Hammond Suddards acted for the bank syndicate providing a £105m multi-currency loan facility to finance an acquisition by auto depot chain Kwik-Fit Holdings of continental rival Speedy Europe SA Group. Karen Jarvis, Hammond's Manchester-based banking partner, led the team. Halliwell Landau advised Kwik-Fit Holdings.
Law will spark case work flood
A FLOOD of work is predicted for employment lawyers, tribunals and courts as the Fairness at Work Bill passes into law. David Widdowson, head of employment law at Bevan Ashford, says the increase in compensation for unfair dismissal from £12,000 to £50,000 would mean many more claims, especially from emplo yees at “the top end […]