Collas Crill advises on Ronez acquisition
Offshore law firm Collas Crill advised on the Channel Island aspects of SigmaRoc plc’s acquisition of construction materials group Ronez for £45m in cash. The firm’s commercial and property teams...
View ArticleHardwicke’s commercial team gets New Year boost
Hardwicke’s profile in the commercial sector has been given a major boost as it welcomes Stephen Brown and Phillip Patterson as new members. The post Hardwicke’s commercial team gets New Year boost...
View ArticleSeminar on CEO fraud – when the CEO is not your CEO
Kinstellar is organising a discussion on threats companies and financial institutions face in cyberspace. Topics to be discussed include the possibilities for preventing cyber threats, phishing,...
View ArticleMultimillion-pound quarrying deal a ‘statement of confidence’ in CI construction
Ogier has provided Jersey and Guernsey advice to Aggregate Industries on its £45 million sale of Ronez to SigmaRoc plc, which has now completed. Ronez, a quarrying business operating in Jersey and...
View ArticleTakeover of Pax Anlage by Baloîse
Baloîse (SIX: BALN) is to acquire a majority stake in publicly listed real-estate company Pax Anlage AG (SIX: PAXN). By entering into agreements with majority shareholders Pax Holding (Genossenschaft),...
View ArticleKhaitan advises RBL Bank on credit cards agreement
Khaitan & Co advised RBL Bank Limited in relation to a co-branding joint venture agreement entered into with Bajaj Finance Limited for issue of credit cards under the joint branding of RBL Bank and...
View ArticleKhaitan advises on Vouvray acquisition
Khaitan & Co advised Vouvray Acquisition Limited on the Indian leg of the transaction involving 100% acquisition of Selandia Singapore by Vouvray resulting into an indirect acquisition of Selandia...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Investec on Sintex demerger
Khaitan & Co advised Investec Capital (Services) India Private Limited in relation to the demerger of the “Custom Moulding Business” and the “Prefab Business” from Sintex Industries Limited to...
View ArticleWillkie adds KWM investment funds co-head in Paris
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has hired King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) French investment funds co-head Nathalie Duguay. Duguay has been a member of KWM’s Paris office since 2001, joining from legacy SJ...
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KWM senior partner to join McDermott in Germany
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) EUME senior partner Michael Cziesla is joining McDermott Will & Emery, The Lawyer understands. Joining alongside him is associate Norman Wasse who will join as...
View ArticleBP appoints new GC to replace Bondy
BP has promoted America general counsel Eric Nitcher to the top legal role, replacing outgoing global legal chief Rupert Bondy. Nitcher has relocated from the US to London to serve as the oil giant’s...
View ArticleDentons opens second Mexico office through local combination
Dentons has launched a second office in Mexico, with the firm’s local entity Dentons López Velarde merging with Monterrey local firm Canales Zambrano y Asociados. This latest merger has been confirmed...
View ArticleEncompass agrees partnership with 192.com
The ‘know your customer’ commercial compliance software developer Encompass says a new partnership will give users access to 192.com’s stored information, including historic and edited electoral rolls...
View ArticleTim Jones obtains quashing of refusal for high-value development
In Suarez v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Forest of Dean DC (CO/3596/2016), His Honour Judge Jarman QC sitting as a High Court Judge in the Planning Court in Bristol has...
View ArticleKinstellar advises on the sale of Office Garden I in Budapest
Kinstellar advised on the sale of Office Garden 1, to FLE GmbH, part of the French LFPI group. The property comprises 16,000sq m of leasable area, with international tenants including Tata, Hewlett...
View ArticleMSc in Fintech is to be offered by University of Strathclyde
An MSc in Fintech is to be offered by the University of Strathclyde While several such courses are offered in Europe and the US, this is the first to be offered by a UK institution. The course, which...
View ArticleVW and Freshfields mount defence as British car owners demand £3k each over...
Harcus Sinclair and Slater & Gordon are set to bring the first major UK High Court action against Volkswagen (VW) on behalf of British customers. The two firms have applied for a group litigation...
View ArticleFreshfields puts 180 assistant roles under review
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has put 180 personal assistant (PA) roles into review with a vast number offered voluntary redundancy. Under the terms of the review, all PAs have been offered the chance...
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Pinsent Masons hires Ashurst partner to lead corporate FS team
Ashurst insurance partner Hammad Akhtar is leaving the firm for Pinsent Masons. Akhtar, who also co-headed Ashurst’s graduate recruitment efforts, is joining the firm as head of its corporate offering...
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Associate conundrums: what does excellent customer service look like?
Over the past few weeks most of us will have been a customer of some sort and experienced varied levels of customer service. We can all chose from an assortment of shops, restaurants and other...
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