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
They were essential for the construction of canals and railways and the development of utilities, but for a long time private bills have been overlooked. However, in the last few years local authorities and other bodies have been turning again to this form of legislation and Private Bills are making a comeback. What are private […]
CMS Cameron McKenna has appointed recent hire Adam Mycyk to run its new office in Ukraine, which opened officially yesterday (6 March). While the firm has been operating in Kiev since last September, corporate partner Mycyk, who was lured from Chadbourne & Park last August, was named local managing partner at the office launch. Camerons […]
Details of what is expected to be the biggest divorce settlement in history may be made public, Mr Justice Bennett has warned Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. Until now all details surrounding the divorce case have been kept strictly confidential, with Bennett J, the presiding judge, issuing warnings to both sides to keep quiet […]