Linklaters & Paines has acted on the first international US dollar convertible bond issue by a Polish company. The firm acted as English and US legal advisers to Robert Fleming & Co and MC-BBL Securities, the joint lead managers of the offering, and for the trustees to the issue, Citicorp Trustee Company. The deal also saw the first ever listing on the London Stock Exchange of convertible bonds by any company from behind the former Iron Curtain.
Irish Law Soc slams party plans for legal ombudsman
An Irish political party’s election manifesto pledge to introduce an independent legal ombudsman with statutory powers to deal with public complaints against the legal profession has been met with stiff opposition from the Irish Law Society. The Progressive Democrats, a centre right party, is tipped to become part of a new coalition government after next […]
