2017

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Leticia Piloto-Rodriguez Speaks About Providing In-House Counsel

1st February 2017
We get the opportunity to speak to Chief Litigation Officer Leticia Piloto-Rodriguez, who reveals her secret to how she maintains her AV Preeminent® Rating. Providing in-house counsel to two upcoming companies: HotelPlanner and Meetings.com, Leticia speaks about the issues she deals with on a daily basis and how to avoid tarnishing relationships during money disputes. […]
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KRUK acquires Credit Base International

1st February 2017
 KRUK closed the transaction to acquire Credit Base International S.r.l. - the company it has worked with for the past few months on portfolio valuations and debt collection on the Italian market. Acquisition and integration of the company with 34 staff members, will support the expansion of KRUK’s operations in Italy. The target company’s 2015 […]
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Saint Gobain acquires Pietta Glass

1st February 2017
Saint-Gobain Strengthens Its Positions in Flat Glass in Romania Saint-Gobain has acquired the entire share capital of Romanian company Pietta Glass Working, active in glass processing and insulating glazing systems for façade markets and certain industrial applications. Pietta Glass sales should reach €20 million in 2016, with a strong potential for growth over the next […]
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BNP Paribas REIM SGR bought property in Milan on behalf of the Real Estate Fund HITA1

1st February 2017
BNP Paribas REIM SGR, on behalf of the Real Estate Fund ‘HITA1’ of Hayrish Italy, acquired from Banco Popolare Soc. Coop. the building located in via Bagutta 2 in Milan (called Garage Traversi), thus perfecting the first operation of the Fund's investment. The property was purchased for a total value of approximately €70 million with […]
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Stellar Acquisition III Inc. Completes $65,000,000 Initial Public Offering

1st February 2017
Stellar Acquisition III Inc. (NASDAQ: STLRU) (the "Company" or "Stellar"), announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 6,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The closing of the Company's initial public offering was consummated on or about August 24, 2016. Each unit consists of one share of the Company's common stock […]
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Intesa Sanpaolo Group sells Setefi, Intesa Sanpaolo Card to Mercury fund

1st February 2017
Intesa Sanpaolo has entered into a sale-and-purchase agreement in respect of the sale of the total share capital of its subsidiaries Setefi and Intesa Sanpaolo Card to a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury UK Holdco Limited (Mercury) for a counter value of €1,035 million in cash. Mercury, which already owns Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari […]
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GoDaddy to acquire Host Europe Group

1st February 2017
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the world's largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Host Europe Group (HEG) for €1.69 billion (US$1.79 billion), including €605 million paid to the selling shareholders and €1.08 billion in assumed net debt. The transaction has been approved by the GoDaddy board of directors and […]
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UK SMEs Lukewarm about 2017 Prospects

1st February 2017
Almost three in every five (57%) SME business owners say that they do not feel confident about the UK’s economic outlook for 2017, according to the Close Brothers Business Barometer. The quarterly survey questions over 900 UK SME owners and senior management across a range of sectors and regions. Firms at the smaller end of […]
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Expert Insight into… Tax – A.S & Associates

1st February 2017
Over the recent years, one of the most densely populated countries has developed drastically and rises to become more economically prevalent. This month we hear from A.S.A Bari, who gives deep insights into tax in the aforementioned country, Bangladesh, and it is continuing to develop and help encourage citizens to pay tax; he also touches […]
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Hotel Wars: Nick Jones on Hotel Disputes

1st February 2017
Finding the perfect hotel can be troublesome as compromising on sleep is never a welcomed option; very rarely we consider that whilst we are losing sleep in a run-down hotel, that the owner is in a nearby room losing sleep over the battle they face with their management company. In fact, even the best hotels […]
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