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Travers Smith LLP has advised Canaccord Genuity Limited (Canaccord Genuity) and Jefferies International Limited (Jefferies) as joint global co-ordinators, joint bookrunners and joint brokers to Jet2 plc (Jet2) on its cashbox placing and retail offer to raise gross proceeds of £422 million.
Travers Smith LLP has advised S.A. Brain & Company, Limited (Brains) on a deal with Marston's plc (Marstons) which will see Marstons take on the operation of 156 Brains' pubs in Wales.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Canaccord Genuity Limited (Canaccord Genuity) and Jefferies International Limited (Jefferies) as joint global co-ordinators, joint bookrunners and joint brokers to Jet2 plc (Jet2) on its cashbox placing and retail offer to raise gross proceeds of £422 million.
The sustainability agenda is inevitably resulting in a wave of new regulation for alternative asset managers as well as the wider business community, a trend which looks set to continue in the coming years.
With recent press reports that the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is going to stick with the Conservative manifesto 'triple lock' pledge you may be wondering how he might raise tax at next month's Budget without actually raising tax rates.
Travel restrictions and other measures imposed or recommended by governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-related restrictions) have now been in place in the UK and elsewhere for much longer than was perhaps envisaged in early 2020.
In November 2020 the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a report reviewing capital gains tax which included the following recommendations:
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
The draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) to supplement the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) have been issued by the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and are available here .
The scope and application of the AIFMD portfolio company provisions - including the "anti-asset stripping rules" – have changed significantly as a result of Brexit. This briefing highlights how these changes may affect your firm.
Updated 2 September 2021
Our annual briefing highlighting the key 2020 legal developments which impact the funds' industry and previews what can be expected in 2021.
At 11 p.m. on 31 December 2020, the Transition Period (during which the UK was effectively treated as still part of the EU) came to an end. In our previous article, "Social Security and Brexit: Where are we now?", we highlighted the risks faced by UK employers with employees working in the EU if no agreement on social security coordination was reached by that point.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Clearbell Property Partners III LP (Clearbell), a fund managed by long-term client Clearbell Capital LLP on the acquisition of the 120,000 sq ft Orbital retail park in Cannock, Staffordshire.
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) signed by the UK and EU in December 2020 contains few provisions which are directly relevant to M&A – but there are provisions on investment and the end of the Brexit transition period is likely to have a significant impact, both on M&A and the wider investment landscape.
Welcome to the third edition of our quarterly disputes newsletter, which covers key developments in the dispute resolution sphere over the last three months or so.
It was commonplace 100 years ago for photographs to be taken in and around court rooms and published in the press. However, the practice became controversial, and since 1925 it has been an offence to take photographs, videos or other recordings in court, and to transmit or publish them.