Ryanair has turned to Weil Gotshal & Manges for extra help against the European Commission over a state aid case involving the cut-price carrier and Brussels’ Charleroi Airport. Although Ryanair has previously instructed the firm’s Frankfurt and Paris offices, this is the first time it has used its Brussels practice. Irish corporate firm A&L Goodbody […]
Linklaters secures wind farm instruction from RWE Innogy” />Linklaters has cemented its number one position with RWE Innogy, winning one of the company’s first sizeable deals since RWE acquired Innogy in 2002. The magic circle firm is advising RWE Innogy on a £400m refinancing of its wind farm portfolio named Zephyr Investments, in which the […]
Dickson Minto’s single biggest client BC Partners has finally made a major UK acquisition following a protracted three-year dry spell. The private equity house concluded a £660m secondary buyout of UK boilermaker Baxi last month. The acquisition, led by Dickson Minto senior partner Alastair Dickson and supported by Michael Barron and Martin McNair, saw private […]
But with minimal input from borrowers, can it get off the ground? By Catrin Griffiths
Ashurst (Philip Broke) advised UK stockbroker Panmure Gordon on the £14.3m rights issue and cash placing by ML Laboratories. Stringer Saul (David Smith) represented ML Laboratories. Linklaters (Phil Charlton) acted for ABN AMRO Bank as arranger on the €3bn (£2.05bn) programme for the online issue of retail notes into the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Allen […]
One of Wortley Byers’ straplines sums up its philosophy: ‘Life isn’t always black and white. For the grey areas, you need clarity, fairness and understanding.’ The firm aims to provide a service that unravels the complexities of law, shedding light on the grey areas so that if they do not quite end up being black […]
On 11 November last year the Court of Appeal struck what may be a knockout blow against film director Roman Polanski’s libel action against Vanity Fair. In doing so, it removed a threat to defendants in libel cases from litigants afraid to face the legal music in this country. Surprisingly, Polanski sued Vanity Fair in […]
Two retired tailors fighting a cutting-edge employment case against the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry will not pay a penny for their Court of Appeal claim, thanks to a cabal of barristers and solicitors working on the matter free of charge. John Rutherford and Samuel Bentley are challenging the UK Government’s assumed retirement […]
I was very surprised to read in The Lawyer: “To add to FLAG’s financial woes, in August 2002 the Office of Fair Trading started an investigation into anticompetitive practices by cable-lending operators in the UK, including FLAG.
The new French financial markets regulator has the unenviable task of restoring confidence to the shaken French financial market. Bertrand Pebrier and Etienne Rocher report
Insurance company Letsure’s in-house legal team is unique in acting for clients outside the company. By Steve Hoare
Morgan Lewis has swooped on White & Case in a bid to bolster its Brussels office with an anti-trust lateral. Gerrit Schohe joins Morgan Lewis as its second specialist anti-trust partner adding to Izzet Sinan who also heads the Brussels branch. Schohe’s appointment will also help replace the departure of Julian Joshua, the former head […]