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Shoosmiths has advised Hallam Land Management Limited on the sale of two strategic sites to BDW Trading Limited for a combined value of £46m. The sale of the sites in Faversham and Buckingham to BDW will result in the eventual delivery of more than 700 new homes and associated infrastructure. Both deals were handled by a team at Shoosmiths, including partner Thomas Hall, senior associate David Goy and solicitor Holly Bennett ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised screenlimit Limited, developers of the screen-time limiting application, on its recent angel investment round. Screenlimit (www.screenlimit.net/ss) is a downloadable software that allows parents to remotely control the amount of time their children spend on various devices ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the executive board of British Powerlifting through the first phase of their national governing body organisational audit with the adoption of key constitutional documents at the national governing body’s AGM. The adoption of the new procedures and policies will make British Powerlifting one of the first sporting bodies to respond directly to the new code for sports governance issued by Sport England and UK Sport ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Hotel La Tour Limited on its sale of the entire share capital of Hotel La Tour Birmingham Limited (which operates Hotel La Tour in Birmingham) to Dalata UK Ltd (part of Dalata Hotel Group Plc). Birmingham’s Hotel La Tour is a 4 star premium hotel, based in Birmingham’s Eastside district adjacent to HS2’s Curzon Street terminus in the centre of the city. Last year, the hotel scooped the Top Rated Hotel award in the Laterooms ...

A survey of UK, City and international firms was undertaken by Legal Week Intelligence, the publication's research arm. Respondents from each firm were asked to rate various aspects of their professional lives, both in importance and their current level of satisfaction. Shoosmiths scored highly for the 'level of cooperation and teamwork within my team' and for the 'prestige/brand of my firm' ...

Situated in the central belt of Scotland along the M8 corridor, the Heartlands development spans approximately 1,400 acres and when completed will comprise residential, business and leisure facilities. The £12m funding will refinance and provide working capital facilities in connection with the development that aims to provide its residents with a sustainable way of living through recycling and reusing of natural resources ...

Sports lawyers at national law firm Shoosmiths, Caroline Brennan, Mike Patterson and John Shea, take up key roles for national governing bodies in the sports sector. Caroline has been appointed as the new independent director for Parkour UK while Mike and John have been appointed to key governance committees’ of the International Powerlifting Federation – the international governing body for the sport of Powerlifting ...

Real estate experts from national law firm Shoosmiths have advised Citygrove Securities PLC and its subsidiary Albemarle Developments Limited throughout the lifecycle of re-developing The Old Dairy, an award-winning mixed use scheme in South Ruislip. The mixed-use scheme – which recently won the RICS Award for Regeneration - comprises of 162 residential properties, a Cineworld cinema, an Asda foodstore and family-themed restaurants and will create c.536 jobs and a new heart of South Ruislip ...

Real estate experts from national law firm Shoosmiths have advised Citygrove Securities PLC and its subsidiary Albemarle Developments Limited throughout the lifecycle of re-developing The Old Dairy, an award-winning mixed use scheme in South Ruislip. The mixed-use scheme – which recently won the RICS Award for Regeneration - comprises of 162 residential properties, a Cineworld cinema, an Asda foodstore and family-themed restaurants and will create c.536 jobs and a new heart of South Ruislip ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM Private Equity LLP on a £3m venture capital investment into Knowledgemotion, creators of Boclips, a leading video clips platform for the education sector. Knowledgemotion - founded in 2013 - created boclips, a platform that enables education providers to easily find, license and use video clips that they can embed into their teaching services ...

