A&O grabs mandate for M&S in potential Ocado deal
A&O and Slaughters are advising on a deal between Ocado and M&S that could create the supermarket chain’s first food delivery service line.
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A&O and Slaughters are advising on a deal between Ocado and M&S that could create the supermarket chain’s first food delivery service line.
Flybmi has become the latest airline to enter into administration, with the company citing Brexit uncertainty as one of the main reasons for its collapse. DWF is acting for the administrators BDO, with a team led by Leeds-based associate partner Matthew Brown. The airline cancelled all flights over the weekend with immediate effect. DWF is understood to […]
Burness Paull is acting in the potential sale of landmark department store Liberty, as it is poised to change hands for the first time in nearly a decade. It is understood that private equity firm BlueGem Capital Partners, which bought Liberty for £42m in 2010, has recruited bankers to explore a potential sale. Glasgow-based capital markets […]
Addleshaw Goddard and Howard Kennedy have been called in to act on the administration of HMV, after it struggled to scrape past Christmas and became the latest victim on the ailing high street. Addleshaws is advising administrators KPMG, led by business support and restructuring partners Fraser Ritson and Alison Goldthorpe. KPMG was confirmed as administrators […]
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A&O and Slaughters are advising on a deal between Ocado and M&S that could create the supermarket chain’s first food delivery service line.
Flybmi has become the latest airline to enter into administration, with the company citing Brexit uncertainty as one of the main reasons for its collapse. DWF is acting for the administrators BDO, with a team led by Leeds-based associate partner Matthew Brown. The airline cancelled all flights over the weekend with immediate effect. DWF is understood to […]
Burness Paull is acting in the potential sale of landmark department store Liberty, as it is poised to change hands for the first time in nearly a decade. It is understood that private equity firm BlueGem Capital Partners, which bought Liberty for £42m in 2010, has recruited bankers to explore a potential sale. Glasgow-based capital markets […]
Addleshaw Goddard and Howard Kennedy have been called in to act on the administration of HMV, after it struggled to scrape past Christmas and became the latest victim on the ailing high street. Addleshaws is advising administrators KPMG, led by business support and restructuring partners Fraser Ritson and Alison Goldthorpe. KPMG was confirmed as administrators […]
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Search vacanciesThe UK Government has finalised its post-Brexit trade law panel (TLP), with magic circle and US firms set to advise on future deals and disputes following the EU referendum. The appointments come after the UK signed a deal governing its future relationship with the European Union at the end of 2020. The TLP will cover […]
The Supreme Court has substantially allowed an appeal brought by HSF client, the Financial Conduct Authority, in a highly-anticipated judgment over Covid-related business losses. Today’s judgment brings guidance for businesses and the watchdog as to whether certain business interruption policies linked to the pandemic relate to losses. Crucially, it means that businesses can make claims to […]
Allen & Overy has become the first magic circle firm to reveal its retention figures for this spring. Out of an intake of 37 qualifying trainees, 36 applied for newly qualified (NQ) positions, with the firm offering jobs to 34 of them, all of whom accepted. That gives a final retention rate of 92 per […]
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is implementing a drastic restructuring across its Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) offices, with 132 jobs being cut.
KPMG’s management is eyeing growth in its UK legal arm after a cash investment, as part of its plan to turnover £100m annually within the next few years. The cash injection, which went through just before Christmas and whose amount was not disclosed, is meant to scale up current practices and business lines in coming […]
Shearman & Sterling has become the second law firm today to announce the opening of a Munich office, kickstarting operations with two partners from Linklaters. The US firm has hired corporate partner Florian Harder and tax partner Jann Jetter for the launch. Harder has been at Linklaters since 2007, starting off at SJ Berwin, while […]