With a population set to hit almost 50 million by 2050, the Saudi Arabian government is spearheading a flood of infrastructure projects. By Leroy Levy and Rachel Rayfield To put the task facing Saudi Arabia as it updates its transport, telecoms and utilities infrastructure into perspective, you just have to take a look at the […]
Peters & Peters partner Elizabeth Robertson has bagged the lead mandate in the fight over Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s dog, a Yorkshire terrier puppy called Leya. Robertson advised Mourinho and Leya on the complaint by a vet that the puppy had travelled from Portugal to London without receiving the proper vaccinations for rabies. Mourinho and […]
Media law firm Schillings sued the Daily Mail’s publisher for libel today (24 May) on behalf of Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley. Partner Simon Smith issued the proceedings after Associated Newspapers published a photograph of Knightley wearing a bikini and relaxing on a beach on holiday without her consent. The Daily Mail reported […]
Manches scored a first in English legal history when the Court of Appeal today (24 May) upheld the largest-ever contested divorce settlement. Manches family partner Helen Ward instructed Martin Pointer QC of 1 Hare Court for Beverley Charman, the wife of insurance millionaire John Charman. The judges, led by president of the Family Division Sir […]
DLA Piper plays pro bono role in Cutty Sark preservation” />DLA Piper has helped to secure a lease for the trust preserving the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, one of the world’s oldest ships and the only surviving ‘tea clipper’. The lease, finalised on 5 April, was negotiated with the London Borough of Greenwich in East […]
Dechert” />Dechert has scooped a key role as lead adviser for the first sharia-compliant private equity fund, CMH Enterprise Fund I. Acting for Bahraini bank Capital Management House (CMH), Dechert won the deal via a recommendation from existing client Gulf Finance House. The offshore vehicle, which will invest mainly in the Gulf and North Africa […]
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and SJ Berwin have clinched a new media client after raising Hammer Film Productions from the dead in a $50m (£325.24m) leveraged buy-in. FFW corporate partner Neil Foster advised the management on the fundraising for the buy-in, along with tax partner Graeme Nuttall. SJ Berwin partners Tim Johnson and Mark Sanders […]
Addleshaw Goddard and DLA Piper have acted on the £145m sale of Leeds Bradford International Airport by five West Yorkshire councils. The councils involved in the sale were Leeds and Bradford, which each owned 40 per cent of the airport, as well as Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield, which owned the remaining 20 per cent between […]
An old relationship has gifted Allen & Overy (A&O) a key mandate to advise on the auction of high street retailer New Look. A&O is co-counsel with Clifford Chance on the auction, which sees private equity houses Apax and Permira sell the business, having taken it private for £700m in 2004. A&O advised Tom Singh, […]
The smoking ban may stop claims over second-hand smoke, but will the smokers themselves start claiming it’s all too unfair? ask David Harper and Anya Switalski From 1 July 2007 the smoking ban comes into force in England under the Health Act 2006. The ban came into effect in Wales and Northern Ireland in April […]
Companies hoping to save money by outsourcing their operations abroad need to do their research, says Martin Warren For some time UK businesses have been looking across the globe at new or traditionally weak or troublesome markets, such as Eastern Europe, Russia and South Africa, as the next big market into which they can sell […]
New legislation gives carers the right to request flexible working. Jane Moorman and Howard Lewis-Nunn on a case that could push the UK’s laws even further The rights of working care-givers have been climbing their way into the legislative spotlight over recent years. The Department of Trade and Industry estimates that around 2.6 million employees […]