Following the adoption of the European Union Food Information Regulation 1069/2011 (FIR), there will be more extensive mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) requirements in place from 13 December 2014 at the earliest. Starting from 13 December 2014, country-of-origin labelling will be mandatory in circumstances where failure to indicate the origin might mislead the consumer as to […]
DLA Piper has announced that Gregory Manter has joined the firm as partner in the technology, sourcing and commercial practice. He focuses his practice on technology transactions and strategic sourcing matters, including business process and IT outsourcing, ERP and systems integration. He joins DLA Piper from Mayer Brown, where he was partner in the firm’s Chicago’s […]
DLA Piper has announced that Sir Nigel Knowles and Roger Meltzer will become global co-chairmen of the firm, effective from 1 January 2015. In addition, Simon Levine and Cameron ‘Jay’ Rains will become global co-chief executive officers of the firm, also effective 1 January 2015. Meltzer and Knowles will succeed DLA Piper’s current global co-chairs, Tony […]
Allen & Overy partner John Terzaken will be a speaker at this year’s GCR Live third annual Antitrust Law Leaders Forum in Miami on 7 and 8 February. Terzaken will debate ‘Multijurisdictional criminal prosecution: double jeopardy or sovereign right?’ with regulators and other leading experts. The debate will examine the pros and cons of criminal prosecutions in […]
Allen & Overy has advised Rexam, a global beverage can maker, on the sale of the bulk of its healthcare business to Montagu Private Equity for $805m (£494m). In this transaction, Rexam is selling its pharmaceutical devices and prescription retail packaging divisions, returning £450m in cash to shareholders. The transaction is subject to consultation with […]
Allen & Overy has advised Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Company and its sponsors in connection with the $1.02bn (£624.4m) 410MW Xe-Pian and Xe-Namnoy cross-border hydropower project located in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This is the first significant investment by Korean sponsors in this sector. The project, which achieved financial close on 5 February 2014, is a […]
It’s been DLA Piper’s week. First it overhauls its global management team, then it spreads its already considerable wings to set foot in Canada for the first time. The latter move, first hinted at three years ago by DLA Piper’s former global chairman Frank Burch, is the result of the world’s largest law firm coming […]
Ogier has become the latest firm to sell off its fiduciary business, but is this indicative of a trend? On Saturday, Channel Islands firm Ogier completed a management buy-out (MBO) of its fiduciary business (3 February 2014). The transaction, which has an enterprise value of £180m, saw Ogier Fiduciary Services’ (OFS) management take control of […]
Training contract and vac scheme applicants are facing epically testing times at Withers and Charles Russell. The two firms, charitably determined to break the monotony of mind-numbingly uniform application forms, are posing more unusual questions. Withers’ tradition is to ask candidates which literary character they like to think of themselves as. Meanwhile the graduate recruitment team at […]
Leigh Day is to open an office in Manchester so that it can provide legal support to members of the British Cycling and the British Triathlon Federation. The base, deliberately located within ”riding distance” to the headquarters of British Cycling at Sportcity, will open in April. A spokesperson said that it will exclusively offer legal […]
Stephenson Harwood has raided DLA Piper for its Seoul office head Michael Kim with the aim of launching a base in the jurisdiction. The shipping and finance partner will initially be based in London as the firm applies for a licence to open in Seoul. The plan is for Kim to become managing partner of […]
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) is set to combine with eight-partner Manchester boutique Heatons, after partners voted in favour of a merger last week. The tie up will boost FFW’s capacity in the region from one to eight partners, with the firm’s small team intending to move into Heatons’ office space when the merger goes live […]