Hasbro swoops on Peppa Pig-maker Entertainment One in $4bn deal August 22, 2019 US toy giant Hasbro is set to snap up London-listed Peppa Pig-maker Entertainment One in a $4bn (£3.3bn) deal. The two companies said tonight they had agreed an all-cash deal with Entertainment One shareholders to receive £5.60 in cash for each share. The deal marks a 31 per cent premium to Entertainment One’s 30-day average [...]
City Moves for 6 March 2019 – Who’s switching jobs at Muzinich & Co, Duff & Phelps and Mayer Brown? March 6, 2019 Today's City Moves includes movers and shakers from Muzinich & Co, Duff & Phelps and Mayer Brown. Muzinich & Co Muzinich & Co has announced that Archie Beeching has joined as director of responsible investing with immediate effect. In this newly-created role, Archie will focus on strengthening the ongoing integration of the firm’s environmental, social and [...]
City Moves for 31 October – who’s switching jobs at Mayer Brown, Meggitt and IOE&IT? October 30, 2018 Who’s switching jobs today? Mayer Brown Global law firm Mayer Brown announced that Ashley McDermott has joined the firm’s banking and finance practice in London as a partner. He will advise on a range of lending transactions, particularly those involving emerging markets. Ashley’s practice is focused on export, trade and multilateral financing, especially in the [...]
City Moves for 29 August 2018 – who’s switching jobs at JLL, City of London Group, The Insolvency Practitioners Association and Mayer Brown? August 29, 2018 Today's City Moves cover workplace strategy, risk, insolvency practitioners and legal eagles. Take a look at these movers and shakers: JLL JLL has appointed Guzman de Yarza Blache as head of its workplace strategy business practice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Guzman joined JLL in 2016 as head of workplace strategy and [...]
Court of Appeal to hear British Airways’ challenge against pension trustee powers April 30, 2018 The Court of Appeal is gearing up hear the latest round of the bitter dispute between British Airways and its pension trustees over a new power granted by the trustees to award additional payments to staff. The high-profile case centres on the switch of public sector pension increases from the Retail Price Index (RPI) to [...]
Post-Weinstein can the legal sector change its secretive cover up culture March 25, 2018 In the less than six months since Ronan Farrow published his explosive New Yorker expose on movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, behaviour that would previously have been hushed up or talked about in whispers in the media and business world is now being exposed to the cold light of day. The legal sector is no different [...]
European Central Bank’s Mario Draghi calls for end to clearing dispute before Brexit February 26, 2018 Mario Draghi today moved to put the spotlight back onto London’s multi-trillion euro clearing industry, urging the EU to push through a new approach to regulation before Brexit. The European Central Bank (ECB) president demanded a central role in the supervision of clearing central counterparties (CCPs), yet struck a more conciliatory tone than some European [...]
Battery storage is poised to recharge the UK’s energy sector over the next year November 17, 2017 So far, 2017 has been a year of milestones for clean forms of energy. The National Grid said this summer was the greenest ever, offshore wind became cheaper than new nuclear and the country’s first subsidy-free solar farm opened. Energy experts are also expecting to see a huge uptick in the number of electric vehicles [...]
London IPO market set for £30bn boost, with Logicor, O2, Misys, TI Fluid Systems, BGL Group and Kuwait Energy weighing up flotations March 12, 2017 London is set to benefit from up to £30bn of flotations in the coming months, with Logicor, O2, and Misys among a number of high-profile companies weighing up initial public offerings (IPOs) in the capital. After a rocky end to 2016, when several deals were pulled due to market uncertainty, 2017 saw a subdued start. [...]
Johanna Konta fails to hit top gear but still leads British assault at Australian Open January 17, 2017 World No9 Johanna Konta expressed her relief at clearing the opening hurdle of her grand slam season after defeating Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens in the first round of the Australian Open. The 25-year-old, who prevailed 7-5, 6-2, led the home nations charge in Melbourne as Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund also progressed, ensuring that five British [...]