Schoenherr has advised the consortium of shareholders of Aerodrom Ljubljana — headed by the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SDH) — on the privatisation of Slovenia’s primary airport in Ljubljana. On 5 September 2014, the selling consortium signed a respective share purchase agreement with Fraport AG under which the Frankfurt Stock Exchange-listed airport […]
Senator George J Mitchell and his law firm DLA Piper (US) have announced that Mitchell has delivered his second annual report as the independent athletics integrity monitor under the Athletics Integrity Agreement (AIA) among the Pennsylvania State University, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Big Ten Conference. The report describes Penn State’s efforts […]
Clients are making it clear that they want nothing short of a revolution in the way legal services are delivered to them. It is the biggest change the profession has faced in nearly 200 years and it is one that Allen & Overy (A&O) is determined to play a lead role in, according to David […]
DLA Piper has announced that Carl Buchholz has been named managing partner of the firm’s Philadelphia’s office. Buchholz succeeds Jim Brogan, who was recently named co-chair of the firm’s US litigation practice. Buchholz, who joined DLA Piper in 2012, has held numerous leadership roles, including managing partner and chief executive officer of Blank Rome. Buchholz also served as […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Luye Pharma Group on its $764m (£475m) initial public offering (IPO) of shares by way of a global offering involving a Hong Kong public offering and international offering. The listing in Hong Kong was the third-largest offering in Hong Kong in 2014 and follows its recent privatisation and delisting […]
Jones Day has raided Paul Hastings for capital markets partner Neil Hamilton, who has left the firm after just two years at the practice. Hamilton has a specific focus on securitisation and structured finance, with particular expertise in CLOs. The majority of his work has a cross-border element, and he works regularly with the US, […]
Fieldfisher senior partner Matthew Lohn has been appointed to the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s (IPSO) new 12-person complaints committee. IPSO, which began work yesterday (7 September), will oversee editorial standards for the majority of national and regional newspapers and magazines. The watchdog, which replaces the Press Complaints Commission, will have a mandate to impose fines […]
Washington DC-headquartered BuckleySandler has opened in London, the firm’s first international office. The financial services and financial crime boutique has launched with a single partner, Jamie Parkinson, who joined the firm three years ago from Mayer Brown. Parkinson has relocated from Washington to become BuckleySandler’s partner-in-residence in the City. The firm’s chairman, former Skadden partner […]
South Korea has seen an influx of international firms in the past two years, with the likes of Baker & McKenzie, DLA Piper, Paul Hastings and Squire Patton Boggs all keen to take advantage of the market’s liberalisation. However, as we explore in this week’s special report on South Korea, the country may not hold […]
American aerospace and defence technology company Northrop Grumman Corporation has appointed a new European head of legal effective as from 1 September. Roger Wiltshire was appointed to the role having joined as deputy head of legal last September, before which he was chief legal counsel at BAE Systems. The corporations former Europe chief Wolf Von […]
Global infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty might turn to Pinsent Masons on its ‘business as usual’ work , but when it comes to major M&A deals, the business is prepared to pull out the big guns. For the $1.24bn sell-off of its US professional services division Parsons Brinckerhoff to Canada’s WSP Group, Balfour Beatty turned to […]
Allen & Overy has appointed Richard Punt, managing partner for clients and markets at Deloitte, as chief executive officer of Peerpoint, Allen & Overy’s contract lawyer business. Peerpoint was launched less than a year ago to provide experienced, high-calibre lawyers to work for Allen & Overy on a contract basis, enabling it to meet variable […]