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, […]
Pinsent Masons has advised energy company Total, as it sold £585m worth of North Sea midstream assets to North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP), represented by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Shepherd & Wedderburn. Total turned to Pinsent Masons partner Rosalie Chadwick, who was supported by senior associate Caroline Orr, energy partner Paul McGoldrick and tax legal […]
On 14 September the first-ever UK 200 real estate report will be published, a groundbreaking research project that forms the first part of this year’s new UK 200 series. For the first time this year The Lawyer is breaking down the UK 200 into a series of reports, each specifically tailored to either a data […]
Gateley real estate partner Rod Waldie, from the Manchester office of Gateley Plc, advised on a deal by the Pervaiz Naviede Family Trust for the purchase of Brite Court, located on a 1.5 acre site on Park Road, Gatley, Stockport, which was bought for £2m and is currently occupied by a 28,000sq ft office facility. […]
The Secretary of State for Transport has confirmed compulsory purchase, side roads and slip roads orders in order to upgrade the A50 junction west of Uttoxeter. Hugh Richards acted for Staffordshire County Council, which was promoting the orders under an agency agreement with Highways England. The Secretary of State for Transport has confirmed compulsory purchase, […]
Slater & Gordon has announced that group revenue has soared 27 per cent from A$411.1m to A$521.9m (£242.9m) for the 2014/15 financial year. In the UK revenue rose by 47.6 per cent from A$143.4m to A$211.6m (£98.4m). The Australian listed firm also announced that its net profit had increased by 7.7 per cent from A$63m […]
The Company and Shandong Offshore International Company Ltd (the ‘Parent’) made an agreement on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition of the company by the acquirer, a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent (the ‘acquisition’). The acquisition was implemented by way of an amalgamation (the ‘Amalgamation’) under Bermuda law at an acquisition price of […]
The key trends of the moment – agile working, contract lawyers and consolidation – all feature in the top 10 stories of the past week. Our summer debate series looking at the future of the profession continued last week as LOD’s practice development director and former Financial Times general counsel Tim Bratton weighed in with the […]
No, it’s not the Newman Street Tavern, a hop skip and a jump away, around the corner, on Newman Street but it’s confusing to your average punter, this two Newman-named gastropub malarkey. The Newman Arms in its current incarnation is the brainchild of Matt Chatfield who has, according to the website, spent the last five […]
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, […]
Tesco has instructed Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to defend it against a number of shareholder group claims set to hit the London courts next year, The Lawyer understands. The leading Freshfields partner has not yet been named by the firm. It is understood a team has been in talks with the claimants’ lawyers, despite a number […]
Shakespeare Martineau has announced a redundancy consultation that has put 45 jobs at risk. The majority of the roles affected will be within the firm’s business support teams in Birmingham although some jobs in Shakespeare Martineau’s London office will also be cut. A spokesperson at Shakespeare Martineau said: “Following the merger between Shakespeares and SGH […]