Freshfields joins the fray as Hammerson sets pause button on Intu deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is representing French shopping centre giant Klépierre in its eleventh hour bid for its British rival, Hammerson, The Lawyer can reveal.
Quinn leads for Ukraine’s PrivatBank in $3bn claim against PwC
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is advising Ukraine’s largest lender PrivatBank over its $3bn claim against PwC’s Cypriot and Ukraine branches.
Medartis completes IPO and listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange
Medartis Holding AG, a leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specialized in medical devices for internal surgical bone fixation, completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the SIX Swiss Exchange on 23 March 2018. Based on an opening price of CHF 54.00 the market capitalization of Medartis is CHF 633 Mio. Founded in 1997 by Dr. […]
Khaitan & Co advises QuEST Global Engineering Services on acquisition of Exilant Technologies
Khaitan & Co advised QuEST Global Engineering Services Private Limited (‘’QuEST Global’’) which has successfully acquired 100% stake in Exilant Technologies Private Limited, an advanced technology provider, based out of Bengaluru, India. Established in 1997, QuEST Global provides complete lifecycle product development and production engineering services to companies across US, Europe and APAC through its global offices across […]
UK gender pay: Lessons for Ireland
Accelerating the delivery of housing and new tenant protections in Ireland
By Tara Rush Tenant Protection Rent control measures are now in place for areas designated as Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs). Dublin and Cork City are designated as RPZs for 3 years from 24 December 2016. Further areas have been included for 3 years from 27 January 2017 including parts of Galway City and areas within […]
Freshfields joins the fray as Hammerson sets pause button on Intu deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is representing French shopping centre giant Klépierre in its eleventh hour bid for its British rival, Hammerson, The Lawyer can reveal.
Quinn leads for Ukraine’s PrivatBank in $3bn claim against PwC
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is advising Ukraine’s largest lender PrivatBank over its $3bn claim against PwC’s Cypriot and Ukraine branches.
Medartis completes IPO and listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange
Medartis Holding AG, a leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specialized in medical devices for internal surgical bone fixation, completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the SIX Swiss Exchange on 23 March 2018. Based on an opening price of CHF 54.00 the market capitalization of Medartis is CHF 633 Mio. Founded in 1997 by Dr. […]
Khaitan & Co advises QuEST Global Engineering Services on acquisition of Exilant Technologies
Khaitan & Co advised QuEST Global Engineering Services Private Limited (‘’QuEST Global’’) which has successfully acquired 100% stake in Exilant Technologies Private Limited, an advanced technology provider, based out of Bengaluru, India. Established in 1997, QuEST Global provides complete lifecycle product development and production engineering services to companies across US, Europe and APAC through its global offices across […]
Linklaters and Travers Smith lead in largest UK software buyout this year
Linklaters has advised Hg Capital in its investment in software company The Access Group, while Travers Smith represented its current majority shareholder TA Associates. The deal will see Hg take joint ownership of the London-based technology group alongside TA Associates. Linklaters partner Alex Woodward led for Hg on the corporate side, with managing associates Aneeq Durrani and […]
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Gender pay gap: the legal profession’s full results
With gender pay gap reporting now complete, where does your firm sit in the grand scheme of things? The full results are in the interactive table below.
Homes England ramps up panel advisers in latest review
Homes England (formerly known as the Homes and Communities Agency) has completed its panel review, adding five firms to its £30m roster. A total of thirteen firms have been appointed the Government housing investment authority’s panel, with firms allocated into two lots. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Eversheds Sutherland and Pinsent Masons, which have been on the panel […]
Barclays launches legal tech incubator with magic circle backing
Barclays is launching a legal technology incubator programme in collaboration with law firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co and Simmons & Simmons, as well as PwC, The Law Society and Legal Geek. Participants of the programme will get access to a hundred-seat co-working space, mentoring, and workshops. Barclays general counsel […]
Shearman set to follow US rivals with South Korea launch
Shearman & Sterling is edging towards a launch in South Korea with plans to open in Seoul by the end of the year, The Lawyer understands. The US firm is understood to be awaiting regulatory approval to launch in the region, which could take up to several months. The office would be the third to […]
Addleshaws hunts for formal associations in new Middle East strategy
Addleshaw Goddard has kickstarted a new three-year strategy for its Middle Eastern arm, aiming to have 70 staff across the region as well as breaking into Saudi Arabia. Led by its head of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Andrew Greaves, the firm will now look to build out of its three existing offices having launched in […]
Eversheds Sutherland Asia TMT head joins K&L Gates
Eversheds Sutherland‘s Asia head of technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) has left the firm’s Hong Kong office for K&L Gates. Nigel Stamp is joining the US firm as a partner after nearly seven years at Eversheds. He previously headed Morrison & Foerster’s China TMT practice, which he joined in 2006 from Clifford Chance. At K&L […]