MAKING SENSE OF ROANNE
An article prepared by Stephen Pearson, partner at Freeth Cartwright, for Local Government Lawyer.
Two years after the European Court put a spoke in the wheel of many regeneration projects with its decision in the case of Auroux v Commune D’Roanne, the OGC has issued new guidance on how such schemes should be procured. Stephen Pearson looks at whether this will make it easier for projects to get under way.
CAN PRIVATE EQUITY REVIVE THE CORPORATE FINANCE MARKET?
Lee Clifford, corporate partner at regional heavyweight law firm Freeth Cartwright, is optimistic.
Without doubt, 2009 has been a torrid year for the corporate finance market. According to figures issued by CMBOR (Centre for Management Buyout Research) the UK buy-out market fell from a record £46.5 billion at the end of 2007 to just £4.4 billion by the end of the third quarter of 2009. Indeed, this year only 280 buy-outs had completed by the end of the third quarter compared to 487 for the same period last year.
FSP MAKES A BID DEAL OF PRIVATE EQUITY . . . AND ADVISER RELATIONSHIPS
Advised by the corporate finance teams from Freeth Cartwright and Cooper Parry, one of the highest profile PE deals to have taken place in the Midlands in recent months is August Equity LLP’s multi-million pound buy and build investment in Funeral Services Partnership Limited [FSP].
DOES THE GLASS CEILING STILL EXIST FOR WOMEN?
Vanessa DiCuffa, head of employment at the Birmingham office of solicitors Freeth Cartwright, gives her view.
GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH SET TO REBOUND Q4 2010
Nick Parsons, The Head of Markets Strategy at National Australia Bank (nabCapital) in London, made his forecasts for the global and UK economy at this year’s East Midlands Property & Construction Forum in Nottingham, predicting slow growth next year, and a peak of just 0.4 prcent growth in the fourth quarter of 2010.
FREETH CARTWRIGHT ADVISES ON MULTI-MILLION POUND PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL
The Midlands-based corporate finance teams of Freeth Cartwright and Cooper Parry have advised Funeral Services Partnership Limited (FSP) in a multi-million pound buy and build investment by August Equity LLP.
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY
