Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and White & Case are advising on the £7.9bn ($13.4bn) acquisition of orthopaedic manufacturing company Biomet by Zimmer, the manufacturer of the ‘zimmer frame’. The acquisition will put an end to a planned IPO of Biomet, which was intended to raise funds to pay off the debt incurred by its […]
Allen & Overy did it February, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer followed in March and Linklaters made its move before the Easter break. Now Clifford Chance, Ashurst, Herbert Smith Freehills and Norton Rose Fulbright have joined the pack in unveiling partnership promotions rounds for 2014. So now we know. At the tail end of last year in […]
David Young, partner and food health and safety expert at Eversheds, has commented on the UK’s FSA ordering tests on takeaway food purporting to contain lamb meat. Young said: ‘In the wake of the horsemeat scandal, perhaps we are no longer quite so surprised by stories like this. We might say that we can expect […]
William Davis has been successful in attaining two outline planning permissions to build 250 houses and a biodiversity park on an area of local separation between the villages of Mountsorrel and Rothley, Leicestershire. Jeremy Cahill QC and Nina Pindham from No5 Chambers led the appeals. The appeals were heard at a public local inquiry on […]
On 4 April, Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) held a fundraising Golf Day at North Worcestershire Golf Club, which was sponsored by No5 Chambers. The day was a success, raising a total of £1,682, which will help to provide citizens of Birmingham advice on many issues including employment, consumer debt, benefits, tax, housing and immigration. No5 Chambers and other […]
Planning and environment barrister Timothy Jones from No5 Chambers has appeared for the successful claimant, a mobile-home park owner, in Cotswold Grange Country Park v The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Tewkesbury Borough Council. Hickenbottom J has quashed a planning inspector’s decision that a planning permission ‘to erect static caravan for […]
The results of the 12th annual ranking of law firms were announced on 16 April 2014 at Rzeczpospolita daily. Eversheds holds a leader position in the field of technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) and is recommended in the field of public procurement law. Arwid Mednis received an individual recommendation as a leader in the field […]
Conducting more than 250 ediscovery projects with Kroll Ontrack since 2012, Jackson Lewis reconfirms the value of moving beyond a case-by-case approach and adopting a portfolio perspective One of the US’ largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, Jackson Lewis P.C., today announced it has re-selected Kroll Ontrack as its preferred provider for all of its […]
Eversheds partner Stuart Andrews has commented on the publication of a garden city prospectus by the UK government. Andrews noted that there will almost inevitably be a push in this direction as the general election approaches and said that the key issue will be effective and speedy delivery. He said: ‘These large schemes are very […]
No5 Chambers has entered teams in both the London and Midland Legal Walks, which are set to take place on 19 May 2014. The 10km-long walks will raise money for the London Legal Support Trust and the Midland Legal Support Trust. The London walk is now in its 10th year and will start at Carey […]
No5 Chambers has announced the Anthony Barker QC Memorial Shield 2014 six-a-side cricket event, which will raise funds in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and Citizens Advice Bureau. The Anthony Barker QC Memorial Shield 2014 will be held at two venues: Brislington Cricket Club, Bristol, on 20 June 2014, and Moseley Cricket Club, Birmingham, […]
Eversheds has advised Verlinvest, a family-owned investment company based in Brussels, on its investment in Genius Foods. The association with Verlinvest and capital investment will allow Genius to accelerate its delivery of top-quality free-from foods in the UK, its category innovation in ‘free from’ and its international expansion. Both Genius and Verlinvest say they are […]