Vannin Capital has been acquired by a US headquartered investment business, nearly a year after withdrawing plans to list on the London Stock Exchange. Vannin will now be under the command of Fortress Investment Group in a deal that is expected to be finalised later this month. Vannin and its largest shareholder, Brandon Investments, was […]
Latham & Watkins is representing Virgin Galactic on its merger deal that will see it become the first publically traded spaceflight company. US-based partners at Latham have been advising the Virgin Group on the tie-up with Social Capital Hedosophia. The deal has been led by New York corporate partner Justin Hamill, partner Josh Dubofsky, who […]
Keystone Law has posted its financial results for 2018, with double-digit growth in turnover and sustained growth in recruitment in its first year as a publicly-listed company. The firm revealed 35 per cent growth in turnover from £31.6m to £42.7m. Profit before tax grew by 56.8 per cent, up from £3.3m to £5.1m. Keystone founder […]
Jones Day and Travers Smith have advised on the £185m IPO of casual dining group Loungers. Loungers, which operates 146 café-bar sites across England and Wales under brands Lounge and Cosy Club, has been advised by co-lead of Jones Day’s banking, finance and securities practice Giles Elliott and capital markets partner Vica Irani. Having revealed […]
Vannin Capital has been acquired by a US headquartered investment business, nearly a year after withdrawing plans to list on the London Stock Exchange. Vannin will now be under the command of Fortress Investment Group in a deal that is expected to be finalised later this month. Vannin and its largest shareholder, Brandon Investments, was […]
Latham & Watkins is representing Virgin Galactic on its merger deal that will see it become the first publically traded spaceflight company. US-based partners at Latham have been advising the Virgin Group on the tie-up with Social Capital Hedosophia. The deal has been led by New York corporate partner Justin Hamill, partner Josh Dubofsky, who […]
Keystone Law has posted its financial results for 2018, with double-digit growth in turnover and sustained growth in recruitment in its first year as a publicly-listed company. The firm revealed 35 per cent growth in turnover from £31.6m to £42.7m. Profit before tax grew by 56.8 per cent, up from £3.3m to £5.1m. Keystone founder […]
Jones Day and Travers Smith have advised on the £185m IPO of casual dining group Loungers. Loungers, which operates 146 café-bar sites across England and Wales under brands Lounge and Cosy Club, has been advised by co-lead of Jones Day’s banking, finance and securities practice Giles Elliott and capital markets partner Vica Irani. Having revealed […]
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Gateley is the latest firm to confirm its use of the UK Government’s tax deferral scheme, preserving millions by pushing back both VAT and employment payments due to Covid-19. As just one of a raft of measures put in place by the listed outfit, Gateley’s deferral of employment taxes and VAT amounted to £4.8m prior […]
The UK’s landmark business interruption test case triggered by Covid-19 is potentially heading to the Supreme Court after parties from both sides submitted challenges before Monday’s deadline. Represented by Herbert Smith Freehills, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed that it has filed a ‘leapfrog’ application to the UK’s most senior court in relation to a […]
Fieldfisher’s top of equity package of £4.3m has fallen by up to 25 per cent, The Lawyer understands, as part of measures taken to tame the effects of the pandemic. The firm is understood to have cut the salary of its highest-paid partners by a quarter, resulting in a decrease from £4.3m to a figure […]
Simmons & Simmons has parted ways with a number of its service staff and contractors working in its London office, The Lawyer understands. The firm has terminated the contracts of a group of employees – understood to be fewer than 25 people – which provided security and catering services in its multi-tenant headquarters in the […]
The award for the in-house legal operations team of the year, sponsored by Digital Legal Exchange, sees a number of contenders that managed to tap into their teams’ capabilities and external resources to reinvent how they worked and better serve the rest of their business. Markerstudy The general counsel at insurance business Markerstudy, which underwrites […]
A raft of firms, including Slaughter and May and Linklaters, have been called up on William Hill’s talks with Caesars Entertainment on a potential £2.9bn takeover. In the UK, Slaughter and May and Linklaters are lined up for William Hill and Caesars. Slaughters corporate M&A partners Murray Cox and David Johnson are taking the lead […]
