March set up some of the defining stories of 2014, with Addleshaw Goddard kicking of its early election, and PwC and DWF declaring top 20 aspirations in their respective markets. PwC Legal chief: we can be a top 20 global legal services business in five years PricewaterhouseCooper’s legal arm (PwC Legal) kicked off the year […]
Sarah Sasse, who leads Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s public sector IT/outsourcing practice, has been named in the 2014 Power Part Time list. The list, compiled by Timewise and published in The Financial Times, showcases the stories and achievements of 50 of the UK’s most powerful professionals who all happen to work part-time or flexibly. […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s solar energy specialists have advised RGE Energy UK (RGE) on a further transaction — the disposal of a 12MW solar PV project. Utah-based renewable energy provider sPower and UK solar developer Camborne Capital jointly acquired the site in Pembrokeshire, Wales. A multi-disciplinary team, led by corporate director and energy specialist Gareth Baker, advised […]
DLA Piper has represented real-estate investment management organisation Regent Properties in its fundraising of $300m (£191m) in equity commitments. The $300m in commitments exceeds Regent’s fundraising goals by 50 per cent. The investors in the fund include BlackRock and Caxton Alternative Management, as well as high-net-worth family offices. DLA Piper worked with Regent Properties in the creation of its […]
No5 Chambers’ Michelle Heeley has prosecuted in the case of Leon Harrison, 32, from Selly Oak, who has been jailed for life after stabbing his pregnant former partner, Jana Cartwright, eight times. Weeks prior to the attack, Miss Cartwright had obtained a non-molestation order and made it clear their relationship was over; however, she agreed to meet […]
Baker & McKenzie has launched an ‘investigations academy’ aimed at educating its lawyers across all its network on a range of matters relating to regulatory investigations. The firm has also taken the syllabus and rolled it out to clients to train their in-house teams on the booming area of investigations. Bakers’ investigations academy, which was […]
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in a case about fairness in appeals by the hearing procedure, particularly where there had been a notification error. The court allowed the appeal. Kimblin appeared for the secretary of state.
DLA Piper has advised Pfizer on the $635m (£405m) acquisition of commercial vaccines from Baxter. The deal included the meningitis prevention vaccine NeisVac-C and the well-known vaccine FSME-IMMUN/Ticovac. Furthermore, Pfizer acquired the production facility in Austria where the two vaccines are manufactured. The transaction was led by DLA Piper partners Christoph Mager and Elisabeth Stichmann, […]
DLA Piper has advised AlM-listed Seeing Machines on the Australian component of its most recent fundraising initiative to raise a maximum of approximately £6.66m (AU$12.3m). Seeing Machines, a supplier of driver/operator safety monitoring technology and services, is developing technology for advanced driver assistance systems. The company is focused on six strategic markets: automotive; commercial fleet; […]
It has been a long time coming, but the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is finally thought to be just a fortnight away from finalising its protracted panel review. MoD commercial lawyer Andrew Fox had mooted turning to the central government panel and scrapping the department’s dedicated roster entirely but a combination of conflicts and the […]
As we hurtle towards the end of 2014, it looks as if it could be a record year for the amount of cash raised by companies joining the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The figures are hardly surprising given that 52 companies chose to debut on the LSE between 1 January and 30 […]
The Australian legal market has faced some tough times in recent years, with pay freezes, staff cuts and partner exits affecting a raft of firms operating in the country. It’s no wonder, then, that many have sought refuge in international mergers. Starting back in 2009, when Deacons combined with Norton Rose , the number of […]