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Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of Emma Pereira as Head of Real Estate, the promotion of Sarah Walker to the partnership and Catherine O'Driscoll to Senior Counsel.
Travers Smith LLP has advised an investment vehicle backed by longstanding client Bridgepoint Development Capital ("BDC") on its investment in Analysys Mason. Management shareholders are re-investing alongside BDC which is being acquired from Datatec, a company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Travers Smith LLP has announced two new senior promotions in its award-winning Pensions Sector Group. Effective from 1 July, Niamh Hamlyn becomes a Pensions Partner, and Chris Widdison will be promoted to Pensions Senior Counsel.
Further to our previous article here, the SFO has now secured a conviction against Glencore on seven counts of international bribery. The successful prosecution makes Glencore the first company to admit to bribing a person under the Bribery Act and is the SFO’s third corporate conviction under these rules.
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
This Pride month, GiveOut alongside founding sponsors Travers Smith and Allen & Overy, are proud to launch the LGBTQI Legal Aid Fund.
On 31 May 2022, the Government published its Response to the March 2021 consultation on Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has recently published its response to the consultation on data protection reform (which we previously wrote about here). For those disappointed by the lack of detail in the Queen's Speech on the Data Reform Bill, this response provides a clearer picture of UK data protection reforms to come – which measures the UK Government is taking forward, which it is dropping and which it needs to consider further. For the detail, we'll need to wait for the text of the draft Bill itself.
The European Council has issued its general approach (General Approach) on the European Commission's proposals to amend the existing Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD II).
The two-pillar corporate tax reform plan forms part of the OECD's project tackling base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). Whilst Pillar One – which aims to align taxing rights more closely with the location of customers – will only apply initially to MNEs with annual global turnover above €20bn, Pillar Two is expected to have a wider impact on businesses.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Equistone Partners Europe Limited ("Equistone") and other selling shareholders on the sale of OneOcean Group Limited ("OneOcean"), one of the largest global suppliers of voyage solutions in the maritime industry, to Lloyd's Register.
The use by GPs and LPs of the secondaries market is now an accepted tool for active portfolio fund management and for the last few years, has been the fastest growing section of the private equity industry.
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce the promotion of 11 lawyers to Senior Counsel as part of its 2022 promotions round. Six of the 11 promoted lawyers are women (55 per cent).
Share plan annual returns for the 2021/22 tax year need to be filed online by 6 July 2022 in respect of all your share incentive arrangements to avoid penalties (an initial penalty of £100 will be due if a return is just one day late).
Travers Smith is advising EMIS Group plc on its recommended £1.243bn takeover offer by Bordeaux UK Holdings II Limited, an affiliate of Optum Health Solutions (UK) Limited and a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated.
Last month, the UK Government set out its legislative programme for this Parliament in the Queen's Speech. In this briefing, we look at some of the proposals relevant to business which have had less media attention.
Travers Smith has advised Quilam Capital on the provision of a new significant committed debt facility to Perch Group, a Blackpool-headquartered specialist credit and asset management company.
Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce that for the third consecutive year its Funds team has won the "Legal: Fund Formation Award" at the 2022 Drawdown Awards.
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended legislating to impose a positive obligation on consumer-facing businesses to disclose information about the environmental impact of their products. It has also recommended changes designed to make it easier to enforce consumer law against companies making misleading environmental claims, to allow orders to be made requiring businesses to make redress payments for environmental harm and to increase supply chain transparency.