Walker Morris’s sports group has advised a consortium from Thailand on its purchase of Reading Football Club. The takeover was announced by Sir John Madejski, following confirmation from the Football League, ending his 25-year reign as sole club chairman. The Championship club will now be owned by three major investors: Khunying Sasima Srivikorn, who led […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has advised dnata on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Stella Travel Services. The acquisition will strengthen dnata’s position as a global travel services provider. The Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co legal team was led by corporate partner Julian Henwood — described by The Legal 500 2014 as […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s energy team has helped Primrose Solar to significantly expand its portfolio through the acquisition of a further five solar farms in the UK. Primrose’s portfolio will now add more than 175MW of renewable energy to the grid, enough to power the equivalent of more than 40,000 average homes and to save […]
Private equity specialists from Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co have advised mid-market private equity house LDC on its £42m buyout of Eley Group. Eley Group manufactures .22LR rounds for the target shooting market. Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co advised LDC on the terms of Eley Group’s acquisition from global engineering business IMI, as well as on […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Bermuda Community Foundation, a local not-for-profit Bermuda company limited by guarantee with charitable philanthropic objects, on its conversion to and registration as a segregated accounts company (SAC) under the Segregated Accounts Companies Act 2000. According to the firm, this exercise was novel and ground breaking in several respects as Bermuda […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has been recognised as a leading financial and corporate law firm in the most recent edition of IFLR1000, earning strong marks globally for its corporate and investment funds practices, as well as a recognition in a new category. The International Financial Law Review (IFLR) has published its global rankings for 2015, with […]
The property developer thought it wasn’t up to much and wanted to go home because he had a sore throat. But there was an architects’ party to go to and well, you never know. And I suspect that the ‘well, you never know’ factor was behind many a decision to attend MIPIM in the metropolis, […]
Eon’s UK head of legal Graham Line has stepped down from his legal role to head the company’s response to a major probe by the competition regulator, The Lawyer reports today. Eon and its ‘big six’ energy rivals have all come under fire, first by energy regulator Ofgem and now the Competition and Markets Authority […]
Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Tim Wheldon and Malcolm Pike as office heads in Leeds and Manchester respectively in the firm’s latest management change. The creation of the two new roles follows a series of changes to the firm’s management structure and line-up since John Joyce was elected as managing partner in May (16 May 2014). […]
The head of Clifford Chance’s Perth office is set to leave the firm for investment house Gresham Partners three and a half years after the firm that bore his name joined the magic circle giant. Michael Lishman joined Clifford Chance in May 2011 when his firm Cochrane Lishman Carson Luscombe and Sydney practice Chang Pistilli […]
A third of the lawyers that made it on to last week’s top 100 LGBT business leaders list were in prominent in-house legal roles. The list produced by LGBT professional network OUTstanding featured BT general counsel Dan Fitz at number 12, the highest ranking of the in-house contingent. Fitz was one of the in-house lawyers […]
Eon head of legal Graham Line has stepped down from his role to lead the company’s response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) probe into the energy market. Senior Eon lawyer Kirinjeet Kalsi has been put into his place as head of legal at the energy giant, and reports into general counsel Fiona Stark […]