Freshfields leads in Cinven £475m software deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised key client Cinven in its sale of software developer Northgate Public Services to a Japanese buyer.
East & Concord advises on construction of Beijing’s Maglev train line
On December 30, 2017, Beijing’s first medium-low speed maglev line S1 with independent intellectual property started its trial operation officially. Li Dongming, Li Jian and Yang Lu from East & Concord’s Beijing Office provided legal advice on the investment and construction of the project. The magnetic levitation S1 line is a demonstration line of medium-low […]
London leads the way in Reed Smith 2018 promotions
Reed Smith has promoted five of its London lawyers to partner in its 2018 promotions round. They are the employment team’s David Ashmore, real estate’s Joanna Carter, Antonia Panayides of the shipping group, Elizabeth Farrell from energy and natural resources and IP lawyer Philip Thomas. Farrell and Panayides both trained at Reed Smith. Ashmore started his […]
Khaitan & Co advises Hindustan Media on restructuring
Khaitan & Co advised Hindustan Media Ventures Limited in relation to the scheme of arrangement in relation to proposed demerger of Business to Consumers segment (higher education courses to retail consumers) of India Education Services Private Limited into Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, under section 230 -232 of the Companies Act 2013; and reduction of share […]
Angola: a guide to corporate tax 2018
Regulation on rules of civil aviation and establishing European Union Aviation Safety Agency
By Magda Cocco, Helena Correia Mendonça, Marília Frias, Carolina Moniz Pina On 11 September 2018 came into force the new Basic Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2018 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (“ New […]
Brazilian democracy and election changes
By Ricardo Junqueiro Getúlio Vargas once said that Brazil fears nothing in the present, prides itself on the past and relies serenely on the future. It is very doubtful that the phrase maintains any type of actuality in the days that run. Neither does the present allow us to dispel fears (on the contrary). Not even the […]
Guide for investing in Brazil
By Tiago Marreiros Moreira The electorate of Brazil is preparing to go to the polls and choose the next president. The era is uncertain and tends to involve less investment, according to lawyers contacted by the Economic Journal. The political stalemate slips into the legal world, but in order for it to not be a barrier […]
Project Finance in Portugal – 2019 Outlook
By Teresa Empis Falcão, Ana Luís de Sousa What types of collateral and security interests are available? Under Portuguese law, various types of security and collateral may be given to secure loans, notably mortgages on real estate and certain movable assets subject to registration (such as automobiles, ships and planes), and pledges on movable assets in […]
Regulation of Beneficial Owner Central Register Legal Regime comes into force
By Vanessa Cardoso Pires, Carolina França Barreira, Rita Cabral Anunciação, Francisco Cabral Matos Ministerial Order 233/2018, of 21 August 2018 (“Ministerial Order 233/2018”), which regulates the legal regime of the Beneficial Owner Central Register (“BOCR”), enacted by Law 89/2017, of 21 August 2017 (“Law 89/2017”), enters into force today. The new statute sets a deadline for the […]
Freshfields leads in Cinven £475m software deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised key client Cinven in its sale of software developer Northgate Public Services to a Japanese buyer.
East & Concord advises on construction of Beijing’s Maglev train line
On December 30, 2017, Beijing’s first medium-low speed maglev line S1 with independent intellectual property started its trial operation officially. Li Dongming, Li Jian and Yang Lu from East & Concord’s Beijing Office provided legal advice on the investment and construction of the project. The magnetic levitation S1 line is a demonstration line of medium-low […]
London leads the way in Reed Smith 2018 promotions
Reed Smith has promoted five of its London lawyers to partner in its 2018 promotions round. They are the employment team’s David Ashmore, real estate’s Joanna Carter, Antonia Panayides of the shipping group, Elizabeth Farrell from energy and natural resources and IP lawyer Philip Thomas. Farrell and Panayides both trained at Reed Smith. Ashmore started his […]
Khaitan & Co advises Hindustan Media on restructuring
Khaitan & Co advised Hindustan Media Ventures Limited in relation to the scheme of arrangement in relation to proposed demerger of Business to Consumers segment (higher education courses to retail consumers) of India Education Services Private Limited into Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, under section 230 -232 of the Companies Act 2013; and reduction of share […]
Schoenherr advises Liechtensteinische Landesbank on acquisition of Semper Constantia
Schoenherr has advised Zürich listed Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG (“LLB”) on the acquisition of Semper Constantia Privatbank AG (“Semper Constantia”), Vienna. The acquisition agreement was signed on 21 December 2017. The purchase price amounts to €185m and will be paid partly in cash and partly in LLB shares. The final purchase price will be determined at […]
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Akin Gump bets big on transatlantic offering with four-partner hire
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has snared a four-partner financial restructuring and global debt team from Morgan Lewis, in a move that reunites them with their former Bingham McCutchen colleagues. The hires include two heads of practice, with Morgan Lewis’ City transactional finance head Thomas O’Connor joining Akin Gump in London. Partner trio Renée Dailey, Christopher Lawrence […]
Slaughters extends fintech incubator with £300k already handed out
Slaughter and May has expanded the scope of its legal incubation scheme for start-ups, with plans to provide legal services to a more diverse range of technology businesses. The firm has opened its third round of applications for the Fast Forward programme, which had initially been set up to support fintech start-ups. The firm now […]
Law firms called out for leaving websites open to hackers
While the majority of law firms today have practices dedicated to cyber security, not all of them have websites that are secure, according to new findings published today. The findings, released by Trustify, claims that over 10 per cent of the top 200 law firms in the UK do not have secure websites, including four […]
A&O wins top mandate for Vue Cinemas on German acquisition
HSF and A&O are advising on cinema chain Vue’s acquisition of German brand CineStar for nearly £200m.
Osborne Clarke reels in Bird & Bird’s UK tax head
Bird & Bird’s head of UK tax Mathew Oliver has joined Osborne Clarke’s London office; the latest in a string of new recruits to the latter’s City operations. Oliver has been at Bird & Bird since 2005, joining as a partner from Lovells where he was an associate for three years. He was a tax […]
Landmark ruling upheld as DWF loses data breach appeal for Morrisons
DWF has lost its appeal for Morrisons in the High Court today, as it was ruled that the supermarket is legally responsible for an enormous data breach affecting over 100,00 employees. Three senior judges, including the Master of the Rolls, upheld the original decision against the supermarket, issued in December 2017. In what was the UK’s first data protection class […]