Olswang has advised WME | IMG, the global leader in entertainment, sports and fashion, on its new strategic partnership with Frieze, a prestigious London-based arts media and events company.
Slaughter and May advised Frieze, a leading arts media and events company, on its strategic partnership with WME | IMG, a global leader in entertainment, sports and fashion.
Contacts
Corporate: Mark Zerdin (partner), Tom O’Neill (associate), Richard Batstone (associate); Employment: Jonathan Fenn (partner), Rosemary Nelson (associate); Tax: Gareth Miles (partner), Ed Moberly (associate); IP: Cathy Connolly (partner), Richard McDonnell (associate)
Slaughter and May advised Singbridge International Singapore Pte Ltd. (Singbridge), through its subsidiary Maxwell Investment and Development Pte Ltd. (Maxwell Investment), on its formation of a joint venture with Cosmos Harvest Development Limited (Cosmos Harvest), an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Land Limited.
Slaughter and May advised Premier Foods plc (Premier Foods) in relation to the takeover proposals received from McCormick & Company, Inc., regarding a possible all cash offer which valued Premier Foods at approximately £537 million. The latest proposal was rejected by Premier Foods’ board and McCormick has announced that it does not intend to make an offer for Premier Foods.
Schoenherr advised Hyatt International, one of the biggest hotel investor and operator groups worldwide headquartered in Chicago, USA, on the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture structure for the construction and operation of a five-star hotel branded 'Andaz am Belvedere' together with the Austrian Signa Group.
Norton Rose Fulbright has acted for Blue Sky Group in a student accommodation joint venture with Goldman Sachs.
Our Brisbane-based team negotiated and documented the joint venture arrangement for the acquisition and development of student accommodation sites throughout Australia and New Zealand. The 50/50 joint venture had an initial stage that required Goldman Sachs to contribute sufficient equity to buy a 50 per cent interest in three existing development sites owned by Blue Sky or funds that it managed.
Ashurst advised Westfield on its 50/50 joint venture with Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft (CRI), the German open-ended fund, in connection with the extension to the Westfield London shopping centre which, on completion, will be the largest mall in Europe.
The joint venture with CRI will extend the market leading retail scheme by over 500,000 square feet.
Hugh Lumby, global head of real estate, commented:
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, wholly owned by sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority, on the formation of a £1.4 billion residential property joint venture with Delancey’s flagship client fund DV4 and the Dutch pension fund asset manager APG, by means of the sale of interests in East Village (the former Olympic Village) and the acquisition of interests in the first phase of the Elephant & Castle Town Centre redevelopment.
Norton Rose Fulbright New York and Washington, DC offices recently advised client Pfizer on a first-of-its-kind research collaboration with IBM to develop innovative remote monitoring solutions aimed at transforming how clinicians deliver care to patients suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Gowling WLG's life sciences experts have advised long-standing client (Heptares Therapeutics (Heptares) on a definitive $3.375 billion agreement with Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allergan plc, a leading global pharmaceutical company.