VdA is celebrating a new partnership with the Center of Excellence for the PPPs development in the water and sanitation sector, in which Manuel Protásio integrates the international panel of expert lawyers in these matters. The Center of Excellence consists in a partnership between the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Portuguese […]
National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed Gemma Napper, head of legal UK & Sweden at Opel Vauxhall Finance, to partner in its national financial services team. This strategic appointment will bolster Shoosmiths’ market-leading financial services capability, further building on the firm’s national growth ambition in this area. Gemma completed her training contract at Shoosmiths in […]
By Christian Herbst, Denisa Lazarescu Schoenherr has advised NASDAQ Stockholm listed AddLife AB (publ) (“AddLife”), on the acquisition of Austrian life sciences company Biomedica Medizinprodukte GmbH (“Biomedica”). The acquisition agreement was signed on 26 November 2018. The total purchase price for the acquisition of Biomedica is approx. EUR 39 million, of which 75 % is paid […]
Ogier Global, Ogier’s corporate administration business, has welcomed experienced director Jason Fitzgerald to its growing team in the Cayman Islands. Jason will lead the Director Services service line, providing services to Cayman investment funds alongside former regulator Mark Drummond and experienced Cayman Attorney Ben Gillooly. The Ogier Global team in the Cayman Islands continues to […]
Zoe O’Sullivan QC and Abra Bompas represented McLaren Automotive Ltd in its successful defence of a claim for £22 million: CRS GT Limited v McLaren Automotive Ltd and others [2018] EWHC 3209 (Comm), Phillips J. CRS was a supplier to McLaren which had designed the successful GT4 road car. However, the parties had never concluded a […]
Ogier has advised on the £43.7 million purchase of IFC – a recently completed office building in Jersey’s new finance centre. The building – leased out to six tenants– has been purchased by the Klesch Family Office. The building provides 69,405 square feet of environmentally sustainable Grade A office space in the heart of St […]
A leading Canadian corporate lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience described as “a formidable name in the market” has joined Ogier’s Cayman team. David McIntyre was most recently a senior partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Toronto office – he has held senior in-house roles as well as his time in private practice with Norton […]
Bill McGilivray has joined Ogier as Head of Client Development. In his new role, Bill will be based in London and is responsible for developing client and intermediary relationships and creating new business opportunities for each of Ogier’s service lines and jurisdictional teams. During his 20 year career in the financial services industry, Bill has […]
The Romanian Competition Council approved Chimcomplex’s 127 million EUR takeover of assets of the petrochemical plant Oltchim S.A. Maravela|Asociații team that assisted Chimcomplex with the notification and Competition Council’s review consisted of Alina Popescu, founding partner and head of the Competition practice, Răzvan Pele, counsel and Magda Grigore, associate. „We are proud of the outcome, […]
By Andrew Glynn The UK government’s Crown Commercial Services (CCS) has appointed TLT to the full-service lot on its new £320m wider public sector legal services panel. TLT is one of only six firms in the full service lot that have been appointed to deliver legal services in all three UK legal jurisdictions of England […]
On 19 November 2018, AMAG Leasing AG closed its fourth Swiss auto lease securitization transaction involving the issuance by Swiss Car ABS 2018-2 AG (the Issuer) of CHF 250,000,000 Asset-Backed Notes with a coupon of 0.22 per cent, due in 2028. The Notes issued are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and are backed by […]
TLT is gearing up for further expansion in the NI legal market as it moves its Belfast office to River House, the impressive landmark building in the Cathedral Quarter. The move evidences the commitment of one of the UK’s fastest growing law firms to the NI market. It also signals the firm’s ambitious plans for […]