Company and commercial

Gowling WLG advises Avison Young on an agreement with Apleona Group to acquire GVA

Gowling WLG has advised Avison Young on its definitive agreement with Apleona Group GmbH (“Apleona”), a portfolio company owned by global private-equity firm EQT, to acquire GVA, a subsidiary of Apleona and one of the UK’s leading and most diverse real estate advisory-led businesses. Avison Young, which is headquartered in Toronto in Canada, is the […]

Ogier advises Merian on £100m launch and listing

By Craig Cordle, Michelle Watson Bunn An Ogier team has advised Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited, a newly incorporated Guernsey registered investment scheme, on its initial public offering and admission to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. A team led by Group Partner Craig Cordle and senior associate Michelle Watson Bunn […]

Schoenherr promotes two legal experts to counsel

Anna Turi and Dániel Gera, two of Schoenherr Hungary’s most experienced legal experts, have been promoted to counsel. An experienced competition lawyer, Anna Turi has been instrumental in building Schoenherr’s competition practice in Budapest. Her colleague and labour & employment expert Dániel Gera has vast experience in employment law and litigation as well as data […]

Schoenherr supports development phase of LAWRENCE

Relief in the everyday life of a law firm! All the data on legal services and experience gained, on the expert knowledge of lawyers and information on the market position of the firm flow into a data pool. The data automatically find their correct position and are available in print-ready form according to the query. Law firms […]

Maravela Asociații advises Precision Medicine Group on its acquisition of Argint International

Maravela|Asociații assisted Precision for Medicine, part of Precision Medicine Group, in connection with the Romanian law aspects of its multimillion EUR value cross-border acquisition of Argint International. Precision for Medicine supports life sciences companies in the use of biomarkers essential to targeting patients more precisely and effectively. With more than 1,450 employees in 25 locations […]

Grata International becomes a Swiss Verein

We are happy to announce that we have now become GRATA International Association – a Swiss Verein registered in Switzerland. This is done to: 1. Unite all of our offices in a convenient form; 2. Equal access of all offices to a single System and Platform; 3. Create an effective basis for cooperation and collaboration […]

One Essex Court welcomes Darius Khambata SC

One Essex Court is delighted to announce that Darius Khambata SC has joined Chambers. Darius practises before the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and a number of other High Courts and Tribunals across India. Instructed in numerous significant corporate, commercial and constitutional cases, he has also appeared in significant domestic and international commercial arbitrations. […]

Kinstellar advises Comparex AG on its acquisition by SoftwareONE

Kinstellar, together with Linklaters and bpv Hügel, has successfully advised on the sale of Comparex AG, a global IT company, to SoftwareONE, a leading global platform, solutions and services company. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Kinstellar advised the seller on the implications of the transaction in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Serbia. Kinstellar […]

Shoosmiths advises Octopus Investment on capital investment in Triumph Research Intelligence

Shoosmiths has advised the intermediate capital team of Octopus Investments on its latest growth capital investment, into leading global clinical trial solutions provider Triumph Research Intelligence (TRI). The multi-million pound investment will allow TRI to further enhance its core risk-based monitoring technology platform. Shoosmiths corporate partner Alastair Peet led on the deal, with senior associate […]

Schoenher enters into partnership with competitors to launch Legal Tech Hub Vienna

The law firms Dorda, Eisenberger & Herzog, Herbst Kinsky, PHH, Schoenherr, SCWP Schindhelm and Wolf Theiss, today launched the Legal Tech Hub Vienna (LTH Vienna). The unique initiative, that brings together seven law firms, will lead the legal industry into a digital future, while ensuring that clients’ needs are of primary concern. The goals of […]

Shoosmiths appoints new member in legal team in Nottingham

By Lee Perry Nottingham-based senior associate Rachel Harvey, who joins the firm from Shakespeare Martineau, has extensive experience in advising global organisations on all aspects of corporate immigration and workforce planning. Rachel is also an expert in assisting organisations – such as retailers, sports organisations and global technology companies – and their non-EEA employees, to […]