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Travers Smith LLP has advised BUUK Infrastructure (“BUUK”) on its acquisition of Levelise Limited ("Levelise"), a home energy management system that links high numbers of domestic battery systems to a suite of advanced algorithmic controls. The transaction also involved the transfer of assets from Social Energy Limited to Levelise prior to completion.
The Court of Appeal has recently considered the Henderson abuse principle, which precludes a party from raising in subsequent proceedings matters which were not but could and should have been raised in earlier ones.
In the recent case of Norton and another v HMRC [2023] UT/2021/000057, the Upper Tribunal had to consider whether a discovery assessment issued before the end of the normal enquiry window was valid.
Travers Smith LLP has advised DIF Capital Partners (“DIF”) on its investment in Pinnacle Power Limited, a leading UK district heating platform. We advised DIF on the terms of the acquisition through which DIF will control a significant majority in the company, with the management team retaining a minority stake.
The secondaries market has evolved rapidly in recent years and continues to grow and diversify, providing private market investors with a wide range of liquidity options.
The UK government has published its 2023 Green Finance Strategy (Strategy) which sets out its proposals for mobilising green finance and investment in the UK. This supports the UK commitment at COP26 to become the world's first Net Zero-aligned Financial Centre.
Although pricing will often loom large in negotiations, provisions setting out the mechanics of the payment process and related terms don't always get the attention they deserve – which can lead to problems once the contract is being performed. In this briefing, we look at some key issues that suppliers and customers need to watch out for.
ClientEarth v Shell plc
Travers Smith LLP has advised Shawbrook Bank (Shawbrook) on the provision of a unitranche facility provided to Queen's Park Equity (QPE) in relation to its acquisition of YayYay Limited (YayYay).
Travers Smith LLP has advised Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions, as distributor of the Brookfield fund, on the successful launch of Brookfield Infrastructure Income Fund ("BII") in Europe and Asia Pacific.
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In this week's issue of Alternative Insights, we are looking at the impact of the EU's new foreign subsidies regulation on private equity deals.
Travers Smith LLP has advised its long-standing client and experienced infrastructure investor Ancala Partners LLP ('Ancala'), on the acquisition of a significant majority stake (75%) in the Fjord Base Group (‘Fjord Base’).
Travers Smith has advised financial advisory firm finnCap on its all-share merger with Cenkos Securities that will create a leading provider in fundraising and advisory services for quoted growth and investment companies.
Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Ancala Partners LLP (Ancala), the critical mid-market infrastructure investor, on the €136.2 million acquisition of aerial emergency services businesses from Babcock International Group plc (Babcock) in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
In line with its public commitment to promote environmental sustainability and help accelerate the transition to a net zero economy, the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has recently published its draft guidance on the application of the Chapter 1 prohibition to environmental sustainability agreements ("Guidance"). If implemented, the Guidance will provide business with greater comfort in assessing the legality and risk profile of their environmentally focussed agreements – at least in the UK.
UK data protection reform, take 2.
The Government has promised to introduce a new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill in this session of Parliament, which is expected to have a significant impact on how competition law is enforced in the digital space. In this briefing, we therefore take a look at what recent CMA activity tells us about the rationale for the new legislation once it is in force, and how it has highlighted a desire for key reforms to the UK competition law regime.