DLA Piper has advised Cushman & Wakefield, a global commercial real estate services operator, in its acquisition of Massey Knakel Realty Services, a New York investment sales firm. The transaction will further strengthen Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets presence in the tri-state region. It is also representative of an ongoing consolidation trend in the commercial […]
DLA Piper is representing InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) in the acquisition of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, the world’s largest independent boutique hotel operator, for US$430m in cash. The acquisition makes IHG the clear market leader in the boutique segment, the fastest-growing in the hotel industry. The Kimpton deal will bring its portfolio of boutique-style properties […]
DLA Piper has advised Market Tech Holdings, a holding company that combines real estate assets in London’s Camden Town with an e-commerce business, on its £750m AIM IPO. The AIM IPO was combined with an oversubscribed placing which raised £100m before expenses. Market Tech, which is majority owned by Israeli entrepreneur Teddy Sagi, which priced […]
Schoenherr has advised VIG Fund, a company of Vienna Insurance Group on its recent purchases of two top-tier commercial properties in Warsaw. The transactions, which involve a total of over 21,000sq.m. of office and were completed in October and November 2014 respectively, represent VIG’s first direct acquisitions of real estate in the Polish market. A […]
Karanović & Nikolić senior partner, Patricia Gannon, has been appointed to the Serbian Private Equity Association (SPEA) 2015 board of directors. As a founding member of SPEA, Gannon has worked within the private equity community for a number of years, aiding the start-up community by securing financing, advising them on business planning, marketing and management issues […]
Schoenherr served as lead counsel to life sciences group Roche on its acquisition of Dutalys GmbH, a privately held biotechnology company based in Vienna, Austria. Dutalys specialises in the discovery and development of fully human, bi-specific antibodies based on their proprietary DutaMabs technology. The bi-specific antibodies developed with this platform are designed to provide novel, […]
The three men behind the acid attack on a young woman have been jailed for a combined total of 44 years. No5 Chambers’ Andrew Baker and Jasvir Mann defended. It was heard at Wolverhampton Crown Court that Mohammed Rafiq was sentenced to 18 years in prison; Steven Holmes was given 14 years and Shannon Heaps […]
Ogier in Jersey has acted for Northwood Investors in connection with the acquisition of more than 7.1 million square feet of office and industrial properties located throughout the regional markets of the UK for £635m from Highcross, as well as the acquisition of property fund manager Highcross Strategic Advisers. The property portfolio comprises Lakeside North […]
Tyler Vallance, 21, from Redditch, has been jailed for nine years and Jessica Wiggins, 20, also from Redditch, has been given a nine-month suspended sentence and a year-long supervision order, following the death of their baby daughter. No5 Chambers’ Christopher Hotten QC prosecuted. The court heard that baby Isabella suffered nine broken ribs and injuries […]
Jerwood Drawing Prize winner and Royal Collage of Art lecturer Anne Howeson’s solo exhibition of 30 drawings turns King’s Cross/St Pancras (the largest area of urban redevelopment in Europe) into a palimpsest. Places and fragments are appropriated from imagery hidden in London print archives – including the London Metropolitan Archives, Museum of London and the Foundling […]
The corporate team in Gateley’s Nottingham office has advised on the sale of plastic components company Fibracon Twin and its sister arm Insoll Components to Gloucester-based Röchling Engineering Plastics (UK). ΩThe two businesses will continue to trade from their existing UK manufacturing locations in Derbyshire and Hertfordshire, but will now join a network of 14 […]
Graduates have accomplished the first Eversheds Saladžius School of Legal Excellence: ‘Find your bridge to excellence in business law’. The school was organised in co-operation with Vilnius University Faculty of Law. During the graduation ceremony, the welcoming speeches were delivered by the managing partner of Eversheds Saladžius, Jonas Saladžius, as well as the dean of […]