Schoenherr Italian OVS on Charles Vögele tender
Schoenherr is advising OVS, a leading Italian clothing retailer, and Sempione Retail in connection with Sempione Retail’s cash tender offer for all publicly held bearer shares of Swiss company Charles...
View ArticleNew life for former Yorkshire Post site
Residential Real Estate lawyers at Walker Morris have advised the landowner on the sale of the former Yorkshire Post Gateway site on Wellington Street in Leeds City Centre. The landowner, Stirling...
View ArticleGateley launches all-employee sharesave scheme
National law firm Gateley Plc has launched its all employee sharesave scheme. CEO Michael Ward said: “Part of our rationale for becoming a plc was to give us a greater range of options to attract and...
View ArticleKinstellar advises TEVA on $40.5bn acquisition of Allergan
Kinstellar has advised its client TEVA, the world’s largest generic drug company by sales, on the Hungarian and Bulgarian aspects of its $40.5bn global acquisition of Allergan Group. The deal combines...
View ArticleDechert launches second Saudi Arabia office
Dechert has launched its second office in Saudi Arabia, opening its doors in Riyadh. The US firm has operated in Saudi since 2015 through an association with the Law Office of Hassan Mahassni in...
View ArticleKirkland promotes six in London as Houston makes cut for first time
Kirkland & Ellis has promoted six lawyers in London as part of a global promotions round. The round also saw the firm’s two-year old Houston office see partners made up for the first time, with...
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Eversheds names Lee Ranson chief executive after uncontested election
Eversheds managing partner Lee Ranson has been elected as the firm’s new chief executive and will replace incumbent Bryan Hughes next year. Ranson ran uncontested in the leadership race and will take...
View ArticleFreshfields and Skadden lead on $6bn asset manager tie-up
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have won top roles on the creation of new asset manager Janus Henderson Global Investors. The company, valued at $6bn (£4.7bn),...
View ArticleCovington makes up first City lawyer since 2014 in US-heavy promotions round
Covington & Burling has promoted its first London lawyer to partnership since 2014. Life sciences lawyer Brian Kelly is the firm’s sole City promotion, with Covington last making up Robin Blaney in...
View ArticleSuper-exam: SRA aims for 2019 as it revises proposals
The new way of qualifying as a solicitor should be in place by 2019 and be built around four key tenets, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. The organisation first put forward its...
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GCI legal boss: How to manage the UK’s fastest-growing TMT provider
Managed IT services provider GCI has been on a bit of a journey since launching 15 years ago. The most significant recent milestone came in June this year when it acquired the asset base of cloud and...
View ArticleMaster of the Rolls Lord Dyson returns to 39 Essex Chambers
Former Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson is returning to chambers at 39 Essex after retiring from the position as most senior civil judge in England in February. Dyson left the bench two years before the...
View ArticleThree top tips: How to ensure deals run smoothly
Addleshaw Goddard partner Andrew Rosling shares his advice on how to get deals to run smoothly. Previously… Dechert banking partner Eleni Skordaki: How to be a successful negotiator The post Three top...
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Ashurst’s Ashes: Australia triumphs, England retires hurt
The Lawyer editor, Catrin GriffithsAt The Lawyer’s managing partner dinner the other night the topic turned to Ashurst. “What happened there?” asked one of the assembled. “How did they let themselves...
View ArticleNSTLAW advises Savana Group on Hotel Ramada and Montenegro Mall deal
NSTLAW and law office Kastratovic have advised Savana Group in its acquisition of Hotel Ramada and the Mall of Montenegro in Podgorica. The hotel and mall were acquired by Savana Group, a private...
View ArticleWalder Wyss oversees full consolidation of e-fon into UPC Switzerland
UPC Switzerland (formerly upc cablecom) acquired the remaining 51 per cent in e-fon AG on 3 October 2016. UPC already aquired 49 per cent and entered into a joint venture with the sellers in October...
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Would Brexit mean the end of the Unified Patent Court?
The following article was contributed by BonelliErede Healthcare and Life Sciences partner Giovanni Guglielmetti and of counsel Helen Roberts The Unitary European Patent system aims to support...
View ArticleColibri Kazakhstan transforms into Unicase
After operating in Kazakhstan for over five years, Colibri Kazakhstan is rebranding as Unicase to mark its evolution from a local legal consultancy into a legal advisory services of world-class quality...
View ArticleNo5’s Gareth Evans QC and Dean Kershaw defend in Kenichi Phillips murder trial
Disharn Downie and Dean Silvera have been charged for the murder of 18-year-old Kenichi Phillips. It was heard that the teenager was shot in the throat as he strayed onto a rival drug dealer’s ‘turf’....
View ArticleNo5’s Michael Burrows QC and Michelle Heeley prosecute in Birmingham gangland...
Two suspected gang members have gone to trial accused of shooting local rivals in a ‘turf war’ that has left eight people with gunshot wounds. It was heard that Ashai Gray and Reial Phillips was...
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