Khaitan & Co advised Delivery Hero UG (DH UG) and Foodpanda GP UG (Foodpanda UG), the shareholders of Foodpanda and affiliates of DH UG, in relation to sale of their entire stake in Foodpanda to ANI Technologies Private Limited (Ola), India in exchange for stock in Ola. The core transaction team included Ketan Kothari (Director), […]
TLT has advised Santander on a landmark transaction signalling that the energy storage market is now ripe for debt funding. The investment sees Santander provide a £28.5m facility to Battery Energy Storage Solutions Limited (BESS), an independent developer, operator and owner of battery storage units in the UK that aims to reach a 100MW portfolio […]
Jones Day has lost finance partner Paul Simcock to Vinson & Elkins in London as the firm works to bolster its corporate finance practice in the City.
Kinstellar, Emerging Europe and Central Asia’s leading independent law firm, has been shortlisted in two categories, Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia) and Law Firm of the Year: Eastern Europe & the Balkans (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia) at The Lawyer European Awards. The ceremony will take place in London on 15 March 2018. Kinstellar won the prestigious […]
By Meldir Erbulekova On July 29 2017 the Law on Amendments to the Law on Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information (Federal Law 276 FZ) was adopted. The new law provides for the regulation of VPNs and other technologies (known as ‘anonymisers’) that allow users to surf the Internet anonymously. The new legal framework […]
By Maria Aronikova On October 5 2017 the Russian Patent and Trademark Office (Rospatent) officially announced that expedited examination will be available for all applications. Rospatent had abrogated its former expedited examination practice in 2012. Since then, patent law has allowed accelerated examination through the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) system…
By Connie Cliff and Martin Chitty Treatment of “sleepin” shifts for national minimum wage (NMW) purposes is an area that can often cause confusion. Where a worker is required to work a number of sleepin night shifts at the employer’s premises, and be available in case of an emergency, does the full night shift constitute ‘working’ […]
It was recently reported that a family in Nantes, France has become the first in the world to move into a 3D printed house. The four-bedroom property is a prototype for bigger projects aiming to make housebuilding quicker and cheaper. In our Planning 2020 white paper, we approached 100 senior decision makers working in the […]
By Meldir Erbulekova and Yulia Yarnykh From Russian rapper Basta launching his own cryptocurrency in December 2017 to top businesses exploring initial coin offerings (ICOs) and other alternative funding models, the Russian market is investing rapidly in blockchain technology and fintech…
Khaitan & Co advised Delivery Hero UG (DH UG) and Foodpanda GP UG (Foodpanda UG), the shareholders of Foodpanda and affiliates of DH UG, in relation to sale of their entire stake in Foodpanda to ANI Technologies Private Limited (Ola), India in exchange for stock in Ola. The core transaction team included Ketan Kothari (Director), […]
TLT has advised Santander on a landmark transaction signalling that the energy storage market is now ripe for debt funding. The investment sees Santander provide a £28.5m facility to Battery Energy Storage Solutions Limited (BESS), an independent developer, operator and owner of battery storage units in the UK that aims to reach a 100MW portfolio […]
Jones Day has lost finance partner Paul Simcock to Vinson & Elkins in London as the firm works to bolster its corporate finance practice in the City.
Kinstellar, Emerging Europe and Central Asia’s leading independent law firm, has been shortlisted in two categories, Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia) and Law Firm of the Year: Eastern Europe & the Balkans (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia) at The Lawyer European Awards. The ceremony will take place in London on 15 March 2018. Kinstellar won the prestigious […]
Pinsent Masons has named its new China co-heads replacing the leadership it lost to Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) in September last year.
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With less than three months to go to trial, Fountain Court Chambers has been brought in to act for Robert Tchenguiz in his feud with Grant Thornton after he swapped incumbent adviser Stephenson Harwood for Debevoise & Plimpton. It is understood that Fountain Court silk Charles Béar is now being instructed by Debevoise partner Kevin Lloyd ahead […]
The UK Government’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has cut its legal fees by over 70 per cent in the last three years, according to figures published yesterday. The body, which manages the UK Government’s procurement processes, said in its annual report that legal fees since 2014/15 have dropped from over £2m per year to £578,000 […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is advising the Crown Estate on a sprawling mixed-use development in the heart of St James, nine months after it was appointed as the prodigious property company’s sole adviser. Head of non-contentious construction Mark Hanson is leading in the construction of The Marq, a 46,000sq ft development, looming behind Fortnum & […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton-represented Google has been hit with a record £3.8bn (€4.3bn) fine by the European Union Commission (EC) for breaching EU antitrust rules. This is the second record EC antitrust fine that Google has been hit with in two years, following a £2.1bn (€2.4bn) fine in 2017, both of which were pursued […]
Clyde & Co has appointed a new chief information officer to spearhead the firm’s data and IT strategy, after the departure of former lead Chris White. White joined Clydes in June 2013, but turned his 18-month initial contract into a full-time role in December 2015 to adequately implement his plans for the firm. He said: “After […]
Clyde & Co is advising Hong-Kong based developers Lai Sun Development Company in the construction of 100 Leadenhall – a skyscraper that is set to be London’s third tallest tower. Real estate partner Martin Quicke, who specialises in advising property companies and overseas investors from Hong Kong and South east Asia, is leading for Lai […]
