Wierzbowski Eversheds is pleased to advise Roma Gasiorowska (a famous Polish actress) and her future partners in founding a company and raising funds for the operations of W-arte! Open Art Space-a contemporary interdisciplinary artistic and educational platform.

The firm’s advice includes preparation of the articles of association and the rules for investing in the company’s shares, as well as regulatory issues surrounding crowdfunding for the project. The work of the lawyers is headed by Ewa Szlachetka, a partner at Wierzbowski Eversheds.

Ashurst is advising Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc ("Morrisons"), Britain's fourth biggest supermarket by market share, on its ongoing discussions with Ocado in relation to its online delivery service, Morrisons.com. Morrisons and Ocado have agreed in principle that Morrisons will take space at Ocado's new Customer Fulfilment Centre ("CFC") in Erith in south-east London, and that Ocado will deliver a store pick solution for Morrisons that leverages Ocado's technology and Morrisons' store assets.

Statkraft AS, TrønderEnergi AS and Nordic Wind Power DA (European investor consortium set up by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners) have decided to invest in what will be Europe's largest onshore wind power project through their jointly owned project company, Fosen Vind DA.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised the French Athletics Federation and its English, German, Italian and Spanish counterparts (UK Athletics, Deutsche Leichtathletik Marketing, Deutscher Leichtathletik Verband, Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera and Real Federación Española de Atletismo) on the creation of a French company structure, Athletics G5.

The above-mentioned federations agreed on a partnership with the aim to develop programmes and marketing rights, as well as the organisation of collective events that will be implemented by Athletics G5.

Clyde & Co has advised Beechcraft Defense Company on two Ministry of Defence PFI contracts

The PFI contracts, signed on 3 February, are in relation to a new training system that forms part of a wider deal agreed in 2008. Over £1bn is to be invested in the new Fixed Wing flying training system, which will provide the MoD with modern training aircraft as well as up-to-date ground-based training facilities such as simulators and classroom learning.

Linklaters LLP advised Eurex Clearing AG in connection with its new clearing model for U.S. clearing members and its approval by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a registered Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO). Such clearing model and DCO registration will enable Eurex Clearing AG to offer its service “EurexOTC Clear” for the clearing of interest rate swaps in the United States in future and to further increase its international presence.

Ashurst advised HM Treasury in relation to its guarantee of bonds issued to fund a student accommodation project at the University of Gloucestershire's Pittville campus, Pittville Student Village, in Cheltenham.

Niederer Kraft & Frey advises Capvis Equity Partners AG, the leading private equity firm in Switzerland and a top player in German-speaking Europe, in connection with its successful authorization by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA as asset manager of collective investment schemes. As of today, Niederer Kraft & Frey has a proven track record of – alone under the revised CISA – more than 10 successful FINMA authorizations of CISA asset managers.

Skadden is advising Japan-based Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Corporation in connection with its subscription, alongside Bpifrance, to the share capital increase of Vallourec for a total amount of €1 billion, announced February 2.

H &M is a multinational retail-clothing company based in Sweden. It operates in 61 countries through more than 3,700 stores. It is the second largest global clothing retailer, just behind Inditex, the parent company of Zara. It has recently announced plans to operate in Cyprus, where it will open its first store next year.  We advised H&M on all aspects of its move into the Cyprus market.