Lawrence Graham LLP has acted for QSH (Quality Social Housing Management Limited) on the establishment of QSH and the investment into QSH by Wates Living Space, part of the Wates Group. QSH has been set up to arrange and manage investments into social and affordable housing.
DLA Piper has represented the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the governing body for badminton, on its appointment of IMG Media for the global exploitation of all media rights for all BWF major events, the BWF World Superseries and BWF Grand Prix Gold.
The deal, which comes into effect at the start of the 2014 Superseries cycle, will see BWF's media-rights earnings increase four-fold as badminton's world-governing body capitalises on the sport's increasing global popularity and profile.
Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised easyJet plc (easyJet) on its new Airbus order announced today (June 18 2013), under which the airline will acquire 135 new aircraft from Airbus. The new order remains subject to approval by easyJet’s shareholders.
easyJet has agreed to order 35 Current Generation A320 Aircraft and 100 New Generation A320neo Aircraft from Airbus for delivery from 2015 until 2020. Airbus has also granted easyJet the right to acquire up to 100 further New Generation A320neo Family Aircraft.
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised a consortium of banks on the establishment of ParFX, a new spot FX trading platform, in conjunction with leading global interdealer broker Tradition
The consortium of banks included Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Royal Bank of Canada, SEB, Standard Chartered, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and UBS.
Trowers & Hamlins has been appointed to advise Eskan Bank, a bank wholly owned by the Government of Bahrain, on its project funding strategy and exit strategy for a series of social housing project across Bahrain.
The firm has been appointed as part of a consortium with KPMG and Barwa Bank of Qatar to advise on the structure of a funding programme so Eskan Bank can develop social housing projects totalling 2,500 residential units in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The units will be built on land currently forming part of Eskan Bank's own "land bank".
Clifford Chance will be the official pro bono legal partner for Nutrition for Growth (NfG), a new initiative which aims to prevent undernutrition, the largest single contributor to child mortality worldwide. NfG is being spearheaded by the UK Government, the Federal Government of Brazil and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and will draw on funding and support from a wide range of other international organisations. Through the arrangement, Clifford Chance will provide in principle £1m of pro bono support. This will include advice from around the firm's glob
Slaughter and May and Uría Menéndez, working as an integrated team, are advising Banco Santander, S.A. on an agreement with leading global private equity firms Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic to boost the global growth of its asset management unit, Santander Asset Management ('SAM').
The transaction values SAM at EUR 2,047 million and will generate a net capital gain for the Santander Group of EUR 700 million.
Addleshaw Goddard's India Business Group has advised leading soft drinks business Britvic plc on its agreement with The Narang Group for the sale and distribution of its popular Fruit Shoot drink in India commencing mid-2014. The deal will mark the first time that Britvic has launched one of its products in India and is part of Britvic's strategy of accelerated international growth.
Slaughter and May is advising HM Courts and Tribunals Service regarding proposals for the possible reform of the courts and tribunals system.
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Pinsent Masons has been advising on the Construction & Engineering contractual elements of Drax's strategy to convert three of its power generating units to run on sustainable biomass. This includes advising on major projects such as the biomass rail unloading, storage and distribution systems.