Wake Up Call: Seven Firms Steer $4.8B Spanish Media Merger

In today’s column, Baker McKenzie announced special associate bonuses that match the Davis Polk scale and raises it for big billers; Sheppard Mullin elected a new chair, its first based outside of California; Orrick launched a legal tech business, spun off from an in-house unit.

• Leading off, Wachtell and a Mexican law firm are advising Grupo Televisa SAB, Mexico’s largest broadcaster, on its agreement to sell its content and media assets to Univision Holdings Inc., the biggest U.S. provider of Spanish-language TV and radio content. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is serving as regulatory counsel to Televisa on the deal, which ...