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A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

Travers Smith LLP has acted for Bytes Technology Group plc (LSE: BYIT) on the demerger of the Bytes Group from Altron, a South African listed technology company, and its oversubscribed initial public offering and listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, with a secondary inward listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The Bytes Group raised gross proceeds of approximately £352.4 million in the IPO.

A guide to future employment and immigration law. 

The FCA's first consultation paper on the new UK prudential regime for investment firms.

"Housing with care" is a type of retirement housing in which older people can receive the services, facilities and help that they need without losing their independence. 

Travers Smith LLP has advised Inflexion on the recommended voluntary cash offer for Infront ASA.

Opportunities abound but beware of the pitfalls

With the end of the Brexit transition period fast approaching and COVID-related delays leading to congestion at ports, Travers Smith spoke to Stephen Carr, Group Commercial Director of long-standing client Peel Ports. Our briefing looks at how Brexit and COVID-19 could reshape the "distribution map" of the UK and increase UK manufacturing activity.

Travers Smith LLP has advised on the simultaneous main market IPOs of 3 companies, Marwyn Acquisition Company I Limited, Marwyn Acquisition Company II Limited and Marwyn Acquisition Company III Limited on the London Stock Exchange. Each company is the latest acquisition company launched by long-standing client Marwyn.

We spoke with Stephen Carr, Group Commercial Director of Peel Ports, and discussed how Brexit and COVID-19 could reshape the "distribution map" of the UK and increase UK manufacturing activity. We also examined the opportunities and challenges of the UK Government's freeports proposal.

On 21 October 2020, the ICO published an updated version of its Right of Access guidance ("the Guidance"), which followed a period of consultation earlier this year.

In November 2020 the Supreme Court unanimously decided in Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions Ltd [2020] UKSC 45 that the housing association who had taken a transfer of housing from a developer, who had knowingly built in breach of a restrictive covenant, was not entitled to secure its release or modification under section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925. Despite the pressing need for affordable housing, the Court held that the developer should not be rewarded for presenting the Tribunal with a fait accompli.

This briefing was updated in February 2021. 

The end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 will make a difference to the way that the UK and EU merger control regimes work. Here's what you need to know:

This briefing was updated in February 2021.

What difference does the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 make to UK and EU competition law? And how likely is it that the UK will increasingly diverge from the EU in its approach to competition law?

Travers Smith LLP has advised Hillebrand, a global transport and logistics provider to the alcoholic beverage industry and products that require special care, on its acquisition of Braid, a key player in bulk liquids logistics, on 22 October 2020. 

Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Livingbridge and the management shareholders on the sale of a majority stake in Exclaimer, a leading provider of email signature management software, to Insight Partners, with participation from Farview Equity Partners.

Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client The Access Group on the acquisition of Abintegro Limited from its shareholders.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

With the end of the Brexit transition period fast approaching, as the UK enters a new era in charge of its own data protection regime, and with the Government's ambitious aspirations for a high tech, data-driven post-Brexit economy, in our recent webinar we looked at: