Corporate law

Fladgate, jointly with Lewis Townsend LLP, has advised CTI Engineering Co. Limited on its successful recommended cash offer for Waterman Group Plc, which values Waterman at approximately £43m. CTI is the oldest of Japan’s top three ranked major consulting engineering companies and has had a full listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since 1996. Waterman […]

Parties to commercial contracts generally assume that the express written terms of a contact will be given effect relatively strictly under English law. However, recent court decisions illustrate the courts’ willingness to look beyond the written terms of contracts and to imply unwritten terms in order to give effect to what they consider to have […]

Fladgate LLP has acted for the management team of JacTravel, a market leading European B2B travel business, on its acquisition by Webjet, the ASX listed online travel agent, for an enterprise value of £200m.  The acquisition will transform Webjet’s B2B business WebBeds, creating the world’s second largest online travel wholesaler. The acquisition will be funded […]

Neal Todd, a partner at Fladgate LLP, goes over what the Great Repeal Bill could mean for direct taxation, as the UK exits the EU Whatever aspects of life the electorate thought they were bringing back under control by voting to leave the European Union in last year’s referendum, it is hard to believe that […]

Given that most high-profile competition law actions tend to involve the decisions of large-scale regulators following heavily-protracted investigations (such as the recent seven-year EU commission investigation into Google’s online shopping offering), small businesses and consumers could be forgiven for thinking that redress in competition law is not a realistic proposition. It was, however, with this […]

Fladgate has advised Zouk Capital on the £30m investment into Green Hedge UK.  The collaboration will facilitate the development, build and operation of nationwide battery energy storage projects.  The projects will be rolled out over the next 12 months, and will primarily focus on the evolving ancillary service market.  The transaction is the second Zouk […]

Background The Prospectus Regulation (Regulation) was published in the EU Official Journal on 30 June 2017. This was the final step in a process, initiated in early 2015 by the EU Commission, of reviewing the existing prospectus regime with a view to helping smaller companies grow whilst at the same time protecting investors, as part […]

Continuing the trend of strategic recruitment that has been a consistent feature in recent years, Fladgate LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of competition, regulatory and commercial partner Alex Haffner who joins from Dentons. Alex has significant experience dealing with UK, EU and international competition and regulatory authorities and has been involved in a […]

Fladgate has advised Aspers UK Holdings Limited on a joint venture with Stride Gaming plc to set up Aspers Online Limited. The online casino will be operated under the Aspers brand and Stride will provide the infrastructure and marketing. Aspers online business is targeted to launch in Q4 2017. Damian Aspinall, Chairman of the Aspers […]

Fladgate advised new client Opus, a £150m quoted Swedish company, on the acquisition of UK company Autologic Diagnostics, a world leader in advanced aftermarket automotive diagnostics. Opus is a world leader in managing vehicle inspection programs with operations in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia. Autologic’s 2016 revenue was £16.5m with EBITDA of £2.6m. […]

On 1 January 1973, the United Kingdom acceded to the treaties constituting the European Communities.  Just over a year later, one of England’s greatest judges, Lord Denning, remarked that Community law “…is like an incoming tide. It flows into the estuaries and up the rivers. It cannot be held back…” The present state of EU/UK […]

Fladgate advised Grand Fortune High Grade Limited on a placing to raise £4.3m, the admission of the Company’s ordinary share capital to the Standard listing segment of the Official List and the admission of such share capital to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market. The Company was formed for the purpose of raising capital […]