Mayer Brown kickstarts PE strategy with Simpson Thacher hire
Mayer Brown has launched a new London-led private equity strategy that aims to significantly boost its fee-earning numbers, The Lawyer has learned.
Walder Wyss AG acts for JAB Holding on sale of Bally International
JAB Holding, together with the management of the Swiss luxury shoes and accessories company, has entered into a share purchase agreement for the sale of control in Bally International A.G. to Shandong Ruyi Investment Holding, a leader in textiles and apparel in China. The transaction, which sees a reinvestment on the part of the management […]
Khaitan & Co advised Birlasoft (India) on restructuring
Khaitan & Co advised Birlasoft (India) Limited and its Promoters – National Engineering Industries Limited and Central India Industries Limited in relation to the overall transaction, including the following: – Open offer by promoters of KPIT Technologies Limited (KPIT) and Birlasoft to KPIT’s public shareholders for acquiring up to 26% of KPIT’s share capital – Merger of Birlasoft into KPIT; […]
Fully integrated, female-led: BLP and Bryan Cave secure transatlantic merger deal
The first fully financially integrated transatlantic merger since Hogan Lovells in 2010 between will create Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) in April.
Is the ban on athlete advertising an abuse of a dominant position?
ECJ clarifies ambiguity around EU Design Protection Exemption
By David Cullen The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has clarified the ambiguity which has surrounded the interpretation of Article 8 of the Community Design Regulation (EC) no 6/2002 (CDR); the provision which excludes from design protection those design features which are dictated solely by technical function. The ECJ’s decision in Doceram v CeramTec (C-395/16), a […]
GDPR- A door to privacy class actions suits in Ireland
By Kellie O’Flynn With the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now in effect, one of the emerging considerations is whether its provisions – specifically Article 80 – open the door to ‘class action’ style privacy cases. Several European countries have already legislated for varying degrees of collective actions, particularly in the area of consumer protection, […]
New Data Protection Act 2018 allows access to court records to media
By Owen O’Sullivan, Richard Breen, Lisa Carty One of the many implications of the new Data Protection Act 2018 is that pursuant to section 159 of the Act the rules of the courts (at all levels) have been changed to allow access to court records for bona fide members of the press or broadcast media. Although the media […]
Ireland: new Coroners Bill aims to modernise the law and address maternal deaths
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, published the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018 on 2 August 2018 with the aim of significantly clarifying, strengthening and modernising the law relating to the reporting of deaths to coroners. The Bill, once enacted, will amend the Coroners Act 1962. The Bill allows for a wider scope of […]
Use of behavioural biometrics brings privacy issues under GDPR
By Alex Towers With cybertheft and data breaches becoming an increasingly common occurrence, the need to rapidly and accurately identify fraud has driven the development of behavioural biometrics as a means to target automated attacks and suspicious transactions. However, for the technology to function, companies must amass libraries of biometric personal data to construct profiles…
Mayer Brown kickstarts PE strategy with Simpson Thacher hire
Mayer Brown has launched a new London-led private equity strategy that aims to significantly boost its fee-earning numbers, The Lawyer has learned.
Walder Wyss AG acts for JAB Holding on sale of Bally International
JAB Holding, together with the management of the Swiss luxury shoes and accessories company, has entered into a share purchase agreement for the sale of control in Bally International A.G. to Shandong Ruyi Investment Holding, a leader in textiles and apparel in China. The transaction, which sees a reinvestment on the part of the management […]
Khaitan & Co advised Birlasoft (India) on restructuring
Khaitan & Co advised Birlasoft (India) Limited and its Promoters – National Engineering Industries Limited and Central India Industries Limited in relation to the overall transaction, including the following: – Open offer by promoters of KPIT Technologies Limited (KPIT) and Birlasoft to KPIT’s public shareholders for acquiring up to 26% of KPIT’s share capital – Merger of Birlasoft into KPIT; […]
Fully integrated, female-led: BLP and Bryan Cave secure transatlantic merger deal
The first fully financially integrated transatlantic merger since Hogan Lovells in 2010 between will create Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) in April.
Bar moves: 4 New Square and Serjeants’ Inn welcome new silks
Professional negligence silk Paul Mitchell QC has joined 4 New Square from Hailsham Chambers as the latest in a series of hires for the set.
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Normanton Chambers to become first in bar’s history to be named after a woman
The bar is to get its first set of chambers named after a woman. 218 Strand Chambers, a set of eight members which launched at the start of 2018, is to rebrand as Normanton Chambers in January 2019, after Helena Normanton KC, the first woman to practice at the bar and the second to be […]
Fried Frank finally gets its man from Freshfields
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has finally sealed the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Ashar Qureshi, also handing a leadership role to the M&A partner. Qureshi will be joining the US firm’s City office as head of its EMEA transactions practice, specialising in equity and debt securities work as well as sovereign-related transactions. He joined the […]
Stewarts boosts trainee numbers and launches seat in compliance
Stewarts has expanded its trainee intake, taking on its largest number ever, and launched a seat in knowledge management and compliance. Stewarts has a large number of paralegals and recruits its trainees directly from that pool. Nine new trainees, eight in London and one in Leeds, have joined the litigation boutique this autumn, up from seven […]
Cleary and Wachtell close Versace sale to Michael Kors
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Gianni Origoni, Chiomenti and Orsingher Ortu have advised on the $2.13bn sale of Versace to Michael Kors Holdings, which will be renamed Capri Holdings Ltd. Cleary and Chiomenti took the lead for Versace, representing GiVi Holding (the Versace Family holding company of Gianni Versace S.p.A.), Donatella […]
Fountain Court announces new leadership as Moriarty QC bows out
Fountain Court Chambers’ Bankim Thanki QC has followed up his recent high-profile victories in the Court of Appeal by being named as the set’s new head. An extremely successful month for Thanki saw him play a significant role in high-profile cases for the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) and Ukraine and has now been topped off […]
Travers Smith and Cooley advise on Shazam-Apple deal
Travers Smith has led on the acquisition of music recognition app Shazam by Apple after the deal was cleared by EU regulators. Shazam was advised by a team led by corporate finance partner Andrew Gillen which also included corporate finance senior associate Jamie Lumsden and corporate finance associates Simon Inder and Graeme Scotchmer. In addition, […]