In what is likely to be one of the biggest public M&A deals of the year, insurance giants Aviva and Friends Life look set to seal a £5.6bn tie-up. The deal is good news for magic circle firms Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters, which have both scooped a role on the deal. If it […]
US firm Seyfarth Shaw has scored four litigation partners from Bingham McCutchen, in the first known group lateral move from the 80 partners left by Morgan Lewis & Bockius at the ailing firm. Bingham partners William Berkowitz, John Skelton, James McGrath and Brandon Bigelow joined Seyfarth’s Boston office today, at the same time as almost 770 […]
Anthony Thompson, private capital partner at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, has been named as one of eprivateclient’s Top 50 Most Influential 2015. The nomination follows his success at the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards earlier in 2014, where he won ‘Lawyer of the Year’. The Top 50 Most Influential celebrates the most prominent innovators in […]
The private capital team at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has been named ‘Private Client: Effective Legal Team’ at the inaugural Wealthbriefing Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Region Awards 2014. The awards ceremony celebrated outstanding practitioners from the wealth management industry covering the GCC region. The awards recognised companies, teams and individuals that the judging panel deemed to […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has been named ‘Property Law Firm of the Year’ at the Insider Property Awards West Midlands 2014. The law firm’s real-estate practice was credited for its role in delivering innovative legal advice to secure a run of important deals. These include the Marks & Spencer’s megastore in Longbridge, IM Properties’ £44m purchase […]
DLA Piper has advised Stobart Group on a project to construct a £110m combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plant at its site in Widnes. The project will be the largest waste wood renewable energy plant in the north west of England. Stobart Infrastructure is making an equity investment of £7.5m for a 40 per […]
DLA Piper has represented Rioprevidencia, Rio de Janeiro’s state-owned pension fund, as sponsor, and the State of Rio de Janeiro in a 144A/Reg S $1.1bn (£701m) securitisation of oil royalties, the second international offering the law firm has handled for the fund in 2014. This transaction follows a June 2014 $3bn offering, which was the […]
Allen & Overy and Linklaters have been instructed to advise insurance giants Aviva and Friends Life on their proposed £5.6bn merger. A tie-up between the two companies would create the UK’s leading insurance, savings and asset management firm by customer numbers. The pair agreed terms of a possible all-share deal on Friday (21 November). Under […]
The Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has kicked off a re-hearing of a case alleging former Addleshaw Goddard partner Mark Gilbert of discrepancies in expenses. The case against Gilbert was originally heard in January, when the Solicitors Regulation Authority asked the SDT to drop its claims of lack of integrity against the partner. However, the tribunal […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s work in the community has brought a double award win. Combined HR solutions associate Ruth Ormston was named ‘Champion of Justice’ at the London Legal Support Trust (LLST) Awards, while the law firm also won an award recognising its longstanding support of the annual LLST walks. Ormston’s award recognises her […]
Shoosmiths has been shortlisted for the ‘Asset Finance Legal Provider of the Year’ award at the Leasing Life Awards 2014. The awards recognise the achievements of the European asset finance industry. They will take place directly after the annual Leasing Life Conference in Warsaw, Poland, on 27 November. An independent panel of judges assesses the […]
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is home to some of the richest countries on the planet – and some of the most politically risky. Its natural resources and potential for development makes it enormously attractive to businesses and their legal advisers, but doing business there is not always easy. In The Lawyer’s […]