Sainsbury’s loses mammoth credit card fee battle against Visa
Blackstone Chambers, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and Linklaters have successfully defended Visa in its anti-competitive credit card fees battle against Sainsbury’s.
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Blackstone Chambers, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and Linklaters have successfully defended Visa in its anti-competitive credit card fees battle against Sainsbury’s.
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Travers Smith is advising South African retail chain Steinhoff International in its bidding war with Sainsbury’s for Home Retail Group. Steinhoff lists a number of firms as its main legal advisers, including Linklaters, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Werksmans. However, Linklaters partners Owen Clay and Nick Garland are already working with the target Home Retail, with […]
Clifford Chance has won the lead advisory role for Sainsbury’s in its potential offer for Home Retail Group, while the latter sought counsel from the supermarket’s long-standing lawyers Linklaters. Linklaters is the main legal adviser for both Sainsbury’s and Home Retail, with partner Iain Fenn serving as the magic circle’s firm relationship partner for Sainsbury’s. […]
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Blackstone Chambers, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and Linklaters have successfully defended Visa in its anti-competitive credit card fees battle against Sainsbury’s.
J Sainsbury’s has appointed 11 law firms to its first legal panel, eight months after the company first launched its tender process.
Travers Smith is advising South African retail chain Steinhoff International in its bidding war with Sainsbury’s for Home Retail Group. Steinhoff lists a number of firms as its main legal advisers, including Linklaters, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Werksmans. However, Linklaters partners Owen Clay and Nick Garland are already working with the target Home Retail, with […]
Clifford Chance has won the lead advisory role for Sainsbury’s in its potential offer for Home Retail Group, while the latter sought counsel from the supermarket’s long-standing lawyers Linklaters. Linklaters is the main legal adviser for both Sainsbury’s and Home Retail, with partner Iain Fenn serving as the magic circle’s firm relationship partner for Sainsbury’s. […]
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