The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP today announced that Liz Blackwell has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Groups. Blackwell will reside in the St. Louis office.
Dentons is pleased to announce that Kip Daechsel has joined the Firm as a partner in our Corporate group.
With more than 30 years of experience, Kip’s practices business law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, sophisticated commercial agreements and corporate governance. Kip also advises financial institutions on regulatory matters. Clients frequently seek his counsel on strategic issues.
DLA Piper announced today that Scott Kapp has joined the firm's Real Estate practice as a partner in Chicago.
DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Dr Marie-Theres Rämer will join the firm as a partner in its Tax practice, based in Frankfurt.
Gilbert + Tobin today announced it is advising TSX/NASDAQ-listed The Stars Group Inc. on its acquisition of 80 percent of CrownBet and on CrownBet’s successful bid to acquire William Hill Australia.
Hogan Lovells has advised Swissport Group in connection with the financing and completion of its acquisition of Aerocare, the number one ground handling operator in Australia and New Zealand.
Swissport is the world’s largest provider of ground and cargo handling services in the aviation industry. It operates across 315 airports around the world with a work force in excess of 68,000 personnel.
On March 8, 2018, the Honorable Judge Amos L. Mazzant entered a Final Judgment awarding damages and attorneys’ fees of more than $24,000,000.00 to Plaintiff Tech Pharmacy Services, LLC and against Defendants Alixa Rx LLC, Golden Gate National Senior Care, LLC d/b/a Golden LivingCenters, and Fillmore Capital Partners LLC. This Final Judgment comes after a three-week jury trial in August and September 2017 in Sherman, Texas.
Osborne Clarke has advised the shareholders of Hills Balfour on its acquisition by leading US-based agency, MMGY Global.
Hills Balfour is Europe and Dubai’s leading travel, tourism and lifestyle communications partner, specialising in PR, digital, representation, crisis management, sales, trade and consumer marketing, branding and MICE. This strategic transaction will bring the two complementary businesses together enabling them to significantly expand their global footprint.
Shoosmiths acted as legal advisor to the developers of a landmark £160m skyscraper earmarked for a site in Leeds.
Leeds-based property developer Parklane Group instructed Shoosmiths to provide legal advice for the proposed development, which would total 33 storeys and comprise almost 485,000 sq ft of space.
The proposed INC building, on Wellington Street, would be developed into a mix of commercial, residential and leisure facilities. Plans for the scheme include a 198 unit aparthotel, 163 PRS apartments and 200 co-living apartments.
Slaughter and May advised Maersk Oil on competition and energy law aspects of Total S.A.’s acquisition of Maersk Oil from AP Moller Maersk for $8.1 billion. The transaction, which was completed on 8 March 2018, saw Total acquire Maersk’s upstream oil and gas division with around 1 billion boe of 2P/ 2C reserves and 160,000 boepd production from assets in Europe, Africa, Middle East, North America and South America.
Contacts
Competition: Phillippe Chappatte (partner), Ben Plant (associate); Corporate and Energy: Hywel Davies (partner)