Ogier in Jersey has acted for the lenders (including RBS) in connection with the refinancing of £1.16bn of debt of the Angel Trains Group. The refinancing included just over £1bn of senior debt and £125m of junior debt of the group. The senior debt, which is split into five facilities with maturities up to 15 years, and the junior […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided Cayman Islands legal advice to United Cacao Lt SEZC, an exempted company incorporated and registered as a special economic zone company, on the admission of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company to trading on the AIM market operated by London Stock Exchange plc […]
Brown Rudnick has announced a new collaboration with UAE firms Hikmat Fayad & Associates and Walid Nasser & Associates. The firm plans to use the collaboration with both firms to work on transactions and disputes on the ground, with the relationships managed by MENA practice head Nicholas Tse and Paris office head Sébastien Bonnard. Brown […]
Schoenherr has advised Heta Asset Resolution (HETA) on the agreement over the purchase of Hypo Group Alpe Adria, the South-Eastern European (SEE) banking network of the former Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International (SEE Network). The US fund Advent International and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed an agreement on 22 December 2014 to acquire […]
As 2014 drew to a close with a flurry of last-minute Christmas shopping, the owner of one of London’s best-known shopping arenas was doing a little deal of its own. Market Tech Holdings, which owns the landmark Camden Market, floated on Aim at the end of the year and, after raising £100m, claimed the prize […]
Every year The Lawyer looks ahead to the top cases set to hit the High Court in the next 12 months – and looks back at what happened to the previous year’s selection. Last year’s top 20 cases included two rather hefty solicitors’ professional negligence claims, against Nabarro and Weil Gotshal & Manges. But, as […]
Kennedys has formalised a long-term relationship with Chinese firm AnJie by entering a co-operation agreement with the Beijing-headquartered firm. Kennedys has worked with AnJie in a best-friends arrangement for about two years. AnJie is an insurance-focused firm with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. It advises a number of international insurers operating in China. Kennedys Hong […]
Hogan Lovells has announced the results of its 2015 promotions round, with 24 appointments to partner positions across the firm including five in London. The firm’s 2015 promotions spread has seen nine new partners in the firm’s corporate practice, six in litigation, arbitration and employment, five in government regulatory, two in finance and two in intellectual […]
The case brought by former Queens Park Rangers chairman Antonio Caliendo against Mishcon de Reya is finally heading for court this year following a three-year lead up and tussles over missed deadlines. The case is set down for 10 days in November and promises to be one of the year’s largest professional negligence cases against […]
Pinsent Masons has won a new appointment as sole legal adviser to trade union Unite’s £800m pension scheme for staff and officers. Unite Pension Scheme is run by a board of 14 trustees, which appointed Pinsent Masons following a competitive process. Unite is the largest trade union in the UK and Ireland. The union’s final […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Moorfield Real Estate Fund on the sale of its diversified real estate investment portfolio to Lone Star Real Estate Fund, represented by Allen & Overy (A&O), for £1bn. The Herbert Smith Freehills team advising Moorfield Real Estate Fund was led by real estate partner Ian Cox and corporate partner Alex […]
Market Tech Holdings, which owns Camden Markets, has floated on the Aim stock market, with advice from DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells. The listing, which gave Market Tech a market capitalisation of £750m, is the largest on the Aim market in 2014. It unifies more than 11 acres of real estate assets under single ownership. […]