The Paris office of Eversheds Sutherland continues to grow as it announces the arrival of new partner Sébastien Pontillo within the Corporate department, expanding the private equity practice.

Sébastien has significant experience in leveraged buyouts, as well as in restructurings, joint-venture agreements, and the conduct of strategic projects. Sébastien advises investment funds, banks, industrial groups and management teams on international as well as domestic transactions.

Arrival of partner with extensive contentious regulatory and government investigations experience in Asia further bolsters global capabilities.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has strengthened its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Mattias von Buttlar as a partner in the Firm's Frankfurt office. Von Buttlar joins White & Case from Clifford Chance.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has strengthened its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the additions in Johannesburg of Gary Felthun as a partner, and Craig Atkinson as a local partner.

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has strengthened its industry-leading international risk practice with the appointment of Judith Seddon, one of the UK’s leading financial crime lawyers. Judith will join the firm as a partner and co-head of the firm’s London international risk practice, alongside US and England & Wales qualified partner Amanda Raad.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Aschheim-based Munich Brand Hub AG on converting receivables from a bond issued by Laurèl GmbH into shares in Munich Brand Hub AG (“debt-to-equity swap”). The company was also advised on listing the shares on the Munich Stock Exchange.
 

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Aschheim-based Munich Brand Hub AG on converting receivables from a bond issued by Laurèl GmbH into shares in Munich Brand Hub AG (“debt-to-equity swap”). The company was also advised on listing the shares on the Munich Stock Exchange.
 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised the Colorado Department of Transportation, the Colorado Bridge Enterprise and the Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise on their procurement of the Central 70 P3 Project.

Hill Dickinson’s Manchester corporate team has advised Waterland Private Equity on a multi-million pound investment in Gas Tag, the pioneering technology company.

The deal, which values Gas Tag at well in excess of £20 million, will enable the Liverpool-headquartered business to continue to scale up rapidly both within the UK and internationally.

In return for the investment, Waterland will gain a minority stake and two of its senior team will join the board of the company.

Macfarlanes has advised Twenty14 Holdings, the hospitality investment arm of Abu Dhabi-based conglomerate Lulu Group International, on the £85m acquisition of The Caledonian, a Hilton owned and Waldorf Astoria branded hotel in central Edinburgh.

Twenty14 Holdings has a strategy of investing in profitable luxury sites while preserving their historical legacy and plans to invest an additional £20m sensitively renovating and expanding the hotel by a further 50 rooms over the next few years.