklaters New York M&A Counsel Wendy Suh and IP transactions Counsel Shruti Chopra were named to The M&A Advisor’s 2025 Emerging Leaders list.
Linklaters and its honorees will be recognized at The M&A Advisor’s Leadership in Dealmaking Summit on September 15th in New York.
