The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) team at Wierzbowski Eversheds has advised Perma-Fix Medical on its reverse merger with CEE Opportunity Partners Poland. As part of the transaction, the company conducted a capital increase and listed its new shares on the NewConnect market, a process that was completed in December 2014. Perma-Fix Medical Corp, a wholly […]
DLA Piper has advised on the largest listed investment company (LIC) initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) since late 2006. The LIC is managed by leading fund manager Perpetual Investments. The joint lead managers to the offer were CBA, Taylor Collison, Macquarie Capital, Morgan Stanley and ANZ. The co-lead managers were Baillieu […]
DLA Piper has announced that Mark Radcliffe, a Silicon Valley-based partner, has been chosen as one of 25 recipients of The Recorder’s first-ever ‘Innovator Award’. The award highlights California-based legal innovators who developed a new process, tool, approach or idea that enhanced legal services for their clients, driving down costs and improving outcomes. Honorees for the […]
DLA Piper has advised Aviva Commercial Real Estate Finance, and multiple officeholders appointed by Aviva, on the disposal of a distressed portfolio of 180 mixed-use properties located across the UK to Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate (KWE) for £503m. KWE’s acquisition of the portfolio is expected to complete at the end of January. The 3.5-million-square-foot […]
DLA Piper has advised Market Tech Holdings, a holding company that combines iconic real-estate assets in London’s Camden Town with an e-commerce business, on its £750m AIM initial public offering (IPO). The AIM IPO was combined with an oversubscribed placing that raised £100m before expenses. Market Tech, which is majority owned by Israeli entrepreneur Teddy […]
DLA Piper and Ropes & Gray have jointly advised a consortium of funds comprising Alchemy Special Opportunities, Angelo, Gordon & Co and Avenue Capital, in relation to its purchase of Avant Homes Group. DLA Piper’s role encompassed a full due diligence review of the target group, advice on the auction process and subsequent completion of […]
Stephen Rosen, partner and head of Collyer Bristow’s financial disputes team and Janine Alexander, also a partner in the team, have been quoted in The Herald. They were commenting on banks, such as Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, selling corporate and commercial loans to organisations such as Cerberus Capital Management.
This year has seen an unprecedented number of major partner hires by US firms looking to beef up their capacity in London. Targets have included other US firms, as well as magic and silver circle players, with banking, corporate and private equity the key practice areas being strengthened. In chronological order, these are the lateral […]
Irwin Mitchell is the best top 50 firm in the UK at marketing itself online, particularly through social media – although firms’ online presence remains minimal. Research carried out by content marketing platform Passle said that Irwin Mitchell was the most active firm when it came to publishing articles and blogs online, and also had […]
Pharma company Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has named a new general counsel for spinoff business Indivior ahead of its listing today (23 December) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Indivior’s new general counsel is Javier Rodriguez, who has been promoted from within RB’s legal team after joining the company from an in-house role at Bayer. He will […]
The action continued into December, which has so far seen Kirkland & Ellis’ banking partner Stephen Gillespie quit for Gibson Dunn, and BLP managing partner Neville Eisenberg step down after five terms on the firm’s top rung. Kirkland banking star Gillespie quits for Gibson Dunn Gibson Dunn continued to sweep up the City’s top transactional […]
Karanovic & Nikolic employment law experts Mirko Kovač and Jelena Danilović held a presentation at the 15th meeting of the German-Serbian Business Association (AHK/DSW) HR group on 4 December 2014. The presentation focused on disputable issues in the practical application of the recent amendments to the Serbian Labour Law. Approximately 50 AHK/DSW members were present […]