Hitachi Rail Europe is to hire its first ever general counsel, less than a year after the company revealed which firms had won places on its inaugural legal panel. The new general counsel will sit on Hitachi Rail’s Executive Board, alongside global CEO Alistair Dormer, and will assume a co-secretarial role in time. To date, […]
ICL Holding general counsel Rouven Schwab has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in its chemicals industry group in Frankfurt after he oversaw a large-scale divestment process for the special chemistry group. Since Rouven’s departure, ICL Holding has formed a European Legal Service Centre based in Amsterdam that will cover the rest of the […]
Schoenherr has advised EVO Payments International (EVO) on the launch of a strategic alliance with Raiffeisenbank a.s. in the Czech Republic in the segment of payment card acceptance. As a result of the partnership, all acquiring related services and responsibilities will transfer to a newly founded Czech subsidiary of EVO, ‘REVO’. The transaction, subject to […]
Shoosmiths has advised private medical insurance broker Chase Templeton on the strategic acquisition of Atlas Consulting Group Ltd, adding £13.8m of annual premium income (API) and representing the largest acquisition by the company. This acquisition of Atlas Consulting Group brings to Chase Templeton a broader client base with many larger corporate clients and a dedicated […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has announced plans to implement agile working across all its London-based practice groups following the success of a trial initiative which began in March. The plans will see the wider adoption of the firm’s ‘working smarter’ concept launched in 2012, which has been primarily used by the firm’s business services teams until […]
Irwin Mitchell has announced a 3.9 per cent rise in turnover for 2014/15 along with a 6 per cent increase in profit before tax in the wake of another acquisitive year. The firm reported that its turnover had risen from £202.7m in 2013/14 to £210.6m last year. Meanwhile profit before tax went up from £17.1m […]
Singaporean firm Rajah & Tann has launched a new service to provide experienced lawyers to companies that need in-house counsel on short-term contracts and project-specific work. The service will be provided through R&T Asia Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rajah & Tann. It will procure professionals with relevant qualifications and experience, including Rajah & Tann […]
Osborne Clarke’s former Belgian ally De Wolf & Partners has voted to dissolve, with its partners departing in four main groups to join other firms or set up alone. De Wolf formally dissolved on 23 July. A group of around a dozen lawyers including former senior partner Patrick de Wolf have joined Belgian firm Dal […]
Listed testing equipment group Intertek has appointed Joel Hanson as interim head of legal, as the company looks to announce a permanent replacement for outgoing chief Dan Williams. Hanson started in the interim position around three weeks ago, soon after Williams left the company in late July. Prior to Intertek, Hanson held roles in Starbucks’ […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Clifford Chance and Taylor Wessing were among a lineup of five firms that advised on the largest property deal ever completed on London’s South Bank, the £550m Shell Centre redevelopment by Centrepoint owner Almacantar. BLP acted for Braeburn Estates, a joint entity formed by Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar. Freshfields […]
A cross-border team from CMS has acted for Munich-based Aurelius Group on its acquisition of Coats’ European crafts business, represented by Squire Patton Boggs. Stuttgart partner Maximilian Grub led the CMS team, which acted for investment group Aurelius from across Europe. The team included Vienna partner Johannes Trenkwalder and Bratislava partner Peter Šimo. Partner Horea […]
Schoenherr has advised immigon portfolioabbau ag (“immigon”) on the sale of VB Leasing Finanzierungsgesellschaft m.b.H (“VB Leasing (Austria)”) to BAWAG PSK Leasing GmbH. immigon had previously held its 100% stake in VB Leasing (Austria) via its subsidiary Unternehmensbeteiligungs Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung. The relevant sale and purchase agreement was executed on 12 August 2015. The […]