ArchiMed announces the purchase of Diesse Diagnostica Senese SpA (‘Diesse’) by Duomodiag Sarl, a holding company backed by ArchiMed through its MED II fund, with bank finance provided by leading Italian banks MPS Capital Services and BPER. The transaction was completed on May 2019. Diesse is an Italian developer of innovative in vitro diagnostic […]
Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (“YFM”), the specialist private equity fund manager, have backed a £3.6m investment into Wooshii Limited (“Wooshii”), a disruptive video agency. YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc. Wooshii, founded and led by Fergus Dyer-Smith, was built to […]
Calliditas Therapeutics AB (“Calliditas”) and Everest Medicines II Limited (“Everest”) announced that they have entered into a license agreement, in which Everest will develop and commercialize Calliditas’ leading drug candidate Nefecon in Greater China and Singapore for the chronic autoimmune kidney disease IgA Nephropathy (IgAN). Under the terms of the agreement, Calliditas will receive an […]
OSF Commerce, an OSF Global brand, announced the acquisition of award-winning UK eCommerce agency Blueleaf - whose clients include Laura Ashley, Life Style Sports, Tate Modern and V&A Museum – as part of its strategy to build a significant presence in the UK. Founded in 1999, with offices in the UK and Bulgaria, Blueleaf provides top retailers […]
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners, advised Attica Bank SA (“Attica bank”), the major Greek non-systemic lender, in the sale of a junior note in the principal amount of €339,375,000, issued (together with a senior-tranche note) by a Luxembourg SPV in consideration for Attica bank’s securitised portfolio of non-performing loans […]
When making the transition to partner, you will need to develop an understanding of the key financial information you will now see, changes in the way you will be taxed and how to use your earnings as efficiently as possible and prepare your finances for retirement. Accounts and management Becoming a partner within a law […]
Speaking to a number of whistleblowers at a recent event in London, two things occurred to me. Firstly, those who had blown the whistle on former employers felt that their careers in that industry were effectively over. And, secondly, despite whistleblowers risking their livelihoods to expose wrongdoing, they felt that the organisations in question had […]
I didn’t expect this month’s article to feature the name ‘Kim Kardashian West’, yet here we are… Late last month, the reality TV star was in the spotlight for the rather controversial, trademarked brand name for her line of new shapewear: Kimono. Now, she has since stated she will be changing the name of her […]
He has litigated every type of intellectual property issue, including patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, and copyright cases. In addition, he has served as a court-appointed special master over intellectual property issues and has also testified as an expert witness in numerous, highly technical business tort and patent litigation matters. How does he do it? […]
What would you say are the top three things your clients should acknowledge in order to avoid disputes during their projects? The very first word that comes to my mind is ‘Contract’. Read, understand and administer your contract correctly. While studying for my MSc degree in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College, London, […]
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