On 1 September 2015 International Retail Corporation SA, Givisiez (IRC) acquired a majority stake in Transa Backpacking AG, Zurich, a Swiss supplier of Outdoor Equipment, from the founders and other shareholders. Globetrotter Holding AG remains second largest shareholder in Transa. IRC is owned by Beat Zaugg, co-shareholder of Scott Corporation SA, Givisiez. Walder Wyss has […]
A first-of-its-kind case could have industry-wide implications once the Financial List comes into play. Last month Mr Justice Snowden, of the Chancery Division, handed down a judgement concluding a four-year legal battle between the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Da Vinci Invest Ltd, a UK-registered but Swiss-based fund manager, a Da Vinci Singaporean entity, three […]
Olswang has made two hires and two promotions to its senior management team, adding former Linklaters global head of shared services Kevin Bye as head of strategic development and EC Harris CFO Neil Morling as chief finance officer. Olswang HR manager Sarah Tucker has taken on the role of HR director, and partner Stephen Hermer […]
Kirkland & Ellis has turned to Linklaters to boost its Hong Kong offering with the hire of debt finance partner David Irvine. Irvine is the latest in a string of partners to leave Linklaters in Asia this year. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer hired Hong Kong-based US securities partner David Ludwick and also picked up Beijing energy […]
Kirkland & Ellis has turned to Linklaters to boost its Hong Kong offering with the hire of debt finance partner David Irvine. Irvine is the latest in a string of partners to leave Linklaters in Asia this year. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer hired Hong Kong-based US securities partner David Ludwick and also picked up Beijing energy […]
Beijing-based Han Kun has taken a team of eight partners and around 10 other lawyers from AllBright’s Shanghai head office to expand in China’s financial hub. With the team acquisition, Han Kun’s Shanghai office will expand significantly to 10 partners and 40 other lawyers. The eight-partner team joining from AllBright Law Offices is led by […]
Serle Court Chambers’ chief executive Nicola Sawford has left the set after almost 12 years. She has been succeeded by former soldier and chief executive of England Golf, John Petrie. Sawford said she had retired from executive work, and will instead continue as a board member of the Bar Standards Board, a position she has held […]
Litigation boutique Kobre & Kim has become the latest foreign firm to enter South Korea, relocating co-founder Michael Kim to Seoul to lead the new office. The US firm’s new Seoul office will focus exclusively on disputes and investigations. It has a model of working with other law firms as conflict and special litigation or […]
Bird & Bird has appointed former DLA Piper Asia Pacific and London head of employment Pattie Walsh as a partner in London. Walsh has resurfaced at Bird & Bird as employment partner a few months after leaving DLA Piper, where she oversaw the firm’s employment practice in London and Asia Pacific. Walsh joined DLA Piper as Asia employment […]
A further seven partners of defunct Scottish firm McClure Naismith have found new homes, with virtual law firm Excello Law taking one, Scotland’s Wright Johnston & Mackenzie (WJM) hiring two and London firm Marriott Harrison picking up four. London project finance partner Ashok Ghosh has joined Excello, which is backed by former Dragon’s Den star […]
Former Ashurst head Charlie Geffen oozes confidence about the prospects for building his City corporate finance team. Earlier this month Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s nascent but star-studded London-based English law corporate team represented William Hill on the betting company’s acquisition of a chunk of online lottery software business NeoGames. This was barely a £20m deal, […]
Schoenherr has advised immigon portfolioabbau ag (“immigon”) (formerly ÖVAG – Österreichische Volksbank AG) on the sale of its 100 per cent shareholding in VB Factoring Bank AG, including the subsidiary Eurincasso GmbH, to Germany’s A.B.S. Global Factoring AG. Following the signing of an acquisition agreement on 28 August 2015, the transaction is expected to be […]