A cross-discipline team from Gateley has advised on a deal that saw property investment and asset management company Avignon Capital purchase the commercial assets of The School Yard, a Grade II-listed Victorian former school, located in the Birmingham suburb of Harborne. Renowned for its clock tower, the property recently benefited from a £5.5m redevelopment. This […]
Eversheds has advised Dairy Crest on the proposed sale of its Dairies operations to Müller UK & Ireland Group for £80m. Under the terms of the deal, Müller will acquire Dairy Crest’s entire Dairies operations, including factories at Foston, Derbyshire; Chadwell Heath, Essex; and Severnside, Gloucester. It will also acquire 72 depots. The sale is […]
DLA Piper has announced its fourth class of Krantz Fellows. This competitive fellowship hires two first-year associates each year who spend their first year dedicated to doing pro-bono work. The DLA Piper/Krantz Fellowship Program is a tribute to Sheldon Krantz, a former director of New Perimeter, DLA Piper’s non-profit affiliate dedicated exclusively to global pro-bono work. […]
DLA Piper has announced that Jeanne Bossi-Malafosse will join the firm in Paris as counsel. Bossi-Malafosse joins from ASIP Santé, the Agency for Shared Information Systems in Healthcare, where she held the position of general counsel. She helped to establish ASIP Santé in 2009. Previously, she spent 18 years at the French Data Protection Authority […]
At the invitation of Google, DLA Piper partner Patrick Van Eecke took part in a panel last week aimed at helping the technology company decide which principles should be used when removing content in relation to the right-to-be-forgotten ruling. In May 2014, the European Court of Justice ruled that people had the right to ask […]
Firms always pitch mergers, with much fanfare, as the beginning of a bright new era for their whole offering. But in any huge tie-up, there are inevitably going to be winners and losers. This week’s analysis puts Ashurst and legacy SJ Berwin ’s game changing Asia Pacific mergers under the microscope , getting an insight […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised US Bank National Association (as notes collateral agent) on a $1bn (£630m) offering of senior secured notes by Lundin Mining Corporation (LMC), the proceeds of which (along with certain other payments such as the $648m upfront payment under the commodity streaming agreement) will be used to fund LMC’s acquisition […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partners have chosen a new senior partner: London-based corporate partner James Palmer, who will take up the mantle in February 2015. Palmer was voted in on Friday, winning the election against Australian deputy senior partner Mark Crean (10 November 2014). The firm’s new senior partner and global council chair tells The […]
Baker & McKenzie, CMS Cameron McKenna and Taylor Wessing have all advised on the £700m sale of the landmark Gherkin building to the Safra Group controlled by Brazilian billionaire Joseph Safra. Baker & McKenzie global co-heard of financial restructuring and insolvency Ian Jack led the team advising receivers Deloitte on the corporate elements of the […]
While so many in-house teams seem to be cutting the number of firms appointed to their legal panel, Santander has been doing exactly the opposite. The bank has upped the total number of firms on its main roster from 24 to 30. But that doesn’t mean it’s been giving lawyers an easy ride. The bank […]
20 Essex Street remains at the forefront of shipping and commodities law, is widely regarded as the leading Chambers for dry shipping work and is consistently in the top tier of all the leading directories in this field. Members of Chambers have a wealth of experience in this field and we have very talented barristers […]
20 Essex Street is well represented in public international law. Two members of chambers have been principal legal advisers to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Others have been appointed judges ad hoc of the International Court of Justice, president and members of North American Free Trade Association tribunals and members of tribunals under the World […]