Posted on
10-06-10
Are MBOs back on the private equity agenda?
They most certainly are, says Lee Clifford, head of corporate at Freeth Cartwright’s Birmingham office.
Article written by Lee Clifford and published in the Birmingham Post MBO supplement, 10th June.
According to a new study by the Centre for Management Buy-out Research at Nottingham University Business School, private equity houses have returned to dealmaking after a two-year slump, completing £5bn of buy-outs in the UK in the first quarter, more than they achieved throughout the whole of 2009.
Posted on
09-06-10
FREETH CARTWRIGHT APPOINTED TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE TO LONDON COUNCILS CONSORTIUM
National heavyweight law firm Freeth Cartwright has been appointed to a panel to advise a Consortium of London Councils. The four year appointment will see the firm provide legal services to the 14 boroughs that make up the Consortium. The work will cover a number of areas including commercial, contracts, procurement & outsourcing, housing, property, PPP and PFI, planning, regeneration and construction litigation, environment, social care, child care, employment, litigation and regulatory matters.
Posted on
03-06-10
PAYBACK FOR VICTIMS OF BOGUS DEBT COLLECTOR
Follow the link to the article which appeared in the Manchester Evening News.
Posted on
19-05-10
FREETH CARTWRIGHT ASSIST LIQUIDATORS IN AIRPORT SALE
Freeth Cartwright LLP have provided the legal advice to professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, liquidators of West Midlands International Airport Limited, who this week successfully concluded the sale of the company’s assets to Patriot Aviation Limited, a company owned by Sir Peter Rigby.
Posted on
10-05-10
FREETH CARTWRIGHT SCOOPS LEICESTERSHIRE LAW SOCIETY CITY FIRM OF THE YEAR 2010 AWARD
Regional heavyweights Freeth Cartwright scooped the Leicestershire Law Society’s City Law Firm of the Year award when lawyers from all over Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland came together last Friday evening for the Society’s Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony, held at Athena.
Posted on
05-05-10
FREETH CARTWRIGHT ADVISE ON SALE OF STERLING HOMECARE
The acquisition of Sterling, which employs over 300 people locally, creates the fifth largest provider of domiciliary care in the UK. The Group now employs 1,800 staff across 18 branches, including 1,680 care workers, assisting elderly people with their everyday tasks and enabling them to receive care at home in their later years.
The Sterling management team, led by Stuart Carlton and Debbie Woolley, will continue to work in the business alongside City & County’s CEO, Craig Rushton, to operationally integrate the businesses and continue to grow the regional customer base.
Posted on
26-04-10
CENTER PARCS AND FREETH CARTWRIGHT TO THE RESCUE
In a move supported by leading national law firm Freeth Cartwright - whose Leicester office property partner Richard Osborn managed the legal process free of charge - East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has opened a new stand-by point for its team of Community Paramedics, at Center Parcs’ headquarters in North Nottinghamshire.
Posted on
22-04-10
ENTER THE DRAGONS’ DEN!
Learners at Leicester College are being given the unique opportunity to apply for sponsorship from Solicitors Freeth Cartwright for development of their business ideas.
All learners studying at the College can enter the dragons’ den style competition with the successful entrants being awarded sponsorship of £5,000. This award will be made annually.
