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Keen legal insight on the world of business mergers and acquisition
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Memery Crystal lines up alongside Freshfields on £532m takeover deal
By Legal Week | August 13, 2009
London boutique Memery Crystal has won a role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the £532.1m acquisition of Emerald Energy by China's Sinochem. The firm is a longstanding adviser to FTSE 250 company Emerald Energy and is fielding a team of lawyers led by London corporate partner Andrew Titmas on the deal. The mandate sees the firm advising opposite Freshfields, which was drafted in to act for state-owned Sinochem on Sinochem Resources UK's recommended acquisition of Emerald Energy, which is still awaiting shareholder approval.
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A&O wins Lloyds role on £235m investment management sell-off
By Legal Week | August 12, 2009
Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed the lead role for Lloyds Banking Group on the sale of its Insight Investment Management subsidiary to Bank of New York Mellon for £235m. The magic circle firm was drafted in to advise Lloyds on the deal, which comprises Insight's external fund management operation, fielding a team led by corporate partner Alistair Asher.
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Ashurst set to lose senior partner quartet from Milan office
By Legal Week | August 11, 2009
Ashurst is set to lose four partners in Milan, including the local office's two leaders. Daniele Raynaud, who heads the Milan office, and Riccardo Agostinelli, Milan managing partner, are both set to leave the top 10 City firm. In addition, finance partner Lorenzo Vernetti and corporate partner Stefano Roncoroni are also departing. According to Ashurst, Agostinelli and Vernetti are leaving to join one firm, while Raynaud and Roncoroni will join another, although their destinations are unknown.
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Macfarlanes and Lovells head up £25m Friends Reunited sell-off
By Legal Week | August 11, 2009
City heavyweights Macfarlanes and Lovells have scored advisory roles on ITV's sell-off of social networking site Friends Reunited for just £25m. Macfarlanes corporate partner Nicola Richards has advised the acquirer, online technology and publishing business brightsolid, and its Dundee-based owner DC Thomson, which is one of Scotland's biggest privately-owned media and publishing groups.
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Mishcons finalises redundancy consultation with 16 staff laid off
By Legal Week | August 11, 2009
Mishcon de Reya has completed its second redundancy consultation with 16 people losing their jobs. The consultation, which concluded in July, has seen eight support staff lose their jobs alongside eight fee earners in the firm's corporate and real estate groups. No salaried partners were affected by the redundancies.
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Herbies wins role on Resolution's £1.86bn Friends Provident takeover
By Legal Week | August 11, 2009
Herbert Smith is the latest firm to land a role advising on the recommended £1.86bn takeover of Friends Provident by Resolution. The top 10 City firm is advising Resolution's banks, including Credit Suisse and Lazard, on the recommended acquisition, which was announced today (11 August).
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Weil Gotshal and Bakers lead on €250m private equity sell-off
By Legal Week | August 4, 2009
Weil Gotshal & Manges and Baker & McKenzie have taken lead roles on the €250m (£212.2m) private equity disposal of two European food distribution companies. South African trading and distribution company Bidvest is to acquire the Czech Republic's Nowaco and Poland's Farutex from funds associated with JP Morgan, and managed by CCMP Capital Advisors, and from Bancroft Private Equity.
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New SJB group targets private equity disputes
By Legal Week | August 4, 2009
SJ Berwin has pulled together lawyers from its litigation and corporate practices to create a new private equity and partnership dispute resolution practice. The new group - formed last month (15 July) - is headed by litigation partner Hilton Mervis and corporate partner Michael Halford.
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Pinsents leads for HSBC on £200m MBO
By Legal Week | August 4, 2009
Pinsent Masons has taken a role advising HSBC Private Equity on one of the largest private equity deals in Europe so far this year. The firm was one of four national firms to secure a role on the management buyout (MBO) of offshore oil and gas mooring company Viking Moorings, with HSBC Private Equity buying the company from Inflexion Private Equity for around £200m.
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Freshfields opts for Braham as new global head of corporate
By Legal Week | July 31, 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed London corporate partner Ed Braham as new global head of corporate. Braham officially takes over from the current incumbent Andreas Fabritius on 1 August, and has been appointed for a three-year term.
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