Planta de Reserva Fría de Generación de Eten SA, a Peru-based power generation company, has received the Deal of the Year award in the project finance category from International Financial Law Review. DLA Piper advised BTG Pactual as arranger and placement agent of the $132.8m (£79.9m) project bond offering by Eten to finance a 20-year concession […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided Bermuda law advice to Aircastle on its $900m (£542m) agreement for the purchase and leaseback of eight Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with LATAM Airlines Group. Jason Piney and Victor Richards of Conyers’ Bermuda office advised on this matter. Dentons’ London office acted for LATAM.
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided Bermuda law advice to Aircastle on the offering of $500m (£300m) aggregate principal amount of its 5.125 per cent senior notes due 2021, which completed on 26 March 2014. Goldman, Sachs & Co, BNP Paribas Securities Corp, Citigroup Global Markets, Credit Agricole Securities (USA), Deutsche Bank Securities, JP Morgan […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has been honoured for its involvement in the high-profile $55bn (£33bn) TNK-BP transaction, which was named M&A Deal of the Year at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Europe Awards 2014. Conyers, led by the BVI office’s Robert Briant, Anton Goldstein and Patrick Ormond, advised long-standing client AAR Consortium on the […]
A mammoth team of advisors including Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters has turned out to advise Lafarge and Swiss giant Holcim in their €40bn merger. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton put up a 30-strong team for the deal, hailed as the biggest ever tie-up in the industry. It included partners […]
A cross-discipline corporate and real-estate team from Gateley has advised on a deal that saw café chain Patisserie Valerie acquire the Philpotts sandwich business for an undisclosed sum. The team was led by corporate partner Tom Durrant and real-estate senior associate James Madill. The deal brings Patisserie Valerie’s UK presence to 137 outlets, with a […]
Eversheds International has opened a new branch office in Berlin. Initially, the office will comprise approximately 10 lawyers who will cover all areas of commercial law. In the middle of the year, it will be extended by a notary’s office. In addition, Eversheds has reinforced Gateways to Africa with another branded office in Morocco. The […]
Geoffrey Mead, partner at Eversheds, has commented on the raft of changes ahead for the UK tribunal system. New changes coming in on 6 April 2014 will mean tribunals on or after this date will have a discretion to order an employer to pay a financial penalty if they are found to have breached employment […]
Firms in the US have criticised patent reform legislation that is strongly supported by tech companies and designed to make it more difficult for patent trolls to launch ‘frivolous’ lawsuits. Eversheds’ Simon Crossley has commented on the legislation, saying that it is long overdue but needs balance. Crossley, who is head of intellectual property at […]
Eversheds has won the Inclusive Culture Award at the Opportunity Now Excellence in Practice Awards 2014. The law firm has also secured a place in The Times’ Top 50 Employers for Women for the third year in a row. The Inclusive Culture Award recognises Eversheds as leading the way on the inclusion and progress of […]
The High Court of Australia has dismissed an appeal from the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages (NSW) (Registrar) and has upheld the decision of the NSW Court of Appeal in the case of Norrie v NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2014] HC 11. DLA Piper partner Scott McDonald acted as Norrie’s solicitor. […]
Eversheds Saladžius is sponsoring the ‘Integrating Social Sciences into Legal Research’ conference organised by Vilnius University Faculty of Law. Set to take place from 10–11 April, the conference will cover the following topics: Law and science — relatives or strangers? How can legal discourse benefit from philosophy? Is legal foresight crucial for social strategic planning? Could […]