The real-estate team at Gateley has advised on the proposed redevelopment for Cains Brewery Village in Liverpool. Legal specialists from the firm’s Manchester office acted on behalf of the developer, Brewery Village, to successfully request and gain planning approval for the £150m complex. The proposed one-million-square-foot development includes plans to build a craft brewery, a […]
Jeremy Irving, partner and insurance expert at Eversheds, has commented following the news that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to launch an investigation into 30 million insurance policies sold since the 1970s. Irving said: ‘The project being proposed by the FCA to assess 30 years of so-called “zombie insurance” is a very substantial undertaking. […]
Allen & Overy’s Moscow team has advised two syndicates of lenders on new loan facilities for Sberbank Europe AG (an Austrian bank owned by the state-owned Sberbank of Russia) and Credit Bank of Moscow (a privately owned Russian bank). The Sberbank Europe facility was led by Barclays Bank as documentation agent and Commerzbank AG as […]
DLA Piper, Ashurst, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy are among the firms to have advised on the construction of a new six-lane toll bridge over the Mersey. The project, which will connect the towns of Runcorn and Widnes, is believed to be worth in the region of £600m. Having kicked off almost a […]
Allen & Overy has advised on the financing of upgrades to power units 1–4 at the Pątnów Power Plant I and the refinancing of Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin SA’s existing indebtedness. Allen & Overy advised mBank SA, PKO Bank Polski SA, Bank Pekao SA, Bank Millennium SA and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on the financing of the upgrades. […]
Same-sex couples can now marry, but there is still a huge injustice in the family law system. Richard Phillips of IBB explains. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, which came into force on 29 March, allows same-sex couples to marry. This is very welcome (though it does not alter their legal status on separation […]
Pinsent Masons has made up three women in a round of 15 partnership promotions that take effect on 1 May. The round is up one on last year when it made up 14 partners, three of which were women (22 April 2013). At the start of this month Pinsent Masons unveiled plans to boost gender […]
China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has instructed Slaughter and May for its latest strategic investment in Chinese department store operator Intime Retail, which turned to Davis Polk & Wardwell for advice. Alibaba has agreed to invest $692m in Hong Kong-listed Intime Retail ahead of its planned IPO in the US this year. The group sought […]
Drinks giant Diageo has named Addleshaw Goddard, Pinsent Masons and Slaughter and May its formal ‘preferred suppliers’ in the UK following a four-month review. The three firms have won places on the FTSE 100 company’s consolidated panel, its first review since new general counsel Siobhan Moriarty took the reins in mid 2013. Slaughters, Addleshaws and […]
Just a few years ago, it seemed that all the internationalisation talk in the legal market was of Asia. Growth in the Far East remains a key target, but many firms are now desperately trying to ramp up their presence in another part of the world – Africa. Today’s issue of The Lawyer focuses, for […]
Last week’s Budget introduced a major overhaul of pensions legislation. Sackers’ Zoe Lynch highlights the changes. Certain changes are being introduced with effect from 27 March 2014 to give greater flexibility for both DB and DC members now ahead of more radical changes from April 2015. The 2015 changes to the rules on the use […]
The first Lawyer Management awards and conference last year was a resounding success. It’s part of our dedicated strand on law firm operational functions – also known as the people who help lawyers do their client work. If you’re senior in HR, IT, finance, facilities or BD, then this is the place for you Welcome […]