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
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…
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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Former Barclays GC joins EY Riverview Law in first post-acquisition hire
Riverview Law has made its first significant hire since being brought by EY four months ago, appointing a former Barclays general counsel to a new director role. Rob Dinning will be a director of legal function co-sourcing, a new unit within the business that helps global corporations change their operating model to achieve a combination of […]
SFO criticised by ENRC over handling of privileged information
Mining group ENRC has raised further questions over the Serious Fraud Office’s long-running corruption investigation into the company, alleging that privileged information was used as part of the probe. Documents seen by The Lawyer allege that Dechert partner Neil Gerrard passed privileged documents onto the SFO in 2013, as part of its investigation into alleged bribery and corruption […]
Moët’s legal head exits for new role at Just Eat
Moët Hennessy’s European legal director Isabelle Meyer is to move on from the company in the New Year, after six years with the luxury goods conglomerate. The Lawyer can reveal Meyer will be joining Just Eat’s legal team, taking up a position as deputy general counsel. She will report to the company’s current group general counsel James […]
Slaughters and Ashurst team up on Interserve’s rescue plan
Slaughter and May and Ashurst are leading for embattled contractor Interserve, which has revealed that it is seeking a recovery plan amid fears of a Carillion-style collapse. The rescue plan, which aims to scale back its £500m debt pile, will see the Reading-based outsourcer convert much of its debt into new shares, potentially handing control of the […]
Kirkland prepares for leadership handover as firm names next chair
A Chicago corporate partner is to take the reins of Kirkland & Ellis, as the US firm preps for chairman Jeff Hammes’ leadership handover in February 2020. Private equity specialist Jon Ballis will step into the shoes of Hammes in two years time, bringing his 10-year tenure as chairman to an end. Ballis’ practice focuses on leveraged […]
Live blog: crunch time for the Brexit deal
The latest reaction as Theresa May fights to get her Brexit deal through Parliament.