Law firms Dealwatch: A&O and Linklaters sweep roles on €25bn supermarket merger alongside US trio Kathryn McCann · 26 June 2015 · 1 min read Corporate and M&A Deal watch US firms A&O Shearman Linklaters The €25bn merger between international food retailers Delhaize Group and Royal Ahold has seen Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters win roles advising the two sides alongside Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Sullivan & Cromwell.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact jasmine.glass@legalbusiness.co.uk Related ContentMore in this categoryLinklaters closes Hamburg office amid plans to refocus German operationsLaw firmsKate Peacock16 Apr 2026A&O Shearman promotes 33 new partners, nine in LondonLaw firmsWill Lewallen15 Apr 2026Five law firms win appointments on FCA’s ‘skilled person’ investigations panelLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves13 Apr 2026How CMS M&A partner David Roberts became the restaurant expert on both sides of the tableLaw firmsKate Peacock20 Apr 2026‘We’ve got the building blocks in place to grow’ – Harbottle closes in on £60mLaw firmsTom Cox17 Apr 2026Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader partners approve largest ever law firm mergerLaw firmsKate Peacock15 Apr 2026‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Legal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankingsLegal 500 dataBarnaby Merrill28 Jun 2024Dealwatch: Global 100 advisers take centre stage on BlackRock-GIP $12.5bn mega dealLaw firmsAlex Ryan15 Jan 2024