Walker Morris has been appointed by Sustainable Development Capital Ltd (SDCL) to provide specialist legal advice on its energy-efficient investments. Headquartered in London, SDCL is a specialist investment and financial advisory firm, focused on investing in projects that cut energy costs and carbon emissions in buildings and infrastructure. In 2012, SDCL launched the UK Energy […]
Accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has set its sights on the Australian and Asia Pacific legal markets with the launch of a local legal arm. Headed by former King & Wood Mallesons partners Tony O’Malley and Tim Blue, the offering is a “natural adjacent and complementary offering to a number of our core competencies”, according to […]
Clyde & Co has settled a long-running whistleblowing dispute with former partner Krista Bates van Winkelhof out of court after successive cases sought to establish the validity of the claim. The settlement is subject to a strict gagging order, which prohibits either side from revealing any of the details. In May the Supreme Court paved […]
Mishcon de Reya is to vote next month on converting to an LLP and bringing all of its salaried partners into the equity. The firm will transform its current partnership structure with 65 fixed-share partners and 37 equity partners to a full-equity LLP next year, dependent on a yes vote. Mishcon also lodged a formal application to […]
Guildford-based Stevens & Bolton’s revenue rose by 10.1 per cent from £18.05m to £19.87m in the 2013/14 financial year. The firm reported a corresponding 11.1 per cent rise in net profit from £5.4m to £6m. It is the fourth consecutive year of top-line growth for Stevens & Bolton, which also saw its average profit per […]
Corporate lawyers from Walker Morris have advised Straight on its sale to a subsidiary of Irish outfit One Fifty One for approximately £10.7m. The deal, effected by way of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006, represents a 66 per cent premium on the share price of Straight immediately prior […]
Tom Schofield of No5 Chambers has prosecuted Carl Berry, 51, and Baldev Deshi, 47, both from Langley, who have been found guilty of producing cannabis and possession of the drug with intent to supply. Berry has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years and Deshi has been given a one-year sentence. Tom Schofield, prosecuting, said police found […]
Parmjit Singh, head of the food and drink group at Eversheds, has commented on Coca-Cola’s investment in Monster Beverage Corp. Singh said: ‘This deal will not come as a surprise. On the back of its acquisition of Innocent Drinks and more recently its partnership with Green Mountain Coffee, Coca-Cola has recognised the need to diversify […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has been nominated in eight categories in the China Law and Practice awards. China Law and Practice analysed a record number of deals this year and Conyers’ Hong Kong office has been recognised in eight categories — seven in the deals category, where it has been nominated twice in the debt and equity-linked […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands law advice to Hengxing Gold Holding Company on its HKD462.5m (£36m) initial public offering (IPO). The company was listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of Hong Kong public offering and international offering. Hengxing Gold is an […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided advice to Jazz Investments, a Bermuda company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, regarding its private placement of $575m (£345m) aggregate principal amount of its 1.875 per cent exchangeable senior notes due 2021 to several investment banks acting as initial purchasers that subsequently resold the notes to various […]
No5 Chambers’ Michael Burrows QC has secured the conviction of Patryk Srutkowski, 22, and Pawel Bugajski, 22, who have been found guilty and jailed for life for killing Hama Faraj Noori, 56, at his home in Uppingham Gardens, The Meadows. Mr Noori was found dead at his home by two of his friends on 25 January […]