Corporate

23 12, 2021

Ganfeng Lithium announce successful takeover offer for Bacanora Lithium PLC

By |2023-12-20T10:37:40+00:00December 23rd, 2021|Corporate|

On Friday 17 December Ganfeng Lithium announced that its recommended takeover offer for Bacanora Lithium PLC had become effective, which valued Bacanora at approximately £260 million. The Takeover Code Rules changed in July 2021 and this is the first takeover offer made under the new regime to be successful. Bacanora, whose shares are traded on AIM, is a lithium development [...]

21 12, 2021

The wheels are in motion for a Stagecoach and National Express £1.9bn union

By |2023-12-20T10:39:59+00:00December 21st, 2021|Commercial, Corporate|

On 14 December 2021, Stagecoach and National Express announced that they had agreed a £1.9bn merger, but behind the scenes of this mega transaction, Stagecoach had agreed to divest part of its businesses and shares in Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited to companies within the ComfortDelGro group in order to address any potential competition issues. Teacher Stern advised Scottish Citylink Coaches [...]

27 10, 2021

Corporate & Commercial retain Tier 2 ranking in Legal 500 2021

By |2023-12-20T10:42:18+00:00October 27th, 2021|Commercial, Corporate|

Teacher Stern is proud to have secured top rankings in the Legal 500 2021, an independent directory that ranks the UK’s top law firms. Our Corporate & Commercial team have retained their Tier 2 ranking for London law firm - M&A deals for under £50m and our lawyers continue to be recognised as experts within their fields. Martine Nathan, Partner, Corporate [...]

14 04, 2021

Teacher Stern adviser to Big Time Gaming on EUR450 million sale

By |2023-12-20T10:50:52+00:00April 14th, 2021|Commercial, Corporate, Gaming, Recent Transactions|

Teacher Stern adviser to Big Time Gaming on EUR450 million sale Teacher Stern acted as lead legal adviser to online slot games developer Big Time Gaming on its agreement to sell to Evolution Gaming. Evolution Gaming Group will acquire the entire issued share capital of Big Time Gaming Pty Ltd for a total consideration of up to EUR 450 million, [...]

22 03, 2021

David Rubin & Partners Limited acquired by Begbies Traynor Group Plc

By |2021-03-22T16:45:28+00:00March 22nd, 2021|Commercial, Corporate, Recent Transactions|

David Rubin & Partners Limited acquired by Begbies Traynor Group Plc The acquisition of the insolvency practice David Rubin & Partners by Begbies Traynor was completed earlier this week. David Rubin & Partners, with offices in London and Guernsey, has a team of 72 partners and staff, all of which will join Begbies Traynor following the acquisition. Teacher Stern acted [...]

13 01, 2021

Teacher Stern acts in security transaction

By |2021-01-13T14:34:03+00:00January 13th, 2021|Commercial, Corporate, Recent Transactions|

Teacher Stern acts in security transaction Teacher Stern commercial partner Claire Rollo, and Peter Levinger acted on a recent transaction, advising the shareholders of Cougar Monitoring Limited in their sale to security system supplier Kings Secure Technologies (KST). Claire Rollo said of the deal, “Cougar Monitoring have been a client of ours for over 10 years, and with this relationship [...]

17 12, 2020

Future Fund Scheme

By |2023-12-20T12:54:40+00:00December 17th, 2020|Banking & Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Finance|

Future Fund Scheme The uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, which in turn resulted in a corresponding economic downturn, has had a serious detrimental effect on many businesses across the country. This state of affairs led to the introduction of a series of financial measures by the UK Government with the aim of helping businesses to survive through this [...]

1 10, 2020

Legal 500 2021 rankings announced

By |2020-10-02T18:31:37+01:00October 1st, 2020|About Us, Banking & Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Our People, Services|

Teacher Stern has been recommended as a top-tier firm with an elite Leading Lawyer in the Legal 500 2021 Teacher Stern is delighted to be recommended as a top-tier firm in 5 practice areas in The Legal 500 UK 2021 edition. The team are also celebrating Martine Nathan’s listing as a leading individual in the elite Leading Lawyers group. Martine [...]

24 06, 2020

Extended deadline to notify VAT option to tax

By |2023-12-20T13:19:19+00:00June 24th, 2020|Commercial, Corporate, Finance, Tax|

Extended deadline to notify VAT option to tax As part of its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, HMRC extended from the usual 30 days to 90 days the period in which a taxpayer is required to notify an option to tax over property to be made. Initially this extension only applied to options made between 15 February 2020 and 31 [...]

27 05, 2020

Overview: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

By |2023-12-20T13:32:13+00:00May 27th, 2020|Commercial, Corporate|

Overview: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill is widely expected to become law within the next month or so. When it does, it will have an immediate and significant effect on the law relating to company insolvency. It does not change the law on personal insolvency. The Bill is 238 pages long. Its provisions are [...]

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