The Birmingham office of Gateley has advised West Ham United on the sale of its Boleyn Ground Football Stadium to Galliard Group, a London developer. The sale will see the 35,000-capacity stadium transfer to Galliard Group’s ownership once the club has completed its move to the Olympic Stadium in 2016. The cross-discipline team was led by […]
Karanovic & Nikolic recently teamed up with Allen & Overy to create a platform that brought together financers, regulators and industry players to discuss financing and the bankability of energy projects in the western Balkans. The panel discussion, held in Zagreb on 12 March, 2014, presented issues related to project bankability, the impact of energy […]
The Birmingham Law Society debating competition final 2014 will be held on 26 March, when students from the University of Birmingham will be competing against students from The University of Law. No5 Chambers is sponsoring the event and head of chambers Paul Bleasdale QC will be taking part in the debate as a judge. The motion is: ‘Law-abiding members of […]
Ogier, along with DLA Piper as lead counsel, has advised online fashion retailer Boohoo.com on its corporate reorganisation and subsequent successful AIM listing. Boohoo raised £300m through its initial public offering and had a market capitalisation of £560m at the placing price. The company plans to extend its reach into existing and new territories including […]
Walker Morris has launched the 20th anniversary of its annual Children’s Calendar Painting Competition, which is open to all primary school children aged four to 11, across the Yorkshire, Humber and north-east Lincolnshire regions, and encourages young artists to paint a picture of their favourite month of the year. The 13 winners (one for each […]
With arbitrators fleeing firms for boutiques and new rules expected from the LCIA any day it’s an exciting time to be in the settlement business. According to the incoming director general at the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) the market is continuing to hot up. But with increased competition from regional centres, organisations like […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has appointed Hong Kong based partner Justin D’Agostino as its new global dispute resolution head, succeeding Sonya Leydecker who will take up the co-CEO role from 1 May 2014. D’Agostino will commence the new role from 1 May 2014 for a four-year term, when Leydecker and Mark Rigotti become joint CEOs […]
Clifford Chance, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Travers Smith have all scooped roles on the £1.2bn IPO of Pets at Home. The company’s private equity owners KKR turned to long-time adviser, Simpson Thacher corporate partner Adam Signy, for the listing. Simpson Thacher and Clifford Chance have been jostling for position on the private equity house’s […]
Slaughter and May has made up seven associates to partner in this year’s promotions round – the highest number of promotions in more than six years. All seven promotions are based in Slaughters’ London office, and will take effect from 1 May 2014. In both 2012 and 2013 the firm made up two associates to […]
Indonesia is likely to be the next target as Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) looks to expand its newly launched Asia network of independent law firms. Indonesia has been a key focus of BLP’s Singapore practice since its establishment in 2007 with Singapore-based corporate finance partner Ken Cheung being a main contact for Indonesia-related work (13 […]
Mishcon de Reya has been on a mission over the past few years. Its aim? To build the leading litigation practice in London. So, no small ambition then. But then Mishcon isn’t a firm exactly known for having shy and retiring lawyers. It prefers the high-profile approach, a trend it has just underlined with the […]
Mishcon de Reya is launching a business crime unit with the hire of Alison Levitt QC, the principal legal adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Levitt is joining Mishcon as a partner in the firm’s litigation group. Her role at the DPP, where she oversaw numerous high-profile cases and had responsibility for around […]