O’Melveny & Myers has named European regional transactions head and tax partner Jan Birtwell as its London office head, with former City chief Solomon Wifa set to leave the firm. Wifa had been the head of the firm’s London office for over five years (28 May 2013). His destination is currently unknown. During his time […]
Linklaters and Bredin Prat have won top roles on the €2.94bn sale of glass manufacturer Verallia to Apollo Global Management. Linklaters advised alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management, with a team led by Paris corporate partners Fabrice de La Morandière and Vincent Ponsonnaille. A multi-jurisdictional banking team assisted in the deal, including Paris partner Kathryn […]
Addleshaw Goddard client Barclays has won its battle against former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Londell McMillan, who it claimed owes the bank $540,000 (£352,000). The judgment, handed down by Mr Justice Popplewell on Tuesday (9 June), ruled in favour of the bank, which claimed McMillan was one of a number of former Dewey partners that […]
Eversheds, Rouse and Taylor Wessing have been appointed to Cambridge University Press’s (CUP) first formal panel, with CMS Cameron McKenna, Lawyers on Demand (LoD) and Wiggin also retained for specialist advice. CUP general counsel William Bowes oversaw the panel process, the first since he started at the company in 2011 (3 November 2014). CUP’s previous […]
Gateley has raised £30m on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange pursuant to the placing of 31,589,937 ordinary shares with institutional and other investors at the placing price of 95p per share. The board believes the successful transition from an LLP to a PLC and admission will provide the platform for the group’s anticipated […]
Tark Grunte Sutkiene has advised MCI.TechVentures 1.0, managed by the MCI Management, on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Pigu.lt, the e-commerce leader in the Baltic States. Tark Grunte Sutkiene advised MCI.TechVentures 1.0, managed by the MCI Management, on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Pigu.lt, the e-commerce leader in the Baltic States. MCI Management is said […]
No5 Chambers has announced that member Richard Adkinson has been appointed Deputy District Judge, allocated to the North East region. The competition was high: more than 1,100 applicants applied for the 87 vacancies that were available. Adkinson, who was called to the Bar in 2001, is a member of No5’s commercial, employment, inquests and public […]
Call them sheriffs, bailiffs or enforcers – High Court enforcement makes for great TV! By the time a case reaches a High Court Enforcement Officer (HCEO), the judgment debtor, tenant or squatter will have had plenty of opportunities to comply with the court order or judgment. But they haven’t done so, so the creditor or […]
Ogier has acted as Jersey counsel to a consortium of 60 lenders in relation to Glencore’s USD15.25 billion revolving credit facilities. The deal involved the refinancing of Glencore’s existing revolving credit facilities entered into in June 2014, comprising of a new $8.6bn revolving credit facilities agreement and an amendment to an existing facility, expanding it to […]
Eversheds has assisted Swedish construction company Hansa Bygg on its successful bid for Kalmarhem AB’s public tender process for the construction of a new 15 storey-residential building in competition with two of Sweden’s major construction companies. The contract value is around SEK97m (€10.5m) plus extra works. After a name competition amongst the public it has been […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised CITIC Construction and IFC in relation to their $300m investment platform aimed at affordable housing in Africa. CITIC Construction Co. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CITIC Group, China’s biggest conglomerate, and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, appointed Conyers Dill & Pearman as transaction counsel on […]
As the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) looms nearer, firms in Southeast East Asia have been positioning themselves to take advantage of the opportunities the unified market will bring. While the likes of Malaysia’s Zicolaw and Cambodia’s DFDL have long viewed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as a single economic block, last […]