Sergeants’ Inn QC appointed to Lloyds Financial Crime Editorial Board
Sarah Clarke QC, joint head of Sergeants’ Inn business and specialist crime team has been appointed to the Lloyds Law Reports Financial Crime Editorial Board. Clarke has recently returned from the...
View ArticleOgier advises on first foreign company Panda bond on Shanghai SE
Ogier has advised one of the world’s biggest aluminium producers on the first ever Panda Bond offering by a foreign company outside of the interbank market on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The firm...
View ArticleMaravela named Law firm of the Year: Romania
The firm was named Law firm of the Year: Romania at the recent The Lawyer European Awards. This is an extract from the citation: Maravela & Asociații was conceived as an alternative to the leading...
View ArticleKhaitan acts for India on MOIL shares sale
Khaitan & Co acted as the domestic legal counsel to the Government of India in relation to the offer for sale of equity shares of MOIL Limited representing 10% of its paid-up share capital for...
View ArticleAsia moves: 28 March 2017
Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, Morgan Lewis and Squire Patton Boggs among a flurry of firms to have made lateral hires in Singapore. Australia Ashurst has added a third new partner to its Australian...
View ArticleNoerr opens in Hamburg with White & Case trio
Three White & Case partners have exited the firm for Noerr as it launches an office in Hamburg. The trio will open Noerr’s new office in the city, making it the firm’s sixth base in Germany. Four...
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Time to get over Brexit and do some work
Mayer Brown banking and finance co-head Dominic Griffiths is a partner in the firm’s London office. Dominic Griffiths‘Brexit’. A word that only entered our vocabulary recently, but one that sets...
View ArticleBrexit: offshore firms react to Article 50
The UK’s exit from the European Union could have unforeseen ramifications across the legal market. As part of The Lawyer’s upcoming Corporate Offshore report (out late April), we asked leading firms...
View ArticleEuropean firms’ Brexit response: clients will come to us
Following the triggering of Article 50 today, will London become less strategically important for European firms and clients? The Lawyer gathers thoughts from a core part of the UK legal market – the...
View ArticleData security requirements of the GDPR
Our Budapest office hosted a morning seminar to help clients better understand the key changes brought by the EU’s recently passed General Data Protection Regulation in relation to data security and...
View ArticleFirst foreign company non-interbank Panda Bond offering in Shanghai
Ogier has advised one of the world’s biggest aluminium producers on the first ever Panda Bond offering by a foreign company outside of the interbank market on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The firm...
View ArticleLondon partner to boost venture capital practice
Shoosmiths has expanded its Venture Capital (VC) offering with the appointment of corporate partner Steve Barnett to its London office, from international law firm Orrick. Specialising in venture...
View ArticleSigned, sealed, delivered: Everything you need to know about Brexit
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s letter has arrived, officially triggering the beginning of the end of the UK’s European Union membership. As the hand-delivered letter reaches European Council president...
View ArticleEU blocks magic circle’s £21bn LSE and Deutsche Börse merger
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer client The London Stock Exchange Group has been told that it cannot proceed with its £21bn merger with Deutsche Börse, which was advised by Linklaters. The prohibition...
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City lawyers plan for Brexit: “Blink and it will be 2018”
Following the official triggering of Article 50 this morning, law firms have begun to bulk up their Brexit taskforces and prepare for two years of unprecedented change. So far, Freshfields Bruckhaus...
View ArticleSlaughters promotes seven to partner in London, Brussels and Hong Kong
Slaughter and May has made up seven lawyers to partner, with promotions in IP and pensions for the first time in eight years. The firm’s promotions round is smaller than last year when 10 lawyers...
View ArticleGateley advises Endless on acquisition of Jones Bootmaker
Gateley Plc, has advised transformational private equity investor, Endless LLP on the acquisition of shoe retailer Jones Bootmaker from administration. The deal completed on Saturday, 25 March just...
View ArticleKinstellar advises on acquisition financing of a CEE real estate portfolio
Kinstellar has advised Helaba and ČSOB on the Czech law aspects of CPI Property Group‘s acquisition financing of a high-quality mixed-use retail and commercial portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe...
View ArticleLegal framework around natural gas in Angola
Rui Amendoeira, head of VdA’s Oil & Gas department is to host a seminar on the legal framework around natural gas in Angola. The international and Angolan natural gas sectors are both on the...
View ArticleWalder Wyss advises First Quantum Minerals over Senior Notes issue
Walder Wyss has acted as Swiss counsel to First Quantum Minerals, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based mining and metals company, in relation to the issuance on 22 March 2017 of Senior Notes due 2023...
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