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What Do US Companies Need to Consider During UK M&A Deals?

31st July 2018
With a vast amount of people working on ensuring things run smoothly, especially when the deal is cross-border and involving multiple jurisdictions and their respective legislations, employment law is often not the first aspect on the team’s mind. Jonathan Carr, Partner at Lewis Silkin LLP, discusses due diligence in employment law, and what companies should […]
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Tighter Borders and Sealed Doors: Will Immigration Restrictions Change Business?

31st July 2018
Immigration: It is a sensitive topic to say the least. Brexit was half an opportunity to spew negativity towards immigrants with famous quotes, as follows: ‘they are taking all of our jobs!’ and ‘I want my country back!’… like they had lost it in the first place. The more extreme xenophobic comments surfaced from an […]
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Forgotten Problems: When M&A Meets IP

31st July 2018
What IP issues should you consider when buying a company? How about when you are the one selling your company? What even is a strong patent portfolio? We speak with two experts who help to answer IP related queries.   What are important compliance issues when devising a patent portfolio? Based on our experience the […]
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Rise of Crypto: What Should We Be Concerned About?

31st July 2018
How will we ensure that a delicate balance is achieved when regulating cryptocurrencies? Dr Christian Ellul, is a lawyer who specialises in blockchain and crypto advisory and according to him: “I am an advocate for regulation, insofar as I believe this is the only way we will ensure cryptocurrencies become universally accepted, useable and beneficial […]
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The Journey to GDPR: Compliance Did Not End on 25 May

31st July 2018
By Aaron Simpson, James Henderson and Olivia Lee, Hunton Andrews Kurth The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has now been in force for two months, and anyone who expected the dust to settle before summer will be sorely disappointed.  In the months leading up to the GDPR’s implementation, 42-46% of businesses surveyed by the Ponemon […]
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The Clearway Group Raises £23 Million

29th June 2018
The Clearway Group has secured a £23 million funding package to support its growth strategy. The company - a vacant property service business that provides technological solutions (such as alarms and CCTV) – raised the money from the banks Santander and BGF. DLA Piper, CMS Cameron Nabarro McKenna Olswang LLP, Alternative Avocats and Reed Smith […]
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UKWSL Acquires 707 Resource Management

29th June 2018
UKWSL continues its rapid expansion in the UK waste, recycling and resource management market and announced the acquisition of 707 Ltd trading as “707 Resource Management”. Otley based 707 Ltd is a nationwide waste broker providing management, collection and recycling services to all types of businesses and commercial organisations. The company services in excess of […]
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