Ogier’s Guernsey team has advised developer-operator Downing and Tristan Capital Partners in respect of a multi-million United Kingdom student accommodation joint venture. European Property Investors Special Opportunities IV (EPISO 4), the opportunistic fund advised by pan-European real estate investment manager Tristan Capital Partners, acquired a 90% stake worth £439 million in the joint venture, which […]
Pan-Baltics firm Ellex has sealed a merger with Estonia-based Primus in a bid to consolidate its position as the largest law firm network across the Baltics.
Ellex’s Estonian member firm Ellex Raidla will merge with Primus’s Estonia arm on 1 January 2018.
Clifford Chance has hired White & Case corporate M&A partner Markus Stephanblome into the firm’s German practice and will join the firm next month.
Stephanblome will join the partnership in the firm’s Frankfurt office after a transitional three years for Clifford Chance’s German corporate practice.
Ropes & Gray has named private equity partner Julie Jones as its first female global head as long-serving chair Bradford Malt confirms plans to step down at the end of 2019 after 13 years at the helm.
By Marco Hickey A fine of €124.5m has been imposed on Altice by the European Commission for breaching EU merger control rules by implementing its acquisition of PT Portugal before the transaction had been cleared by the Commission…
By Sean Barrett and Shane Neville A party to proceedings may make an offer to settle the dispute in “open correspondence” for tactical purposes, which will result in a shift in the costs risk of litigation. In O’Reilly v Neville & Ors, costs were awarded against the Plaintiffs, the O’Reillys, following their rejection of an […]
By Aideen Burke, Peter Bolger and Jeanne Kelly The EU Trade Secrets Directive (EU 2016/943) (the “Directive”) clarifies and strengthens the current protection available to trade secrets in Ireland. Trade secrets may be of particular relevance to retailers, who can often have commercially valuable information and materials which are not otherwise protectable by traditional forms […]
By Aoife Bradley and Jennifer O’Neill The GDPR substantially increases the obligations and responsibilities on organisations and businesses in relation to how they collect, use and protect personal data. All employers are data controllers and data processors in respect of the personal data of their employees. Employers should take some key preparatory steps to ensure […]
By Aoife Bradley and Roisin Lawler In this edition of our regular update on legislative developments in employment law, we discuss a number of proposals for new legislation, including Private Members’ Bills, on subjects as diverse as the impact of extreme weather on employees to the protection of maternity leave for members of both houses […]
Ogier’s Guernsey team has advised developer-operator Downing and Tristan Capital Partners in respect of a multi-million United Kingdom student accommodation joint venture. European Property Investors Special Opportunities IV (EPISO 4), the opportunistic fund advised by pan-European real estate investment manager Tristan Capital Partners, acquired a 90% stake worth £439 million in the joint venture, which […]
Pan-Baltics firm Ellex has sealed a merger with Estonia-based Primus in a bid to consolidate its position as the largest law firm network across the Baltics.
Ellex’s Estonian member firm Ellex Raidla will merge with Primus’s Estonia arm on 1 January 2018.
Clifford Chance has hired White & Case corporate M&A partner Markus Stephanblome into the firm’s German practice and will join the firm next month.
Stephanblome will join the partnership in the firm’s Frankfurt office after a transitional three years for Clifford Chance’s German corporate practice.
Ropes & Gray has named private equity partner Julie Jones as its first female global head as long-serving chair Bradford Malt confirms plans to step down at the end of 2019 after 13 years at the helm.
Step aside, PwC and EY. There’s a new accountancy player making aggressive moves into the legal market.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Paul Hastings have picked up lead roles on the latest bumper deal in the increasingly active telecoms sector. The magic circle firm has been advising South African company MTN Group on its sale of subsidiary company MTN Cyprus to Monaco Telecom for approximately €260m. Paul Hastings is representing the buyer Monaco […]
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is to nearly halve the size of its Reading office after a review affecting the firm’s real estate practice, just over a year into its tripartite merger. The Lawyer understands the firm held a consultation with seven fee-earners in the real estate asset management practice, with the majority of the group relocating to […]
The former general counsel of MarketInvoice Simon Coles has joined fintech start-up Capital On Tap as its first legal head. Capital On Tap provides tech-driven funding facilities to SMEs and enables customers to access instant funding to grow their business. Before his stint as general counsel at cashflow finance provider MarketInvoice, which ended last year, […]
The Law Society has organised an evidence session to explore the use of algorithms in the justice system. Members of the Law Society of England and Wales Public Policy Commission will take evidence on July 25 from tech, government, commercial and human rights experts in an effort to understand whether the use of algorithms should […]
Withers managing director Margaret Robertson has been re-elected for a fourth term, following a successful reign overseeing the internationalisation of the British firm. Following the uncontested election, Robertson will remain as CEO for a three-year term, until 2021. The firm’s 2016/17 financials revealed an eight per cent growth in revenue from £161.5m to £174.5m. Withers also promoted […]
Eversheds Sutherland has secured a decision to appeal a landmark High Court judgment for the pension trustees of the Linklaters-represented British Airways, which could see the airline pay out up to £12m in benefits. In a two-against-one decision, Lord Justice Patten dismissed the appeal while Lord Justices Lewison and Peter Jackson both elected to permit […]
