CMS Cameron McKenna was instructed to advise longstanding client Nomura International’s Principal Group on its bid for Meridien Hotels some six months ago. The deal was closed just 21 days after Nomura was announced as preferred bidder.`Camerons’ corporate partner and relationship partner for Nomura Richard Price led a team of more than 80 lawyers in […]
UCI’s passion for turing unused sites into entertainment meccas sets it apart from the rest and with a growing number of European operations, the company’s legal department is always on the lookout for support. Naomi Rovnick reports Manchester-based United Cinemas International (UCI) builds multiplex cinemas. It does not gobble up high-street cinemas in the same […]
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has done its first deal for the management of Bourne Leisure Group, advising on its buyout of Haven’s 12 caravan parks to form a new company named Park Resorts.`The management buyin and buyout created a company worth £46m, making it the UK’s second-largest caravan park group. David Vaughan, former managing director […]
DLA is continuing to strengthen its practice in Asia as it recruits an aviation partner in Hong Kong. Paul Freeman was previously based in Singapore, where he was a partner at Beaumont and Son. He will work with London-based partner Nigel Wright to develop a network of specialist aviation lawyers in Hong Kong, Singapore and […]
Richards Butler has hired shipping partner Charlie Weller from niche shipping firm Jackson Parton. The move marks a return to Richards Butler for Weller, who trained at the firm. He moved to Jackson Parton as a junior assistant in May 1994 and became a partner there in 1997. Shipping group head Adam Morgan says that […]
Sale and leaseback based on turnover will revelutionise hotel sector SJ Berwin and Berwin Leighton have broken new ground in the property world by advising on the innovative sale and leaseback of 11 Hilton hotels to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for £312m. The structure of the property finance deal is seen as a […]
Despite the pay cut, Kenneth Gray is looking forward to leaving Norton Rose and escaping from the City to work with people living with HIV Kenneth Gray has three months left before he clears his desk and leaves Norton Rose after 15 years to step into the great unknown. The Norton Rose aviation finance partner […]
Sue Ashton is the sole in-house lawyer for hotel giant Britannia, one minute doing employment work, the next sitting opposite a magic circle firm and holding her own in a multi-million-pound sale. Emma D’Souza reports. Britannia Hotels is a group of 19 privately-owned hotels in Britain, which include those in Aberdeen, the Britannia Adelphi Hotel […]
Roger Parker becomes Richards Butler’s managing partner in December. Fiona Callister discovers the three-point plan of the man who says that management is where the heart is. Roger Parker seems to be somewhat distracted. Obviously his new position as managing partner of Richards Butler is using up all of his concentration. Parker constantly stops to […]
With impending EU employment laws, Premiership success, a busy business facilities division and ambitious plans for a new stadium, Leicester City FC’s single in-house lawyer certainly has his work cut out. Mary Murphy reports The Past year has seen the emergence of some major issues in the football world and for the lawyers who work […]
Shoosmiths has lost its shipping practice to south coast firm Lester Aldridge after it poached two marine-specialist partners and an associate to open a new office in Southampton. Partners Jonathan HadleyPiggin and Russell Kelly and associate Gus Lewis are all joining the practice, called LA Marine, which is expected to turn over £500,000 in its […]
Workspace Group sells the Ensign Court development, London EC1 to Structadene Group for £4.65m and reinvests proceeds in properties in the London and Thames Valley regions. Workspace advised by Norton Rose (Lindsay Morgan). Structadene advised by Nicholson Graham & Jones (Sheila Stewart). The sellers of the properties in London and Thames Valley, Arlo and Winwood […]