Shoosmiths advises London & Regional on Holiday Inn Express buy
Shoosmiths has advised global property investment company London & Regional Properties on its acquisition of the Holiday Inn Express business and property in Portsmouth. Previously a Hilton Hotel,...
View ArticleGDPR and insurance – a training course
Inês Antas de Barros e Nádia Crujeira da Costa, managing associate and senior associate, represent VdA on a a training course organised with the Portuguese Insurance Association on changes that the...
View ArticleThe inter-Africa insurance market
Olivier Bustin, VdA senior international adviser, published in the Law Review “Essential African Business Law” an article on the recent amendments to the Code of the Inter-African Conference of...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Dun & Bradstreet on Avention deal
Khaitan & Co has advised Dun & Bradstreet on the Indian leg of the transaction involving the 100% acquisition of Avention globally, including the Indian entity of Avention for $150m. Dun &...
View ArticleKhaitan advises on sale of Ambassador car brand to Peugeot
Khaitan & Co has advised Hindustan Motors in relation to the sale of its Ambassador brand to Peugeot Citroen for $12m. The core transaction team included Haigreve Khaitan (Partner), Bharat Anand...
View ArticleQuinn Emanuel launches new Perth office with litigation hire
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has launched a new Perth office with the hire of former Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partner Paul Evans, who is set to join at the end of March. Evans is...
View ArticleDLA Piper continues downsizing in Europe as Georgia team exits for Dentons
DLA Piper has announced plans to shut a second European office this week, closing in Georgia as its 11-lawyer team is set to join Dentons. This news comes after the firm made a decision to close in...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules in favour of AIG Europe in insurance claims battle
The Supreme Court has sided in favour of insurance company AIG Europe in interpreting the rules that govern the way insurers can combine multiple claims. In overturning the Court of Appeal’s ruling...
View ArticleDebevoise PEP drops for the first time in seven years as revenue slides 3 per...
Debevoise & Plimpton’s global revenue has fallen by 3 per cent from a record level of $756.9m to $735m in 2016. According to Debevoise, its PEP figure began to grow from the 2009 financial year,...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises on fintech acquisition
Warburg Pincus is to acquire approximately 35% of the Avaloq Group. Avaloq is a leading FinTech company based in Switzerland. Bär & Karrer acted as Swiss legal adviser to an affiliate of Warburg...
View ArticleMiFID II – Challenges for Investment Managers
Understandably, we’ve seen lots of focus on the big headline MiFID II topics like transaction reporting, best execution, aggregation of costs and charges and product governance. But we reckon it’s time...
View ArticleSerbia: cable operators merger cleared
Following a four month-long Phase II investigation the Serbian Competition Commission has granted conditional clearance to SBB’s takeover of IKOM. This consolidation of leading cable operators in...
View ArticleGuernsey aviation seminar
One of the leading experts on the Cape Town Convention relating to asset financing and aircraft registry is speaking at an Ogier-sponsored event in Guernsey in May. Professor Sir Roy Goode QC, a legal...
View ArticleRui Andrade is CIMA guest speaker
Rui Andrade, Litigation & Arbitration partner, was a guest speaker at the VII Meeting of the CIMA (Civil and Mercantile Court of Arbitration) of Madrid, with the Portuguese Arbitration Community,...
View ArticleKhaitan advises on payment services acquisition
Khaitan & Co acted a Indian legal counsel for Ingenico Group, France in relation to the acquisition of 100% securities of TechProcess Payment Services Limited, India. Ingenico, a French company...
View ArticleStephenson Harwood opts for continuity as White extends CEO term
Stephenson Harwood has opted for continuity in its leadership, with chief executive officer Sharon White extending her term until 2019. White will fulfill her role for a further two years, meaning she...
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Lo♥︎ing Legal Life: How positive thinking can lead to career success
This week, systemic coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister James Pereira QC discuss the contrast between negative and positive thinking, how positive thinking can be harnessed and the wider opportunities...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises Mitsui on Aglobis deal
Mitsui is to acquire the entire stake in Chemtrade Aglobis AG (Aglobis), a subsidiary owned by Chemtrade. Aglobis is a leading distributor of sulphur and sulphuric acid in Europe. The transaction is...
View ArticleGlobal 200 Real Estate: Mayer Brown snubs nearshoring with lower cost...
Mayer Brown has bucked the trend for nearshoring in the regions, forming a lower cost property management team based in its London office to deal with all aspects of real estate-related management...
View ArticleUnbundling and shareholders’ agreements
José Pedro Fazenda Martins, partner in charge of the Capital Markets practice, is guest speaker at the conference dedicated to the “Unbundling and Shareholders’ Agreement”, which takes place on March...
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