Eversheds has advised property developer Urban Splash on a £135m refinancing deal and a new joint venture agreement with the Pears Group. Urban Splash, working in partnership with the Pears Group, has agreed to refinance £135m of its remaining debt from the RBS, the Co-op, HSBC and Blackstone and formed a new joint venture with […]
Shoosmiths has advised the sellers on the £40m sale of digital marketing agency Realise to St Ives, a UK provider of marketing solutions and publishing services. Realise has been acquired on a cash and debt-free basis, for £21.7m on completion, satisfied by approximately £18.4m in cash and approximately 1.7 million St Ives shares. Further consideration […]
Schoenherr has advised Österreichische Volksbanken-AG (OeVAG) on the sale of its fully owned subsidiary Volksbank Malta to Malta-based Mediterranean Bank. On 11 April 2014, OeVAG and Mediterranean Bank signed a share purchase agreement for 100 per cent of the shares in Volksbank Malta. Closing will take place after the required approvals of the relevant regulatory […]
Linklaters, Simpson Thacher, King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin and Dickson Minto landed roles on the acquisition of a majority stake in House of Fraser by Chinese conglomerate Sanpower. Sanpower, which is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, acquired an 89 per cent stake in the renowned department store through its subsidiary, Nanjing Cenbest. Linklaters […]
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB) has been appointed by SuperGroup, the corporate group behind the Superdry brand, to handle its continental European real estate matters, as part of a wider review of the fashion group’s external advisers. The firm advised on its first transaction for the new client this month, advising on the […]
China’s largest firm by headcount Dacheng has rethought its management structure following an election process that began in February. The new structure consists of three bodies, a 17-member standing committee, a five-member supervising committee and an executive committee. It replaces Dacheng’s previous 15-member management committee. The new set-up, according to Dacheng, can separate the power […]
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China’s largest firm by headcount Dacheng has elected a new management team following an election process that began in February. Headed by the firm’s founder and chairman Peng Xuefeng, its new management structure is made up of a 17-member standing committee, a five-member supervising committee and an executive committee. The structure replaces Dacheng’s previous 15-member […]
Iberian firm Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira has moved into empty London office space rented by French ally Gide Loyrette Nouel, as the development of the firms’ non-exclusive alliance progresses. Cuatrecasas has joined Gide and Italian ally Chiomenti in 125 Old Broad Street, taking space on the fourteenth floor. Chiomenti moved into the fifteenth floor last year […]
Another week, yet another enormous cable M&A deal in the European market. However, this time there’s a new face at the party. Following in the footsteps of Liberty Global and Vodafone, which have been gobbling up cable companies from Spain to the Netherlands like corporate Pac-Men, Altice has stepped up to take its own slice […]
China’s largest firm by headcount Dacheng has appointed a new leadership team following a month-long election process. The new leadership line-up is headed by Dacheng’s founder and chairman Peng Xuefeng, who has also been elected to lead the 17-member standing committee of the partnership, a new governance body introduced by the firm. Beijing corporate partner […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within firms and offices in the Asia Pacific region. Australia DLA Piper added employment partner Brett Feltham to its Sydney office. Feltham was previously head of the New South Wales employment team at Hunt & Hunt. Prior to Hunt & Hunt, he led PricewaterhouseCoppers’ employment and workplace […]