Conyers Dill & Pearman advised QIA on the establishment of a Bermuda structure and provided related advice to QIA in connection with its successful £2.6bn takeover offer, jointly with Brookfield, for Songbird Estates PLC and the Canary Wharf Group. This major acquisition by QIA and Brookfield will facilitate development and expansion of Canary Wharf in […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has received Equity Deal of the Year for its work on the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd IPO on the NYSE, at the annual Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards. This is the fifth award the Firm has won for the ground breaking Alibaba transaction. Conyers provided Cayman law advice to Yahoo! […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has represented Adenium Energy Capital, Ltd., a solar developer and investor, on Cayman Islands law matters related to its successful development and financing of four separate utility-scale solar photovoltaic power projects in Jordan. The four projects, comprising one of the largest IPP projects in the Middle East and situated in the […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG) has advised longstanding client Santander Growth Capital team (Santander) in relation to the financing package it has made available to Aspinal of London (Aspinal) to assist with its growth plans. Santander was able to support Aspinal with an innovative mix of funding lines, which included trade finance and invoice discounting […]
CMS’ streamlined strategy aimed at improving client focus while increasing profitability saw it pick up the Business Leadership Team of the Year at last night’s The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards. The award was the culmination of a strategy review at CMS that focused on two clear objectives: to win more work from CMS’ existing key […]
Liverpool personal injury firm Forster Dean has closed eight of its offices and is planning to close a further three in an attempt to reduce costs. The firm’s revenue has continued to fall since the 2011/12 financial year when turnover stood at £8.4m. Since then revenue has fallen 7.4 per cent to £7.78m last year. […]
Tui Travel group legal director Mike Bowers is leaving the company to join listed automotive company Inchcape as general counsel. The move follows last year’s merger of Tui Travel with its German parent, Tui AG. It is understood that Tui’s legal team will now be led from Germany by group general counsel Hilka Schneider, who […]
Linklaters’ partnership board has narrowed its official shortlist of managing partner candidates to replace Simon Davies from six to three finalists. Gideon Moore, who was last week reappointed as global banking head, is still in the running and was previously touted as a favourite to win by sources close to the firm. Disputes head Michael […]
Pinsent Masons has appointed former Fieldfisher Munich managing partner Sibylle Schumacher as a partner in Germany, at the same time losing its head of real estate litigation to Eversheds in London. Schumacher is the firm’s seventh lateral hire in Germany since the firm launched in the jurisdiction in 2012. The most recent of these hires […]
US firm Cooley has launched a legal resources tool to tap into the tech startup market in London. The tool, dubbed ‘Cooley Go’, allows startups to access guidance, legal document templates and market trends for free. London managing partner Justin Stock said the point of the website is to ”introduce the firm to small companies that may […]
Offshore firm Harneys has announced it is merging with Hurrion & Associates to launch an office in Bermuda. As first reported by The Lawyer in July, the firm becomes the third outfit from outside Bermuda to announce it is opening on the island this year. In May rival Walkers announced a Bermuda launch, while Canadian […]
The Lawyer Business Leadership Summit kicked off this morning with Clifford Chance innovation head Bas Boris Visser, Credit Suisse managing director Athena Alexander and Axiom global outsourcing executive vice president Chris DeConti calling for law firms to innovate in order to survive. How firms can adapt to clients’ expectations was the theme of the first day […]