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Court considers redevelopment ground for opposing business lease renewals

The case involved a Sainsbury’s Local store in London. Sainsbury’s operated a supermarket from the ground floor.

Latham Advises Grupo Financiero Galicia on Acquisition of HSBC’s Argentina Business

Firm represents largest private financial group in Argentina.

Appleby's Hong Kong office advises Hotel101

The transaction is anticipated to be finalised in the second half of 2024

Bedell Cristin leads on sale of The Jersey Royal Company

The Jersey Royal Company was formed into its current model more than 20 years ago and was purchased by Produce Investments in 2014.

Ogier acted as BVI counsel on the IPO and Nasdaq listing of Intelligent Group Limited

The company began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on 20 March 2024, under the ticker symbol “INTJ”, with 1.9 million units priced at US$ 4 each. 

DLA Piper advises on funding for South Africa's largest wind farm

The energy it generates is expected to supply 75% of the power requirements of Seriti’s coal mining operations from 2025.

Baker McKenzie closes deal for ZCCM Investments Holdings

The transaction sees Glencore exit from its loan to MCM.

Dentons advises Santander Bank Polska, Erste Group Bank and Rand Merchant Bank

Dentons supported the lenders in preparing, negotiating and signing the finance documents and securities

Hogan Lovells advises Mabanaft on the acquisition of WESTFA Energy

The acquisition strengthens the company's strategic goals of expanding its product portfolio and meeting the growing needs of its customers.

Freshfields advises Haleon plc on Pfizer Inc.’s secondary global offering of Haleon shares and £315 million off-market share buyback

The purchase price for the Share Buyback is equal to the offering price of £3.08 per ordinary share in the Global Offer and closed on 21 March 2024.

Latham & Watkins Advises Project 3 Mobility on €100 Million Series A Investment Round

London team represents a Croatian company developing a new ecosystem of urban autonomous mobility in its successful Series A investment round.

Bird & Bird have advised ESPS Holding Ltd on the $303.6m acquisition of Ameriabank

The proposed acquisition was a Class 1 acquisition under the FCA Listing Rules.

Asia Pacific Business Names Andrew Brereton an Advisor of the Year

He also has extensive experience of restructurings and workouts.

Hogan Lovells represents Apex Capital in purchase of Clorox Argentina's operations in key regions

Under the transaction, The Clorox Company’s Latin America research and development, and corporate hub will remain in Argentina

Macfarlanes advises Keyhaven Capital Partners

The Macfarlanes team was led by private funds partner Harriet Miller

Latham Advises Equistone and Other Shareholders on Sale of Sport Group

German team represents the private equity investor and other shareholders of Sport Group in the transaction.

Freshfields advises 3M on spin-off of Solventum

The transaction involved the legal separation and reorganisation of the healthcare business with a turnover of 8.2 billion US dollars in over 90 jurisdictions.

Maples Group Selected to Provide Fund Administration Services to Chicago Global

Chicago Global is a Singapore-based asset manager which combines big data, advanced machine learning techniques and proprietary alpha signals to select high quality stocks worldwide.

Dentons advises Cero Generation on the sale of a Polish solar portfolio

The portfolio consists mainly of ready-to-build projects, which GoldenPeaks Capital plans to finance, build and operate.

Whose crypto is it anyway? - The status of cryptocurrency as ‘Property’ under BVI and Cayman Law

In recent years, a number of courts have grappled with the question of whether cryptocurrency is “property” or an “asset” within the context of insolvency proceedings.

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