http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news.asp Wragge & Co is a UK-headquartered international law firm providing a full service to clients worldwide en-gb Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:29:54 GMT Copyright: (C) Wragge & Co LLP, see http://www.wragge.com/legal_info.asp for further information http://www.wragge.com/images/header_wragge.jpg http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news.asp kathryn_hobbs@wragge.com (Kathryn Hobbs) shaun_butler@wragge.com (Shaun Butler) http://www.wragge.com/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co has promoted corporate recovery and restructuring director Jasvir Jootla to the partnership as of 1 May in recognition of her technical skills and outstanding dedication both to client service and to the firm.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11240.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT It's a double celebration for law firm Wragge & Co's Housing, Development and Regeneration (HDR) team as two of its directors are promoted after impressing the partnership with their technical excellence, business development prowess and commitment to the business.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11238.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Fri, 11 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Projects team has advised facilities management provider Lovell on a new £32.8 million facilities management contract.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11221.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co has boosted its Pensions team with the appointment of a new partner, Ian Gordon. Ian, who has been with Wragge & Co since 2011, will take up the role of partner on 1 May.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11212.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Tue, 8 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Commercial Investment and Development team has advised Development Securities PLC on a £92 million forward-funding agreement with Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Property Trust.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11199.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Fri, 4 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co has boosted its Employment team with the appointment of a new partner, John Hayes, with effect from April 2014.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11196.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Projects team has advised on a ground-breaking, £500 million Public Private Partnership scheme to upgrade and extend the Scottish motorway network. The scheme will see the construction of 12.4 km of new motorway and the upgrading of 16.2 km of existing road to motorway standard.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11141.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Intellectual Property team has won in the UK Patent Contentious category at this year's prestigious Managing Intellectual Property awards.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11127.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Life Sciences team has helped to deliver an important deal between Astellas and Basilea.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11125.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co has been appointed to advise Birmingham City Council (BCC) on the sale of the NEC Group, owner of venues including the NEC, ICC and NIA. Sale preparations are currently being finalised and interested parties invited to participate in a pre-qualification process.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11116.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Banking and Finance team has assisted long-standing client Sanctuary Group in the securing of a £350 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The landmark deal is the first time that the EIB has agreed a direct loan to the social housing sector.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11062.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Private Equity team has advised long-standing client Mobeus Equity Partners on a £6 million investment in the management buyout of Entanet International Ltd, one of the UK's leading voice and data communication providers.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11054.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Intellectual Property team has won TMT Team of the Year at The Legal Business Awards. The award was given in recognition of the team's high profile, Supreme Court victory against Virgin Atlantic Airways.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_11014.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Life Sciences team has brokered an innovative licensing agreement between AstraZeneca and a partnership of Belgian life sciences research institutes.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_10992.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Fri, 7 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Brands team has secured a high-profile, High Court victory for Comic Enterprises Ltd, owners of the popular Glee Club comedy and music group, against 20th Century Fox.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_10984.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Real Estate team has advised a consortium of developers on a major land purchase earmarked for the development of a new market town in the South West of England.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_10921.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT Quentin Poole and Peter Thorne have been recognised in The Lawyer's Hot 100 List for 2014. The list celebrates 100 innovative and inspirational legal professionals.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_10911.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co has broken in to the UK's top 200 gay-friendly employers, rising 84 places in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_10907.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT Wragge & Co's Public Companies team has completed the reverse takeover of AIM-quoted cloud service provider Nasstar plc.

]]> http://www.wragge.com/wragge_news_10879.asp http://www.wragge.com/ Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT A bid by Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited to overturn a High Court ruling secured by Wragge & Co, on behalf of Zodiac Seats UK Ltd, has failed at the Court of Appeal today.

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