Global law firm Clyde & Co has appointed a new Partner in Sydney. Jacinta Studdert joins the firm with more than 25 years of experience in environment, development and planning law, including 18 years as a partner.
The Orange County office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added J. David Bournazian as a shareholder. He joins the firm’s Litigation, Trial, Real Estate Litigation, Construction Law, and Retail Practices. A nationally recognized trial attorney, Bournazian joins from Troutman Sanders where he was a partner.
Global law firm DLA Piper has been joined by leading construction and infrastructure partner Sarah Thomas, along with four other lawyers.
""Sarah is a leading international construction lawyer and brings a wealth of experience to our existing 50 strong UK Construction team.""
PARIS – Dechert LLP advised the shareholders of NHCO Nutrition, a France-based company specializing in dietary supplements distributed in drugstores, on the sale of 100% of its share capital to Chiesi, an international research-oriented healthcare group.
Focusing on research and innovation in the field of nutrition sciences and Aminoscience (amino acid science), NHCO Nutrition is among the leading players in the world of dietary supplements thanks to its strategy of product differentiation and its commercial approach to customer services.
Milbank has successfully represented funds advised or managed by KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC and Pemberton Capital Advisors LLP on the acquisition of the majority ownership of the Casual Dining Group (“CDG”). CDG is one of the largest casual dining groups in the UK with close to 300 locations, operating such restaurant brands as Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas.
Squire Patton Boggs in Birmingham has advised Ireland’s largest hotel operator, Dalata Hotel Group plc, on an agreement to acquire the long leasehold interest of a hotel under development, located at Aldgate, London, for a total consideration of £91 million. The firm also advised Dalata, which trades under the Clayton Hotels and Maldron Hotels brands, on its acquisition of Hotel du Tour in Birmingham last year.
International law firm Ashurst is advising Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint sponsors to Whitbread in relation to its proposed sale of Costa to The Coca-Cola Company for an enterprise value of £3.9 billion, announced today.
The proposed sale is a Class 1 transaction for Whitbread under the Listing Rules and is therefore conditional, among other matters, upon the approval of shareholders. Completion of the transaction is expected during the first half of 2019.
Leading law firm Blake Morgan has advised Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, on obtaining a 25 year lease on a new retail unit on Queens Street in central Oxford.
Clifford Chance has advised CBRE Global Investors, a global real asset investment management firm, on the sale of Wars Sawa Junior Shopping Centre in Warsaw to Atrium Real Estate for over EUR 300 million, on behalf of the Property Fund Central and Eastern Europe (‘the Fund’). Wars & Sawa and Junior is a prime two-story shopping centrum in Warsaw, also known as Domy Towarowe Centrum.
Linklaters has advised Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited (“Triton Knoll”), on the project financing of the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm. The total planned investment comprises in excess of £2bn, including debt facilities from a total of 15 banks. Financial Close was achieved today.