Irwin Mitchell’s Banking Team Advises Arbuthnot Commercial ABL On Its First Deal

OSET Bikes Limited has secured a working capital facility from Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending to help fund its rapid business growth.

OSET Bikes Limited is a leading designer and manufacturer of electric trial, dirt, off-road and motocross motorcycles for children. It was established in 2004 and since then OSET has built a presence in over 25 countries around the world.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Proparco, the French development finance institution and Dutch development bank, FMO, in relation to the financing of a 37MW solar PV project in Westmoreland, Jamaica. When complete it will be the largest in Jamaica.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the management team of private equity Buy & Build specialist, Sovereign Capital Partners (Sovereign) portfolio company Linneaus Group, on its sale of market leading veterinary service provider, Linnaeus, to Mars Petcare’s Veterinary Health Group, a part of Mars, Incorporated.

Joseph Vallo has joined Locke Lord’s West Palm Beach office as a Partner in the Firm’s Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Vallo has nearly 30 years of experience working in securities arbitration and compliance and will strengthen the Firm’s capabilities for clients faced with securities litigation and enforcement matters.

Roger Burlingame has joined leading global law firm Dechert LLP as a partner in London. Uniquely positioned as a former senior U.S. federal prosecutor resident in London, his practice focuses on the white-collar representation of high-level executives and corporations in cross-border investigations and proceedings involving U.S. regulators and prosecutors.  

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has announced that leading finance attorney Paul F. Kruger has joined the firm's Structured Finance and Securitization practice in New York. Kruger has represented some of the world's leading financial institutions, private equity investors, sovereign wealth funds and corporations on transactions across the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

King & Spalding has announced that Erik Andersen, Elizabeth Gable and Jared Zaben have joined the firm as partners in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group. The team has joined the firm’s New York office and advises financial institutions, alternative capital and debt funds, private equity funds, family offices and other money sources in real estate related transactions.

International legal business DWF has appointed corporate partner Giovanni Cucchiarato to its Milan office.

DLA Piper has announcesd that Martin Nelson-Jones will be joining the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice, based in London.

Martin will be joining the firm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was a partner since 2001 and served as co-head of their global infrastructure and transport sector group. He specialises in M&A and has worked across a range of sectors, including energy and infrastructure. Martin advises both corporates and financial investors.

Global law firm Dentons has announced the hire of partner Gianpaolo Garofalo to lead the Structured Finance group within the Banking and Finance practice in Italy.