Peter Williams, head of the real estate professional support lawyer (PSL) team at national law firm Shoosmiths, has acted as consultant editor on the updated Volume 87 of Halsbury’s Laws of England, which is set for publication at the end of June. Halsbury’s Laws is a well-respected legal encyclopaedia, consisting of a series of volumes published by LexisNexis ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised easyHotel UK Limited on an agreement for lease to take a 25-year lease of a new build Hotel in Oxford, the first such lease for the hotel chain. Located less than two miles from the city centre in Oxford’s Summertown, the site is to be redeveloped as a mixed-use property. The new 180-room easyHotel will be located on the first and second floors of the property and is expected to be open late 2019 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has teamed up with the Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) to provide crucial guidance throughout the UK’s Brexit negotiations. As the voice of the UK sports and play industries, the FSPA will liaise with the UK government helping to ensure the best outcomes for its 500 member businesses ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor, on its latest investment into Lucid Group Communications, a global specialist provider of strategic medical communications services to world leading pharmaceutical companies. LDC completed an £11million minority investment into the group which has offices in London, Beaconsfield and New York City ...

PROPERTY lawyers at national law firm Shoosmiths have advised luxury aparthotel brand, Roomzzz, on their expansion into Scotland with a brand-new aparthotel confirmed within the £1bn Edinburgh St James development, scheduled to open in 2021. The new Roomzzz Edinburgh aparthotel will take prime position within the 1.7 million sq ft Edinburgh St James development in the heart of the city ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has been recognised in PAM Insight’s ‘2017 eprivateclient Top Family Law Firms’ listing, highlighting its reputation as a go-to firm for high net worth individuals and those with complex cases needing specialist expertise. Eprivateclient - owned by PAM Insight – is an industry-leading media outlet for private client practitioners and annually researches the UK’s family law firms to find the best operators in the UK ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has been crowned Law Firm of the Year for the second consecutive year at the Credit Strategy Car Finance Awards. The annual awards showcases the best in the car finance industry and acknowledges firms and individuals that have demonstrated exceptional expertise over the last year. Shoosmiths beat the likes of TLT and Stevensdrake Solicitors to the Law Firm of the Year title ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM private equity backed Kirton group on the disposal of its specialist seating division by way of sale of the entire issued share capital of The Kirton Healthcare Group Limited to Direct Healthcare Group. Kirton Healthcare was founded in 1980 and is a market leading designer and supplier of specialist chairs for adults and children with all levels of physical ability or disability ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised P D Neurotechnology (PDN) on its €1.34m funding for the development of its ground breaking wearable medical technology. PDN has received funding of €1,000,000 from the founders and angel investors with a follow-on funding commitment of €340,000 from the National Bank of Greece (NBG), €1.34m in total ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has strengthened its Manchester corporate team with the strategic hire of highly experienced and entrepreneurial partner Tim Jackson-Smith. Tim has nearly 25 years' experience as a corporate lawyer and has been a chief executive, chairman and a non-executive director at number of private, AIM-listed and main market companies, which will add new skills and unique insight to Shoosmiths' capabilities ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of TSC Inspection Systems, which include long standing client Octopus Investments, on the company’s acquisition by market-leading Eddyfi Technologies. Headquartered in Milton Keynes, TSC has significantly contributed to electromagnetic testing technologies over the last 30 years ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the founders of SecurEnvoy Limited on the sale and reverse takeover into AIM listed Shearwater Group PLC. As the initial acquisition under Shearwater Group’s transformation strategy, the £20 million consideration was satisfied by the payment of £10 million in cash and £10 million through the issuance of 200 million Ordinary Shares of the Company at a price of 5 pence per share ...

National law firm Shoosmiths is welcoming a new office head at the Thames Valley office as former head and real estate partner Andrew Farmery steps down to relocate to Shoosmiths’ London office. From 1 May employment partner Jonathan Naylor took over from Andrew, who had been head of office since September 2012 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has been shortlisted for Law Firm of the Year and Real Estate Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2017. Run by The Lawyer magazine, the awards are one of the most prestigious among the legal sector, recognising best practice and excellence across the board. The awards ceremony is taking place on the Tuesday 27 June at Grosvenor House, London. The award nominations come as the latest in a string of industry recognition of Shoosmiths’ legal expertise ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed a trio of leading Commercial lawyers into its Leeds office, signalling the establishment of a pre-eminent Commercial Group in the region and furthering the firm’s presence in the city. The firm has appointed Alex Kirkhope, JP Buckley and James Wood-Robertson as commercial partners from DLA Piper where they each held the position of Legal Director ...