Simmons and Freshfields in Lebedev Evening Standard takeover
22 January, 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Daily Mail and General Trust plc on its sale of a majority interest in the Evening Standard for a nominal sum to Evening Press Ltd, a company formed by Alexander Lebedev and his son Evgeny Lebedev and owned by Lebedev Holdings Ltd.
Daily Mail and General Holdings Limited will own a minority shareholding of 24.9% in Evening Press Ltd and Associated Newspapers Ltd, DMGT’s newspaper division, will continue to provide services, including printing and distribution to the Evening Standard.
Lebedev and son have called on Simmons & Simmons to advise them on the sale of the paper.
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- Beachcroft Unveils International Strategy
- If Carlsberg Did Jobs...Nab Yourself 'The Best Job In The World'
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- Green Light For New ILEX Level 6 Qualification
- BLP opens new Moscow office with over 70 lawyers
- Law Society takes training programme to Gulf lawyers
- LSPI Sparks Debate On Alternative Business Structures
- Straw to review prison term for knife murder
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- Turning redundancy nightmares into dreams come true...
- Lord Hunt Launches Call for Evidence
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- COL go to final in hunt for country's toughest negotiators
- Plumb Job at The Times
- CC wins International Law Firm of the Year despite cull
- Major change proposed for regulation of corporate legal work
- Eversheds sets up in Singapore
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- Wolf Theiss opens Kiev office
- Law Soc against removal of consent to‘virtual court’ hearing
- Nixon Peabody Launches Israel Practice
- Dewey advises Byblos Bank on London Stock Exchange listing
- Taylor Wessing named 'Law Firm of the Year'
- OC annnounces UK's first industry shared service centre
- Weil launches Dubai office and advises on Woolies takeover
- K&L Gates, Bell Boyd Partners Vote to Combine Firms
- Hogan & Hartson Named ‘Competition Law Firm of the Year’
- Freshfields wins London 2012 role
- Joint role for A&O on bid for New Star Asset Management
- Taylor Wessing Managing Partner Steps Down
- Norton Rose: 96% Endorsement of Flexible Working Scheme
- Prince Harry's ex to join A&O
- COL launches PSC study route for trainees
- Civil legal aid plans will hinder access to justice says Law Soc
- DLA Piper adds seven to Spanish team
- Pinsent Masons holds on to No. 1 in Aim Client Rankings
- A&O advises Teighmore Construction on The Shard construction
- Freshfields appoints new Asia regional managing partner
- Shearman & Sterling Oxford moot competition - winners
- JLD launches 'survival skills in the downturn' online seminars
- COL applications rise by 30% in North West
- Association of Women Solicitors announce award winners
- CC advises Chinalco on partnership with the Rio Tinto group
- BME forum launches seminars in answer to profession's needs
- Nabarro signs training deal with Kaplan Law School
- Freshfields advises British Land Company PLC
- SJ Berwin named Real Estate Team of the year
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- MOJ publishes bankrupcy and wind up figures
- Justice Minister discusses non-invasive post-mortem facility
- Pinsent Masons wins contract for HK -Zhuhai - Macau project
- Bar Council welcomes panel on fair access to profession
- Regulation of City Lawyers needs urgent shake-up says COL
- Challinors unveils new anti-fraud team
- Linklaters and A&O name College of Law as provider of GDL
- CMCK appointed to advise receivers to two Antiguan companies
- New proposals on controlling costs in defamation proceedings...
