In March the China-Malawi Business Forum was held at King & Capital It mainly covered the areas of mining, agriculture, food production, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure construction and tourism. All attendees conducted group discussions and project-matching, and entrepreneurs from China and Malawi reached several substantive project co-operation agreements.
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has advised AIM-traded Staffline on its £34.5m acquisition of A4e Ltd, creating one of the UK’s largest Work Programme providers. Staffline, the staffing services, outsourcing, training, and Employability organisation, has acquired the entire issued share capital of A4e Limited, a leading welfare to work and employment training provider, for £23.5m […]
Shoosmiths has been named ‘Legal Provider of the Year’ at the European Motor Finance Awards last night, complementing its award of the same name at the European Leasing Life Awards earlier in November. Shoosmiths partner and national head of asset finance, Melanie Chell and asset finance partners Stephen Dawson and Roger Potgieter, went to Munich, […]
Bredin Prat, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have picked up top roles in XPO Logistics’ €3.24bn acquisition of Norbert Dentressangle, with both French firms winning new clients in the process. The team is being led by Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier partners Bertrand Cardi, Olivier Huyghues Despointes and Forrest Alogna, along with […]
The decision of the prosecution to offer no evidence against former News of the World journalist Lucy Panton ends a four-year saga she describes as a ‘hellish ordeal’, but wider issues remain. It must surely be right to insist that there be a strong public interest before a journalist in a free society can be […]
The Supreme Court has issued a legal order forcing the British Government to comply with European air quality limits following a successful case by not-for-profit legal group ClientEarth. ClientEarth lawyer Alan Andrews instructed Blackstone Chambers’ Ben Jaffey for the hearing. Jaffey took on Monckton Chambers’ silk Kassie Smith QC, who was instructed by the Treasury […]
Fieldfisher has announced that its former litigation head, partner Peter Stewart, has died of a heart attack. Stewart joined Fieldfisher in February 1980 and was head of the firm’s London dispute resolution team for 10 years from 1985. In a statement, Fieldfisher said “Peter was [also] one the leading and most respected lawyers in the […]
RPC has promoted four lawyers to its all-equity partnership, effective 1 May, in its largest promotions round for three years. Last year the firm announced three partners, two in insurance and one in competition (8 May 2014). The previous year saw only one promotion take place. This year’s promotions cover a broader range of the […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised TPG in relation to its significant minority stake in Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd for $146m. MHEPL is a part of the Manipal Education and Medical Group, a privately held conglomerate in India focused on education, healthcare and research. TPG is a leading global private investment firm with $67bn […]
Michael Conroy Harris, construction expert at law firm Eversheds, has commented on the latest UK economic growth figures, Conroy Harris said: “While the headline figure will be analysed for its impact on the general election, the underlying figure for UK construction is yet another worrying sign that the industry is at a crossroads. ”On the back […]
Jeremy Cousins QC and Max Mallin of 11 Stone Buildings have been instructed to prepare submissions for various bondholders who are resisting an early redemption of part of a multi-billion pound bond issue by affiliates of Lloyds Banking Group in 2009. The High Court is expected to rule on the dispute, which turns upon whether there […]
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is shutting its Frankfurt and Berlin offices to concentrate its German presence on Düsseldorf and Munich. Around 17 lawyers and legal professionals are expected to be affected by the closures including five partners, though it is unknown how many will leave the firm. Orrick said it had offered the affected lawyers – understood […]