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Recent heavyweight work for this American-British law firm includes advising the property investment trust Shaftesbury on its all-share recommended merger with Capital & Counties Properties. Creating a combined portfolio of approximately £5 billion, it has been one of the largest share-for-share mergers involving two UK PLCs since 2019.
It advised the Crown Estate on the award of landmark agreements for the development of six fixed offshore wind projects, delivering renewable power to more than seven million homes.
The firm advised the UK government in successfully defending judicial review challenges brought by British Gas, Scottish Power and E.ON against the decision to approve the transfer of Bulb to Octopus. The team navigated complex and emerging issues in the context of a new and untested UK subsidy control process.
The firm is representing PrivatBank in a $2 billion fraud trial against the bank’s former owners Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov.
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As part of its commitment to providing pro bono advice to victims of terrorism, its lawyers acted for bereaved families in the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing.
★ Commended for administrative & public law; commercial dispute resolution; commercial property; company & commercial; intellectual property; mergers & acquisitions
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