Charles Russell has advised Proteom, a product-oriented bioformatics company, on the £3m funding of the company by Avlar BioVentures and Technomark Medical Ventures. Partner Katy Knight led the team, assisted by Nadia Grainger. Weil Gotshal & Manges associate James Halstead advised Avlar BioVentures, with David Mardle of Taylor Joynson Garrett advising Technomark Medical Ventures.
Clifford Chance has advised Barclays Capital on financing the acquisition by a Guernsey subsidiary of gold producer Gold Fields of 71% of the shares in Abosso Goldfields, a Ghanaian gold mining company. White & Case, led by associate Craig Nethercott, advised Gold Fields.
