Sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its global construction practice with the hire of partner Ben Bury.
Bury, who joins the firm's Hong Kong office from Jones Day, is the sixth construction partner to join HFW in the past 15 months.
Gowling WLG is pleased to share that Will Cascadden has rejoined the firm’s Employment, Labour & Equalities Group as a partner in Calgary.
Cascadden’s practice encompasses a comprehensive range of employment and labour issues, from collective bargaining and group dismissals, to policy development and human rights issues. His clients include employers across a breadth of sectors, including oil and gas, oilfield services, utility companies, financial institutions, governments and not-for-profit organizations.
Niederer Kraft Frey acted as transaction counsel in connection with the inaugural CHF 200,000,000 bond offering by VAT Group AG (VAT). The bonds have an interest of 1.50% per annum and are due 2023. Credit Suisse acted as lead manager, while Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative and St. Galler Kantonalbank collectively acted as co-managers. The bonds will be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke advises a syndicate of investors led by Gilde Healthcare and Versant Ventures with additional support of MRL Ventures Fund in the EUR 16 million financing round of Lava Therapeutics.
The funding will support development of LAVA's proprietary pipeline of bispecific gamma-delta (gd) T cell engagers for the treatment of cancer.
The Osborne Clarke team in Amsterdam was led by partner Herke van Hulst and consisted of Senior Associates Geoffrey Beurskens and Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen and Associate Niels Dolk.
International law firm Pinsent Masons and the Swedish law firm Advokatfirman Lindahl have advised the Swedish BEWi Group on the acquisition of the Dutch insulation manufacturer Synbra Holding B.V. by a consortium led by Gilde Buy Out Partners.
TLT has advised ExamWorks UK, a leading provider of medical report and rehabilitation services, on a multi-million pound acquisition (subject to regulatory approval) of the Kindertons Group, a market leader in the accident management and mobility segment.
ExamWorks UK is part of the global ExamWorks family of companies, a market leading provider of independent medical examinations and related services in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia, with global revenues of $1.2bn and 4,800 employees. It is backed by US private equity house Leonard Green & Partners.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Finatem, a leading independent private equity firm focussing on investing in German “Mittelstand” companies, on its acquisition of Gothaer Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH (“GFT”), a manufacturer of highly specialised products for the crane and construction industry. The parties have agreed not to disclose further details of the transaction.
Allen & Overy has advised SEB Fund Services S.A., a Luxembourg subsidiary of the Swedish banking group Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), on its acquisition by FundRock Management Company S.A.
SEB Fund Services S.A. is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEB that handles legal and administrative services for medium-sized Nordic asset managers with mutual funds domiciled in Luxembourg.
DLA Piper has represented publicly-owned utility Scottish Water on the re-procurement of its core IT and telecoms infrastructure. The deal sees the formation of a strategic Digital Technology Partnership, with contracts with an estimated total value of between £200 million and £300 million awarded to Atos and Capgemini.
DLA Piper secured a victory this week in its representation of WebSpectator Corporation, a Santa Monica-based company that pioneered online analytics and attention ad space, as the plaintiff before the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The litigation against the company's former officers and directors included claims for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and RICO, among other causes of action.