SK Capital Partners, a US private investment company, has acquired a controlling interest in AEB Group, a global leader in wine ingredients with growing positions in beer ingredients and food detergents. Headquartered in Brescia, Italy, AEB operates a network of production facilities and laboratories throughout Europe and the Americas. Bär & Karrer acted as legal […]
Chambers Global 2015 has recognised law office Eversheds Ots & Co for outstanding work in the field of corporate law and dispute resolution. In its latest edition are highly ranked and recognised individuals partners Maivi Ots, Toomas Pikamäe and Raiko Lipstok. The highest recognition (Band 1) has received managing partner Maivi Ots, being the leading […]
Baker & McKenzie has successfully advised RWE AG in the defense against the claims of Rustenburg Co Ltd. The German Regional Court of Essen dismissed the claims of Rustenburg Co. Ltd for damages against RWE AG on 24 March 2015. Rustenburg Co Ltd is owned by the Russian Sintez group and claimed approximately €674m from […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have advised on Asia’s largest bond offering so far this year, the $5bn (£3.3bn) bond offering by state-owned Malaysian company Petronas. Cleary represented Kuala Lumper-based Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), which is the largest G3 issuance (dollars, euros and yen) in the region so far […]
SK Capital Partners, a US private investment company, has acquired a controlling interest in AEB Group, a global leader in wine ingredients with growing positions in beer ingredients and food detergents. Headquartered in Brescia, Italy, AEB operates a network of production facilities and laboratories throughout Europe and the Americas. Bär & Karrer acted as legal […]
Chambers Global 2015 has recognised law office Eversheds Ots & Co for outstanding work in the field of corporate law and dispute resolution. In its latest edition are highly ranked and recognised individuals partners Maivi Ots, Toomas Pikamäe and Raiko Lipstok. The highest recognition (Band 1) has received managing partner Maivi Ots, being the leading […]
Baker & McKenzie has successfully advised RWE AG in the defense against the claims of Rustenburg Co Ltd. The German Regional Court of Essen dismissed the claims of Rustenburg Co. Ltd for damages against RWE AG on 24 March 2015. Rustenburg Co Ltd is owned by the Russian Sintez group and claimed approximately €674m from […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have advised on Asia’s largest bond offering so far this year, the $5bn (£3.3bn) bond offering by state-owned Malaysian company Petronas. Cleary represented Kuala Lumper-based Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), which is the largest G3 issuance (dollars, euros and yen) in the region so far […]
Proponents of reforms to judicial review claim they will deter ‘frivolous’ cases but the legal profession is worried about the effect on access to justice. A number of reforms to the way judicial reviews can be brought and financed in the UK have caused industry-wide concern over the past two years. Lawyers, ministers and peers have universally […]
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The race for Clifford Chance’s senior partner role is down to two, with former London managing partner David Bickerton dropping out of the running. With Bickerton, who seemed poised to scoop the top role, stepping aside, the new senior partner will be based on the Continental front – Paris managing partner Yves Wehrli and Amsterdam managing partner […]
Well, Travers Smith proved us wrong, sort of. In The Speed Read two weeks ago we cynically noted that plenty of firms had female candidates for senior or managing partner but few ever ended up electing them. Travers has bucked the trend, however, by handing the senior partner role to long-time head of tax Kathleen […]
Shearman & Sterling’s entire Hong Kong capital markets team is moving to PRC rival Fangda Partners’ Hong Kong office in the most significant coup yet by a Chinese firm to scale up in the financial hub. The Lawyer can confirm that the entire Hong Kong capital markets practice at Shearman led by partners Colin Law and […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has made up 23 lawyers to partner in its latest promotions round, with the majority being legacy Bryan Cave lawyers. It is the first set of promotions since Bryan Cave and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) merged in April. Eighteen lawyers have been promoted across the United States, while three solicitors – all […]
The latest reaction as Theresa May fights to get her Brexit deal through Parliament.
Clifford Chance infrastructure M&A star Amy Mahon is joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s City office in yet another departure from the magic circle firm’s private equity group. Mahon’s exit follows that of Brendan Moylan to Latham & Watkins earlier this year, along with Allen & Overy infrastructure finance partner Conrad Andersen. After Moylan, Mahon was […]
