Olswang has advised consumer goods giant Unilever on a 'first of its kind', global cloud project which will transform the way Unilever's Customer Development function operates.
03 February 2017
International law firm Olswang has advised clients of the leading property asset management specialist BMO Real Estate Partners (BMO REP) on a £191 million real estate portfolio acquisition of three retail assets across the UK: the flagship Debenhams store in Manchester, Clifton Moor Shopping Centre in York and Westgate Retail Park in Wakefield.
18 January 2017
Olswang has advised Munich-based technology and media company Hubert Burda Media on its 100% acquisition of Immediate Media, the UK content and digital platform group from Exponent Private Equity and Management.
12 January 2017
International law firm Olswang today announces the launch of a Public Policy offering in Singapore. The launch recognises the work the team has been doing to help companies, industry bodies and policy-makers in Asia navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape in technology, media and telecoms (TMT).
10 January 2017
Olswang has advised Iliffe Media, the publisher owned by the Hon. Edward Iliffe, on its acquisition of 13 local newspaper titles and associated websites in East Anglia and the East Midlands from Johnston Press plc.
21 December 2016
Olswang has advised leading online luxury fashion retailer YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP (YNAP) on the UK aspects of its joint venture with Symphony Investments, an entity controlled by Mohamed Alabbar.
30 November 2016
Olswang has advised Kaupthing ehf on the sale of its 50 per cent interest in the Fitzroy Place development to Ashby Capital LLP. The sale valued Kaupthing's stake at £217.1m, with Aviva Investors retaining its 50 per cent share of the joint venture which owns Fitzroy Place.
28 November 2016
Olswang has advised private equity real estate fund manager Benson Elliot Capital Management LLP on its purchase of Slough Retail Park from Standard Life Investments.
25 November 2016
Olswang has been recognised once again by leading legal directory Chambers and Partners in its UK 2017 edition. The firm has been ranked in 33 categories, with 45 individual rankings achieved.
11 November 2016
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28 October 2016
Finance
Olswang has advised Internet of Things (IoT) provider Telit Communications on securing a new committed credit arrangement for US$75m in partnership with HSBC plc. The arrangement with HSBC plc comprises a five-year-term facility for US$40m and a committed three year term revolving credit facility for US$35m.
19 October 2016
Real Estate
International law firm Olswang's Real Estate team has completed on a property asset sale for long-standing client Alecta, one of Sweden's largest pension fund managers. Led by Partner Martyn Needham, the deal is one of the biggest UK real estate deals of 2016.
17 October 2016
The Partners of CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to combine their firms and create a new City powerhouse that will become the world’s sixth largest law firm by lawyer headcount and sixth largest in the UK by revenue .
10 October 2016
Olswang France LLP has advised Tristan Capital Partners, on behalf of Curzon Capital Partners IV (CCP IV), its most recent core plus investment funds, on the acquisition of a Prologis logistics portfolio which comprises six warehouses totalling approximately 207,500 sqm and building lots for approximately € 110M.
07 October 2016
Olswang sponsors the social get-together of the "Privacy Conference" in Berlin on Sept. 22, 2016 hosted by Bitkom and IAPP this year.
21 September 2016
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