Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case have made headway for future share offerings in the Republic of Kazakhstan, advising on the $2.03bn (£1.09bn) IPO of a Kazakh oil company. KazMunaiGas Exploration & Production (KMG), the third-largest producer of crude oil in Kazakhstan, raised around $2.03bn from an IPO that consisted of 23.1 million new […]
Lovells’ real estate team has received a boost after picking up new client Christian Salvesen, a European logistics company. Lovells advised Christian Salvesen on a £47.5m sale-and-leaseback arrangement with Carisbrooke Investments for a number of its UK properties. The deal closed in late September. Carisbrooke was advised by Herbert Smith, with real estate partner Jeremy […]
Clifford Chance is set to confirm Mark Campbell and David Dunnigan for another four years as heads of banking and capital markets. Partners were informed today that after the close of the nominations, no candidates had come forward to stand against the incumbents. There is now the formal process of a vote to confirm the […]
Allen & Overy (A&O), Baker & McKenzie and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have combined resources to conduct an extensive international survey on business regulation for the World Bank. They joined a slew of global law firms, with knowledge of business law spanning 175 countries, in contributing to the survey. The report aims to provide […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has scooped its second major water deal in as many weeks, advising the Colonial First State-led consortium on its £2.2bn bid for AWG, the owner of Anglian Water. The news comes in the wake of the discovery that the magic circle firm is also acting for private equity firm Terra Firma on […]
Baker & McKenzie maintained its impressive track record for advising People’s Republic of China clients on overseas listings, and firmed up its credentials with Chinese industrial giant CNOOC to boot, when it took the lead role on fertiliser manufacturer China Blue Chemical’s $341m (£180.62m) IPO last month. CNOOC subsidiary China Blue is the country’s second-largest […]
The British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has come under fire from civil rights organisations for allegedly failing to investigate claims of Government ministers’ involvement in ‘torture flights’. Civil rights organisations Reprieve and Liberty claim that an investigation by the European Parliament, which begins this month (October), will table evidence that could see senior UK politicians […]
Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all netted instructions on what could be Europe’s largest infrastructure deal this year, the sale of Thames Water by German utilities group RWE. Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all netted instructions on what could […]
SJ Berwin has scooped a role to advise new client Merchant Equity Partners (MEP) on the purchase of MFI’s loss-making retail arm. Mayflower, which is controlled by MEP, paid just £1 for the business. The acquisition is the first successful deal for MEP since the fund’s launch. It is understood that MEP competed against at […]
Denton Wilde Sapte’s (DWS) media team has scooped a role advising the organisers of the Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards. Media partner Ingrid Silver led the team, negotiating licence deals with UK pop stars Corinne Bailey Rae, Jamelia, Lemar and their record companies. The stars performed at the award ceremony held at the Royal […]
Baker & McKenzie‘s IT team has been working on a pro bono project bringing satellite IT and telecoms support to a string of major charities, including Action Aid, Oxfam and Save the Children. Several of the firm’s lawyers are helping NetHope, a not-for-profit organisation that provides its charity members with telecoms equipment and services, to […]
Nabarros scoop Land Securities development” />Nabarro Nathanson and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed mandates to advise on the redevelopment of Allen & Overy‘s (A&O) City headquarters. Nabarros’ relationship partner for Land Securities in London Nicholas Vergette is leading the team advising the longstanding client on the issues surrounding the redevelopment of One New Change, which […]