- Chief Ombudsman for Office for Legal Complaints announced
- First increase in reported Human Rights cases in seven years
- Commissioner urges complaints priority during transition period
- Burges Salmon starts redundancy consultation
- Hill Dickinson provides legal advice for 24 hour creative event
- UK listed oil & gas M&A increases by over 70%
- BLP Abu Dhabi Office Opens For Business
- Dewey&LeBoeuf advises Fraport on sale of Frankfurt airport
- K&L Gates Adds Firm’s Fifth Office in Asia
- Lawyers cricket World Cup 2009 to support Chance to Shine
- Honorary Queen's Counsel 2009 announced
- Hill Dickinson signs up with COL
- Freshfields advises Roche on record bond issuance
- Deferred entry lawyers urged to add free legal work to CV's
- First ILEX Partner announced
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- Solicitors launch scheme to help victims of brain injury
- CMS assists Sainsbury's with acquisition of Co-Op
- Taylor Wessing puts Brawn GP F1 on the grid
- Nixon Peabody launches South Asia practice
- Young Bristol Artists Exhibit Artwork at TLT
- Walkers Expands Singapore Team
- Lussan Ltd announces opening of Luxembourg office
- Law Society reinforces support for lawyers in Pakistan
- Allen & Overy advises on first syndicated gilt issue of 2009
- Outstanding law students recognised by the Attorney General
- Beachcroft lawyer flies to Uganda for charity project
- Nabarro legal secretary wins Lawworks pro bono award
- CC Art Exhibition marks Stonewall Riots anniversary
- Dewey&LeBoeuf advises China National Petroleum Corporation
- Liquidity nations warned going it alone is biggest threat to FSI
- Shepherd and Wedderburn Advises Cairn Energy
- Nabarro acts on EDS’s acquisition of two AVIVA data centres
- Law Soc puts call out to Spanish-speaking lawyers
- Guide to barristers' conduct consultation paper released
- Nixon Peabody launches new IP group
- EAPD Launches UK Trademark and Brand Protection Practice
- Law Soc unveils new Excellence Awards categories for 2009
- MOJ publishes Legal Aid expenditure
- Freshfields advises Huiyuan on Coca Cola transaction
- Denton Wilde Sapte launches Singapore office
- Herbies victorious for Chevron in Buncefield explosion case
- Clifford Chance overall winner at 2009 IFLR Europe Awards
- Winners of LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards 2009!
- Mayer Brown restructures
- McGuireWoods merges with UK boutique firm
- Trowers & Hamlins seeks to expand in Middle East
- LG opens Moscow office
- Beachcroft lands NHS panel role
- Law firms to allow non-lawyer partners
- CMS Cameron McKenna acts for Nuffield in Vanguard disposal
- Freshfields advises Gas Natural on €3.5bn rights issue
- Salans opens shop in Beijing
- Nigeria provides “golden” opportunity for legal services
- Osborne Clarke and DWS advise on PPP defence contract
- Shepherd & Wedderburn named Employment Team of the Year
- Nixon Peabody expands litigation practice
- Beachcroft to advise DoH on new Dental Access Programme
- Clyde & Co extends Middle East presence via Saudi affiliation
- Salans launches HK office
- Law Soc slams virtual courts
- Freshfields lawyer raises £35,000 for breast cancer charity
- New 'Virtual' law firm sees mass of applications
- LSB publishes 2009/2010 business plan
- Freshfields tops European M&A and EMEA league tables
- Beachcroft acquires new business in Wales
- Conyers Completes Brazil Partnership Formation
- Herbert Smith may lose 84 as business review is announced
- Latham & Watkins Advises the State of Qatar
- Camerons advises on Robert Dyas MBO
- Law Soc slams Family legal aid proposals
- Offshore firms Appleby & Dickinson Cruickshank to merge
- Law Soc launches drive to extend Diversity Access Scheme
- Lovells hosts eyesight themed exhibition for World Sight Day
- GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer create specialist HIV company
- Troutman Sanders pitches Canadian Practice team
- Law Soc Presidential Election Results Announced
- Heaney Watson rises from Goodmans demerger
- Law Society urges firms to ‘Think China’ in Sheffield
- Conference for minority lawyers this Saturday - details
- A&O advises UK Government on £5 billion reinsurance deal
- Nixon Peabody launches Government Relations Practice
- Nabarro, Eversheds and Pinsent Masons join forces to advise BBP
- Cherie Booth to home in on equality in the professional world
- Law Soc responds to Lord Hunt's review of regulation of law firm
- Launch of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Solicitors Survey
- Law Soc holds LPC student forum and human rights career event
- Freshfields advises Gas Natural on its merger with Unión Fenosa
- Wilsons opens doors of London office
- Law Rocks 'Battle of the Bands' to take place in June
- Herbert Smith sets up shop in Madrid
- Jack Straw creates Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity
- SJ Berwin advises British Land on major pre -letting in the City
- Taylor Wessing forms alliance with Polish law firm
- Legal Workers Keep Silent on Mental Health Issues
- McGuireWoods & Grundberg Mocatta Rakison confirm merger
- High Times at High Timber
- Linklaters advises Centrica on EDF investment
- TLT on Indian business game show and announces promotions
- Wolferstans joins national alliance for high -quality solicitor
- Hill Dickinson agrees merger with Middleton Potts
- Rouse launches new office in UK
- UK lawyers demand action from Colombian authorities
- Freshfields advises E.ON in joint venture with RWE
- Linklaters launches global training programme
- Dechert to open Moscow office
- Marks& Clerk makes Malaysia move
- Exhibition recalls the plight of Jewish lawyers under the Nazis
- Law Society launches Tier 5 scheme for migrant lawyers
- SJ Berwin to launch Masters in law and business
- Lord Justice Etherton to speak at InterLaw Diversity forum
- Lawyers 'sell' baked beans in protest of 'supermarket law'
- Laven group consolidates brand
- Law Society 'props' Qatar
- Freshfields advises OMV on Kurdistan gas joint venture
- Cubism Law launches major recruitment drive
- Junior Lawyers Division Pro Bono Awards 2009...
