Baker & McKenzie has expanded its London capital markets practice with the hire of partner Peter Castellon. The former director and counsel of Citigroup is highly respected by both the investment banking community and capital markets lawyers. During his seven-year tenure at Citigroup he was responsible for advising the capital markets team on a range […]
City IP boutique Bristows has hired a three-partner disputes team from the London office of US firm Howrey.
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has scored a winning role for Carling Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur, advising on the club’s crackdown on counterfeit goods being sold over the internet. So far the firm has managed to put a stop to more than 1,000 auctions on eBay. Counterfeit products removed from the site include replica football kits, […]
SJ Berwin has advised long-standing client British Land on the sale of two Debenhams stores for a total of £22m. The firm was involved in the initial acquisition of the stores, located in Luton and Winchester, in 2005. When this recent transaction came to market the firm was “pretty automatically instructed”, said real estate associate […]
Macfarlanes and Travers Smith have won key roles on the private equity buyout of sandwich chain Pret a Manger. The sale saw private equity house Bridgepoint Capital buy a controlling stake in Pret a Manger, in a deal believed to value the business at £350m. Pret a Manger’s management and founders Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Latham & Watkins advised on the £50m sale of luxury yacht builder Oyster Marine to private equity house Balmoral Capital. Private equity start-up Balmoral was launched in 2007 by two former Credit Suisse First Boston bankers. The company was advised on the Oyster acquisition by Latham partner Michael Immordino, who […]
Addleshaw Goddard, SJ Berwin and Travers Smith landed key roles in the sale of designer shoe brand Kurt Geiger, which had created interest from a number of private equity buyers. Graphite Capital beat off competition from Advent and 3i to become the backer for the £95m management buyout of the company. Travers Smith partner Charles […]
UK pharmaceutical company Ardana has called on Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) as it seeks a buyer or merger partner to raise money for research.
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Davis Polk & Wardwell and White & Case have landed plum roles on the $19bn (£9.55bn) IPO of credit card company Visa, the largest in US history.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Weil Gotshal & Manges have both secured key roles on the leveraged buyout of Getty Images by private equity house Hellman & Friedman. Craig Adas, the managing partner of Weil’s Silicon Valley office, advised longstanding client Getty Images on the $2.4bn (£1.21bn) transaction. The deal will see Getty Images’ shareholders […]
A welter of equal pay claims has piled the pressure on the public sector legal system, but reforming the way tribunals work could ease the problem