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 […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) has strengthened its relationship with Och-Ziff Capital Management, scooping a role to advise the secretive US hedge fund on a bid for headhunter Whitehead Mann. Och-Ziff has emerged as the financial backer behind Piers Marmion, the recruitment specialist that has made a £24.5m offer for Whitehead Mann. Och-Ziff’s relationship with A&O […]
Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy (A&O) have scooped roles on the UK’s largest-ever building society merger, with total asset values of more than £150bn and 13-million-plus members. The merger of Nationwide Building Society and smaller rival Portman Building Society is subject to approval by the Office of Fair Trading, Portman members and the Financial […]
Ashurst and Clifford Chance have retained their positions as preferred legal advisers for Stanley Leisure and Genting Group respectively, taking lead roles in the latter’s £484m bid for the UK’s top casino operator. Stanley, which runs 45 casinos, has instructed a team at Ashurst led by client relationship partner Bruce Hanton and associate Mark Sperotto. […]
Herbert Smith has scored its first instruction from the Australian government, aided by a personal relationship with a partner at Minter Ellison. The City and Australian firms are collaborating on a A$1bn (£404.36m) project to roll out access cards to 20-million Australians by 2010 in an attempt to streamline the existing complicated access to benefits […]
Linklaters has won Harrah’s Entertainment as a new client, advising the Las Vegas-based gambling giant on a deal to extend its empire into Europe and Africa. Harrah’s is the owner of casinos operating under the Harrah’s and Horseshoe names. It also bought the high-profile Caesar’s casino brand last year. The latest deal, a recommended £279.3m […]
Olswang has started reaping the benefits of its tie-up with West End property boutique Kanter Jules, closing its first major deal for Kanters client Reit Asset Management. Olswang has gained Reit Asset Management as a client following its takeover of Kanters in May this year. The firm has advised the group on its acquisition of […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has scooped a mandate to advise the Irish government on the IPO of its flag carrier Aer Lingus. The magic circle firm won the high-profile mandate after participating in a beauty parade at the end of last year. Irish firms William Fry and Arthur Cox are acting as local counsel to the […]
Nabarro Nathanson and SJ Berwin scored roles advising on deals concerned with more than 700 hotel rooms next to the new Wembley Stadium. In two deals totalling £103m, the firms advised on both the purchase of the 306-bedroom Wembley Plaza Hotel, owned by Hilton International, and on the construction of a new 400-bedroom Hilton hotel […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has jumped into the bidding war for Canadian nickel producer Inco, advising Brazil’s Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) on its $17.6bn (£11.9bn) counter bid. Inco, advised by Sullivan & Cromwell‘s M&A head James Morphy, has found itself at the centre of a multibillion-dollar scramble following a boom in nickel […]