Pepperfry.com has raised a Series D round of $100m from Goldman Sachs, Zodius Technology Fund and existing investors Bertelsmann India Investments and Norwest Venture Partners. Khaitan & Co advised Zodius Technology Fund in relation to its Series D investment. The core transaction team consisted of Siddharth Shah, partner; Surbhi Kejriwal, associate partner; Abhiraj Krishna, senior […]
Watch the highlights of the night from the extraordinary business innovators who won top accolades at The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards this year. The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards brought together around 500 attendees to celebrate excellence in management and operational work, and saw CMS pick up the Business Leadership Team of the Year thanks to its streamlined strategy […]
Hogan Lovells has ended its relationship with Indonesian association firm Hermawan Juniarto, three years after the tie-up started.
A cross discipline team at Gateley Plc has advised award-winning TV production company Astley Baker Davies on the sale of a controlling stake in the global brand Peppa Pig. Entertainment One (eOne) is increasing its ownership of the preschool franchise Peppa Pig. eOne has entered into an agreement with Peppa Pig co-owners Astley Baker Davies […]
Pepperfry.com has raised a Series D round of $100m from Goldman Sachs, Zodius Technology Fund and existing investors Bertelsmann India Investments and Norwest Venture Partners. Khaitan & Co advised Zodius Technology Fund in relation to its Series D investment. The core transaction team consisted of Siddharth Shah, partner; Surbhi Kejriwal, associate partner; Abhiraj Krishna, senior […]
Watch the highlights of the night from the extraordinary business innovators who won top accolades at The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards this year. The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards brought together around 500 attendees to celebrate excellence in management and operational work, and saw CMS pick up the Business Leadership Team of the Year thanks to its streamlined strategy […]
Hogan Lovells has ended its relationship with Indonesian association firm Hermawan Juniarto, three years after the tie-up started.
A cross discipline team at Gateley Plc has advised award-winning TV production company Astley Baker Davies on the sale of a controlling stake in the global brand Peppa Pig. Entertainment One (eOne) is increasing its ownership of the preschool franchise Peppa Pig. eOne has entered into an agreement with Peppa Pig co-owners Astley Baker Davies […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG) has advised Stan West and the senior management of GSF Car Parts, the UK’s largest independent distributor of car parts, on its sale to HgCapital’s The Parts Alliance. Birmingham-headquartered GSF was established 38 years ago by Chairman Stan West. Andy Lawton Smith, Head of Enterprise Services at WLG, has […]
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Simmons & Simmons has recruited Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner James Grand to lead its practice focused on collateralised loan obligations (CLO). Grand has joined the structured finance and derivatives practice of the firm, having been promoted to partner at the magic circle firm in 2007. He joined Freshfields in 1995. His arrival follows Simmons’ expansion of […]
Travers Smith’s former tax chief is to replace Chris Hale as senior partner from next year, becoming the firm’s first-ever female head. Kathleen Russ will take up her position from July 2019, replacing Hale, who has held the post since 2013. She was in charge of the firm’s tax department for a decade until January […]
Macfarlanes has overhauled its processes surrounding work allocation after lawyers informed management that the issue should be high up on the firm’s list of priorities. While firms such as Ashurst and CMS brought in external consultants to kickstart allocation pilot schemes, Macfarlanes is keeping it simple by appointing individual partners within individual practice areas to […]
Pinsent Masons will remain Eon’s sole UK legal provider until at least 2023 after the energy supplier renewed its five-year deal with the firm for a second time. This is the second prominent sole provider model that the firm has retained in 2018 following its March announcement that Balfour Beatty would be retaining its services […]
Linklaters, Slaughter and May and Davis Polk & Wardwell are among the legal advisers set to rake in more than $110m in fees after working on the bidding war for Irish drug maker Shire. Shire was eventually sold to Japanese company Takeda, although two of its approaches were rebuffed by shareholders before the eventual proposal, valued […]
One of Blackstone Chambers’ longest serving members will appear before a hearing later this week after allegations of sexual harassment led an inquiry to recommend his suspension from the House of Lords until 2022. Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC will attend a hearing at the House on Thursday (15 November), which will rule on whether […]
