11/01/2021
Walkers Wins at IFLR Middle East Awards
The Walkers team was led by Dubai Partner, Ciaran Bohnacker and Senior Counsel, Terry-Ann Arch with Walkers Fiduciary Limited providing share trustee and directorship services to the Trustee.
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11/01/2021
Bedell Cristin Partners have contributed to the Chambers Alternative Funds 2021 Global Practice Guide
Bedell Cristin Partners Martin Paul and Richard Le Liard have contributed to the Chambers Alternative Funds 2021 Global Practice Guide once again.
10/29/2021
Mourant assists Mirion to become a public traded company on the NYSE
The transaction was achieved through a business combination with GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II, a US special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC) sponsored by an affiliate of Goldman Sachs.
10/29/2021
Art collector's court case signals potential legal and contractual issues with NFTs
According to the NFT Report 2020, published by L’Atelier BNP Paribas and Nonfungible.com, the value of the NFT market grew by 299% in 2020.
10/29/2021
Baker McKenzie advises Standard Chartered Bank on pioneering African Private Placement of Green Bonds
Baker McKenzie supported Standard Chartered Bank’s in-house legal team on this complex cross-border transaction sequence, led by Helen Pinder, Head of Legal, Capital Markets ( Europe, Africa, Americas & MENAP).
10/29/2021
LIBOR Transition Update: The Impact on Existing Guernsey, Jersey, Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands Security
At the same time lenders will need to be conscious that, in the case of secured facilities, any amendment to the underlying facility agreement may have an impact on the continued validity of security.
10/28/2021
SPACs in the City: the emerging litigation and regulatory risks in England & Wales
Given the limited number of London-listed SPACs to date, the litigation and regulatory risks for SPACs in the UK remain broadly untested.
10/28/2021
Allen & Overy advises on the People’s Republic of China’s USD4 billion sovereign bond issuance
Allen & Overy also advised on the country’s first USD bond offering open to U.S. investors in October 2020.
10/28/2021
acquisition of ASX-listed Mainstream
This successful acquisition is the latest in a series of transformative acquisitions for Apex in the past 18 months.
10/28/2021
Mayer Brown partner Andrew Olmem named a 2021 “Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer
rior to joining Mayer Brown, Mr. Olmem served in the White House as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Deputy Director of the National Economic Council.
10/28/2021
Ogier advises VMED O2 on TISE listed green bonds
The Ogier team was led by Raulin Amy, Director of Ogier Corporate Finance Limited, and included Lucy Chambers and Emily Renouf.
10/28/2021
Ogier publishes pay gap data in first for offshore law
While compulsory pay gap reporting has been a requirement for businesses of 250 people or more in the UK since 2017, none of Ogier's home jurisdictions have similar requirements.
10/28/2021
Latham & Watkins Advises Renaissance Insurance on IPO and Listing on Moscow Exchange
Firm advises on IPO of one of Russia’s leading insurance providers.
10/27/2021
Carey Olsen advises on US$200m SPAC IPO on Nasdaq
Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I announced yesterday the closing of its IPO of 20,000,000 units
10/27/2021
Skye Assets Fund Spc – Pressing The Pause Button On A Voluntary Liquidation
The remaining investor shareholders were compulsorily redeemed and other voluntary liquidation formalities complied with.
10/27/2021
Difficult trees in England: going down the legal avenue
This cyclical movement can cause damage to the building above in the form of cracking through the brickwork and internal plaster.
10/27/2021
Walkers' Jersey Team Advises Babylon on $4.2 Billion Merger and NYSE Listing
The company – which will continue to operate as Babylon - was founded in the UK in 2013 and is contracted to serve over 24 million people in 16 countries.
10/26/2021
Carey Olsen advises Chile's Buk in US$50m Series A funding round
Working alongside onshore counsel Gunderson Dettmer and Guerrero Olivos, the Carey Olsen team advising Buk on the Cayman law aspects of its funding round was led by partner Alistair Russell, assisted by associate Trevor McCabe.
10/26/2021
Dentons Helix assists with transformation of Marks & Spencer's legal function
The company appointed Dentons Helix, the Firm's new law offering for clients in the UK, to deliver commercial and real estate work in a unique way
10/26/2021
A&O advises banks on EUR 323.5 million bank/bond financing for the acquisition of BIP
The debt financing included a EUR 275m bridge facility and a EUR 48.5m revolving credit facility.