Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of BM TRADA Group on the sale of the company and its subsidiaries to London Stock Exchange listed company Exova Group Plc for approximately £22m. Shoosmiths’ corporate partner Adam Dowdney led a team of corporate specialists, comprising solicitors Kiran Virk and Tom Potts. Additional specialist legal advice was also given […]
Shoosmiths Access Legal has expanded its medical negligence team in Birmingham with the hire of senior associate Victoria Blankstone. Blankstone qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and joins from Irwin Mitchell on 1 June. Before studying law and qualifying as a solicitor she was a theatre nurse. With an in-depth knowledge of both the NHS […]
Eversheds has won the award for Solar Project Finance Advisor of the Year at the seventh Middle East & North Africa Solar Conference & Expo in Dubai. Held annually, this year’s edition of the event marked the first time that PV and CSP companies, advisory bodies and regional governmental entities were recognised for their efforts […]
Baker & McKenzie is ranked among “Best Foreign Law Firm India Practices” by new report on the Indian legal market. The firm has been ranked fourth among international firms for its India-related work, according to RSG Consulting’s India Report 2015. It scores highly for having the best reputation in India as recommended by major legal […]
Shoosmiths has announced its continued sponsorship of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club as the law firm celebrates 170 years since its establishment in the town. The firm, which started as a small business in 1845, now has 10 offices across the UK. Partners for the Shoosmiths’ offices in Northampton and Milton Keynes – David Parton and […]
Baker & McKenzie’s European tax practice has once again been recognised by International Tax Review at this year’s 2015 European Tax Awards. Held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, Baker & McKenzie was honoured with seven awards: Netherlands Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year UK Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year European Transfer Pricing Firm of […]
US firm Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff has received approval from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to launch a London office operating under an ABS licence. The plans to launch were first reported by The Lawyer last month (1 April 2015), after the firm registered a UK LLP – Foran Glennon (UK) – with […]
Olswang general counsel Simon Callander is leaving the firm following a series of management changes, The Lawyer can reveal. Callander was Olswang’s general counsel for over three years, having joined in 2011 from an interim UK general counsel role at consumer credit reporting agency Equifax. A spokesperson for the firm said: “We can confirm that Simon Callander […]
Barclays’ former general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) investment has joined alternative fund management company BlackRock. Erica Handling started at BlackRock’s London office earlier in the month, as EMEA general counsel. She replaces James DesMarais, who retired from the company at the end of December 2014. DesMarais spent 10 years at […]
Challenger bank Hampshire Trust Bank has hired Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) director of legal Ann Doan as its first director of legal and compliance. Ðoàn spent six and a half years heading up the CAF legal team as director of legal, compliance and risk. She is the first in-house lawyer for Hampshire Trust, which was […]
A raft of US firms are representing Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable (TWC) as the pair merge in a $78.7bn deal. Kirkland & Ellis partners Jason Kanner, Christian Nagler and Nicholas Schwartz represented Charter Communications from New York. They were supported by associates Jessica Woolf, Ashley Rose and Ming Lim, with Wachtell Lipton Rosen […]
Walker Morris has advised AR Partners on the sale of its second solar photovoltaic project to Alpha Real Renewables for an undisclosed sum. The firm fielded a multidisciplinary team of lawyers from its energy team to provide specialist energy, real estate and corporate advice. The team comprised Judith Pike (Partner, Real Estate), Oliver Duke (Corporate) and Emma […]