- 2009 Lawyers' cricket world cup gets under way
- OC appoints Indian lawyer to boost crossborder work
- Clyde & Co announces association with Indian law firm
- Conyers Hosts Launch Function in Brazil
- K&L Gates opens Dubai office
- Allen & Overy expands Singapore practice
- Herbies opens in Madrid and announces further Spanish hires
- Clyde & Co appoints 15 to new Legal Director role
- Cherie Booth QC opens nominations for pro-bono awards
- Salans and Pinsent Masons Launch International Alliance
- Corporate Counsel To Evaluate Law Firms Using Value Index
- White & Case to Open Office in Qatar
- Law Soc warns students to reconsider career in law
- Eversheds staff help unlock talent of the future
- Junior Lawyers Conference - sign up here...
- Hill Dickinson reports growth
- COL to open in Bristol's Temple Quarter
- Law Soc: fears of pro bono work suffering in down turn
- Firms will protect IP assets during downturn says Freshfields
- Funding launched for equality and human rights projects
- Pinsent Masons gets 'Big Tick' by Business in the Community
- Lawyers urged to step up and shimmy with Pride
- CMS' The Stragglers' to headline Glastonbury...
- Chesterton Humberts rebrand builds on merger success
- Linklaters first law firm to achieve CommunityMark
- Clyde expands into life market with arrival of new team
- Deacons Australia to join Norton Rose Group
- Pinsents to outsource litigation work to South Africa
- K&L Gates Launches Capital Markets Reform Group
- Beachcroft bucks trends and announces % profits
- McGrigors secures major litigation success for Iraqi Government
- Lawyers work with life coaches to better understand clients
- K&L Gates launches Tokyo and Moscow offices
- Linklaters appoints new global head of TMT / IP
- Number of law graduates applying rises 150% in last year
- New Asia Managing Partner at Linklaters
- Manchester Law Soc launches first ever Legal Awards
- Bingham and McKee propose merger
- College of Law to open in Bristol
- Pinsent Masons appointed by Cass Business School
- Challinors acquires Wolverhampton firm
- Law Society launches Diversity and Inclusion Charter
- 12 City firms form new Dispute Resolution training consortium
- Hill Dickinson is re - appointed to Barclays litigation panel
- Law Society and AWS push for pay equalities for women
- Beatles contract competition attracts mystery celeb offers
- New COL podcasts give 'inside track' in whats hot in law
- Justice system brought to life online for school kids
- Davies Arnold Cooper recruits Halliwells corporate team
- Specialist judges for Law Soc. Excellence Awards announced
- Bar moves towards greater social mobility within profession
- Taylor Wessing promotes 17 to partnership
- Shearman & Sterling mulls Hong Kong launch
- Challinors adds again to regional network
- Close date for Law Soc Excellence Awards nominations closer
- Law Soc urges Gov. to scrap plans to retain DNA profiles
- Herbert Smith advises EBRD on largest loan to date
- Dentons signs partnership with College of Law
- Regional 'legal' walks - September 2009
- A&O and Trilegal strengthen ties with partner move
- Bird expands Singapore office and links with Chinese firm
- McGrigors and L'Estrange & Brett merge
- Weil Gotshal grows NY and London International Tax practice
- COL launches employment advice line during Pro Bono Week
- Doughty Street Chambers open in Manchester
- A&O completes deal on City's largest letting of 2009
- Doughty Street Chambers opens shop in Bristol
- National firm TLT joins panel of London Boroughs Legal Alliance
- Kaplan Law School links with Ince & Co
- Law Soc calls for more human rights lawyers
