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Bird & Bird welcomes Sophie Eyre and Helen Gavin-Brown to the partnership

by BB Moderator on 04/15/2011 13:28 0 comments , 7 views
15.04.11
Sophie Eyre and Helen Gavin-Brown, of Bird & Bird’s London office, have been appointed Partner following the firm’s partnership review.

Sophie, who is a member of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group, has been with Bird & Bird since its merger with Lane & Partners in 2008. Helen has been with Bird & Bird more than six years and is part of the Corporate team.

David Kerr, Bird & Bird’s CEO, commented:  “These ...
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Bird & Bird advises blinkx on purchase of Burst Media

by BB Moderator on 04/14/2011 13:26 0 comments , 6 views
Categories: Corporate

14.04.11

Bird & Bird has advised blinkx on its $30m (£18.5m) acquisition of Burst Media, an online advertising services and technology business.

blinkx is based in San Francisco and  Cambridge and is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, having indexed at least 35 million hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. This content will now reach Burst’s audience of ...

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Bird & Bird helps Just-Eat secure new round of funding

by BB Moderator on 04/12/2011 13:23 0 comments , 5 views
12.04.2011

Bird & Bird has advised long-standing client Just-Eat Group on a $48m Series B equity funding round by existing investor Index Ventures and new investors Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures.

Just-Eat is the world’s largest online takeaway ordering service. The new investment will be used to accelerate Just-Eat's international roll-out and further develop the consumer web offering and range of services provided to partner ...

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Bird & Bird receives four awards at MIP’s global awards

by BB Moderator on 04/08/2011 13:20 0 comments , 5 views
Categories: Intellectual Property
08.04.11
Bird & Bird’s leading position in the field of Intellectual Property was reaffirmed at this year’s Managing Intellectual Property global awards ceremony, held at the Dorchester Hotel, London on Wednesday 6 April.

Bird & Bird was named:
European Patent Contentious Firm of the Year (for the 4th consecutive year)
Singapore Law Firm of the Year (for the 3rd consecutive year)
Italy Contentious Firm of the Year (for the 2nd ...
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Bird & Bird is delighted to appoint leading corporate and energy partners Matt Bonass and Michael Rudd to its International Energy & Utilities Sector Group. Matt and Michael will be based in the firm’s London offices and join from SNR Denton where they l

by BB Moderator on 03/11/2011 12:48 0 comments , 9 views

11.03.11

The strength and sector-focussed depth of Bird & Bird's arbitration work has been recognised by key international arbitration publication Global Arbitration Review, with a first time inclusion for the firm in the 4th edition of the GAR 100 Guide to the international arbitration capabilities of law firms.  Bird & Bird’s inclusion in this prestigious list of key players is testament not only to the sector expertise within the ...

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Bird & Bird strengthens its corporate and energy teams with the appointment of partners Matt Bonass and Michael Rudd

by BB Moderator on 03/07/2011 12:36 0 comments , 8 views
07.03.11

Bird & Bird is delighted to appoint leading corporate and energy partners Matt Bonass and Michael Rudd to its International Energy & Utilities Sector Group.  Matt and Michael will be based in the firm’s London offices and join from SNR Denton where they led its Climate Change, Renewables and Cleantech Group.  They will continue to focus on transactions in the alternative energy (including renewables and clean energy, cleantech ...

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Bird & Bird strengthens its Corporate team in Paris with the appointment of Partner Arnaud Larrousse and Senior European Counsel Arnaud Fayolle

by BB Moderator on 03/03/2011 12:32 0 comments , 7 views
03.03.11

Bird & Bird is delighted to appoint a leading corporate team in Paris including PartnerArnaud Larrousse and Senior European Counsel Arnaud Fayolle, from Orrick Rambaud Martel. Arnaud Larrousse is a renowned specialist in M&A and stock-exchange regulatory work for many listed French and International companies.  Arnaud’s breadth of experience across a range of transactions and restructurings is combined with a solid knowledge of ...

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ILO Client Choice Awards for Bird & Bird

by BB Moderator on 03/03/2011 12:29 0 comments , 10 views
03.03.11
The International Law Office Client Choice Awards 2011 were announced today and Bird & Bird has been awarded Firm of the Year for Finland.
In addition, Javier Fernández-Samaniego has won the Spanish Information Technology Individual of the Year Award and Stefan Münch has won the German General Corporate Individual of the Year Award.
The ILO awards recognise the firms and individual partners who excel across the full spectrum of ...
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Bird & Bird assists Oasmia Pharmaceuticals AB (publ) in new share issue

by BB Moderator on 12/02/2010 19:20 0 comments , 13 views
02.12.10
Bird & Bird has assisted Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB (publ) in the preparation and launch of its recently closed SEK 240 million new share issue. The team consisted of corporate partner Hans Svensson, assisted by Caroline Carlshamre, Mahmut Baran (partner), Ragnar Lundgren (partner), Magnus Berterud, Staffan Seger and Jacob Blidberg.

Oasmia develops a new generation of drugs within human and veterinary oncology. The product ...

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Bird & Bird advises St1 on its acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell’s Finnish and Swedish operations for $640 million

by BB Moderator on 11/28/2010 18:58 0 comments , 5 views
28.10.10

Bird & Bird has advised Finnish client Keele Group / St1 on its acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell’s Finnish and Swedish operations, which includes a refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden, with production capacity of 87,000 barrels of crude oil per day, 565 gas stations and Shell's bulk fuel business in the two countries, and marine business in Sweden.

Headquartered in Helsinki, St1 is a Finnish energy company whose services and ...

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