Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s life sciences team has advised Netherlands- and Belgium-based biopharmaceutical company arGEN-X on its first collaboration with Bayer to discover and develop therapeutic antibody candidates and on a strategic alliance with Shire. Both deals were completed in the same week. arGEN-X is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating and developing […]
Eversheds Qatar managing partner Dani Kabbani has commented following news that the energy arm of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has warned that a potential shortfall in oil investment in production in the Middle East could create a $15 (£9) spike in oil price by 2025. Kabbani said: ‘A $15 spike by […]
Adam Farrer of No5 Chambers has acted for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the Crown Court and then in the Court of Appeal in relation to an appeal against a sentence in a fatal gas case. In November 2013, the appellant, Victoria Martindale, was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment suspended for two years, […]
Eversheds partner Robin Johnson has commented on the ECB’s move to lower interest rates. He said: ‘While macro-economic indicators indicate the eurozone is not out of the woods [unlike the UK, the US and Sweden where deal activity is booming], we are finding pockets of activity across the continent. This is particularly the case in […]
Shoosmiths has announced that two of its key partners — Sarah Teal and Laura Harper — have been shortlisted for the Manchester Downtown in Business (DiB) Women in Business Awards. Teal, who has been nominated for Legal Adviser of the Year, is a partner in the Shoosmiths corporate restructuring and insolvency team. She is a skilled […]
No5 Chambers’ Gary Bell QC was instructed to defend Steffan Leach, who has avoided a prison sentence for causing death by careless driving after a crash on the A34. Leach pleaded guilty and was ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid community work. He was also banned from driving for 12 months and told to […]
Liz Fitzsimons, legal director at Eversheds, has commented on the findings that cyber crime costs the global economy $445bn (£265bn) a year. Fitzsimons noted that governments, businesses and many others recognise the potential power of the online global economy to improve communication and understanding as well as to create opportunity, employment and wealth. She said: ‘Cyber […]
Eversheds partner Robin Johnson has commented on the increasing confidence in the UK manufacturing industry. Johnson said: ‘UK plc has become very lean over the last few years. The future of manufacturing launch last year by Vince Cable emphasised that innovation and flexibility were the keys to longer-term growth. This has been embraced by UK […]
Collyer Bristow’s James Badcock, who has been a partner with the firm since 2011, has been appointed as head of the tax and estate planning team. He focuses on international private client work and has been closely involved in establishing the firm’s private client presence in Geneva. The team members in London and Geneva will […]
Allen & Overy has announced that Maura Rezendes has joined the firm’s global economic sanctions practice as a senior counsel in the Washington DC office. Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Rezendes was a chief in the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Office of Enforcement. While at OFAC, she investigated […]
Karanovic & Nikolic has secured merger clearances in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania for the acquisition of Slovenian retailer Mercator by Croatian company Agrokor, clearing the path for the €240m (£194m) deal to be finalised. Last year, Agrokor signed a binding agreement to acquire Mercator and the acquisition was […]
Mishcon de Reya is gearing up for a move out of its Red Lion Square headquarters and up the road to the Grade II listed Africa House on London’s Kingsway. The firm is looking to let the entire 120,000 sq ft refurbished office at a rent of £59.50 per sq ft. The move will allow […]