Hughes Hubbard is acting as legal advisor to Grab Holdings Inc. in its proposed merger with Altimeter Growth Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), that will take Southeast Asia’s leading super app public in what is expected to be the largest SPAC merger ever.

HHR Paris won an acquittal for Edouard Balladur before the Court of Justice of the Republic in the former French prime minister’s trial over allegations that he financed his 1995 presidential campaign with illegal kickbacks from international arms deals.

The firm represented the International Center for Law & Economics as an amicus curiae that contributed to a critical Supreme Court victory allowing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to relax restrictions on local media ownership.

Hughes Hubbard is advising global information technology company Wipro in its acquisition of British tech consultancy firm Capco for $1.45 billion.

The firm represented Greenbriar Equity Group and Nordco in Greenbriar’s sale of the railroad maintenance equipment supplier to Wabtec Corp., a global railroad equipment manufacturer.

Hughes Hubbard secured a victory in a First Step Act motion before a Virginia federal court, resulting in the immediate release of a federal inmate serving a life sentence for drug offenses.