- Survival skills key agenda at JLD's International Weekend
- University starts research on 'stress' of learning law
- Ashurst signs exclusive deal with College of Law
- Brabners Chaffe Street links with COL
- SJ Berwin opens shop in Shanghai
- National career path for Paralegals launches
- DLA Piper joins forces with Brazilian firm
- Crowell & Morning joins with City Law School to offer internship
- Changing EU landscape prompts new initiative from Law Soc
- Law Soc publishes Hunt review of regulation of Legal Services
- Greenberg expands London practice
- In-house lawyers set their sights on regional law firms
- Law students optimistic about law career says COL
- Anticipated mergers decline according to new study
- Mathys & Squire helps Sheffield FC secure its place in history
- New 'Fellowship' body for Willwriters launches
- Metson Cross solicitors join Carter Lemon Camerons LLP
- City law firms join the Poppy Appeals army of collectors
- Freshfields advises BAA on sale of Gatwick Airport
- Top finance lawyers spearhead Ropes & Gray's London office
- TLT launches National Vocational qualifications
- Winners of the Law Society Excellence Awards 2009 revealed
- Shearman & Sterling to open second Italian office in Milan
- Reed Smith rolls out talent development programme
- Berwin Leighton Paisner hosts gay rights event
- Law Soc: Firms should benefit more from international work
- Lifetime achievement award for TLT partner
- College of Law offers former students career advice
- New online barrister register launches
- Hill Dickinson represents celeb chef in Court of Appeal ruling
- Bar Council awards two journalists top legal reporting accolade
- Watson Farley opens in Madrid with Lovells team hire
- Morgan Lewis' Chair of Employment heads for London
- College of Law hosts forum on the future of legal services
- Pitmans continues expansion with SK-SE merger
- Winston & Strawn expands in China with two new offices
- Veale Wasbrough and Vizards Tweedie finalise merge
- Dundas & Wilson embark on cross border training link with COL
- Kraft Foods appoints DLA Piper as preferred legal adviser
- 85% of 18 - 30 year olds haven't written their will
- Walk the Thames 2010 - Sign up here...
- TLT invests in new City premises
- Plexus Law opens shop in Manchester
- Hildebrandt and Baker Robbins & Company to Merge
- LGBT Judicial Diversity Survey 2009 - Sign up here
- Oxford University launches Masters in Law and Finance
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Law and More
- Latham & Watkins opens Beijing outpost
- TLT advises on sale of private bank to Virgin Money
- Allen & Overy continues global reach with new office in Qatar
- Bahrain launches Alternative Dispute Resolution Chamber
- Appleby pitches tent in Guernsey
- Simmons named most LGTB friendly firm by gay charity
- Mourant and Ozannes to merge creating offshore law firm
- Salans launches in Brussels with Mayer Brown swoop
- Freshfields launches global investigations practice
- Law Soc launches Judiciary training package for hopefuls
- Freshfields advises ABN AMRO Bank on demerger
- Linklaters introduces accelerated LPC for trainees
- City firms congratulated by the Royal British Legion
- The US death penalty goes on trial
- Freshfields ties with Saudi law firm
- Pannone named best firm to work for in Sunday Times poll
- LSB confirms October 2011 as entry for ABS or 'Tesco Law'
- Eversheds and Law Society win Superbrand accolade
- Bar Chairman, Nicholas Green QC, calls for more modern Bar
- K&L Gates Opens Warsaw Office
- MOJ launches 'You Be the Judge' public sentencing website
- AWS and Law Soc host summit of female lawyers
