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Mass immigration is unpopular in Britain. Surveys show that the majority of UK citizens – first and second generation immigrants included – favour reducing immigration. It is consistently ranked as one of the most important issues facing the nation during the referendum on EU membership with Britons seemingly as worried about immigration from within the EU as […]

Fladgate LLP is leading the legal team advising shareholders who have together agreed to sell a majority stake in Swansea City Football 2002 Ltd, the holding company of The Swansea City Association Football Club Limited, to Swansea Football, LLC, backed by the US investors Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan. The transaction values the club at […]

Fladgate advised Cenkos Securities plc in its role as nomad and broker to 88 Energy Limited on the Company’s recent oversubscribed placing to raise A$25m. 88 Energy Limited has a 78% working interest and operatorship in 272,000 acres onshore the prolific North Slope of Alaska. Cenkos Securities plc acted as the Company’s nomad and sole […]

In Taurus Petroleum v State Oil Marketing Co [2015] EWCA Civ 835, the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal striking out a third party debt order made to enforce an arbitration award against State Oil. The London branch of a French bank had issued letters of credit which contained a promise to make payment in […]

In Property Alliance Group Limited v The Royal Bank of Scotland [2015] EWHC 321 (Ch), the claimant alleged that it was induced to enter into interest rate derivatives on the basis of the bank’s misrepresentations concerning the setting of LIBOR. The bank was ordered to disclose internal reports and other documents in order to enable […]

An exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of the Massachusetts court was held by the Court of Appeal to be overridden by Articles 20-23 of the Brussels Regulation, giving the English employee the right to sue in England and to obtain an anti-suit injunction against a Massachusetts company: James Petter v EMC Europe Limited and EMC […]

Executive summary UK businesses which transfer to or share with US companies any databases containing personal data have to comply with rules set out in the Data Protection Act to ensure that the transfer or sharing protects the individuals’ privacy rights. One way of doing this was a voluntary scheme set up by the US […]

Fladgate is delighted to announce the appointment of employment partner Michael McCartney, who joins from Fasken Martineau LLP where he was head of the employment practice group. Michael has extensive experience of advising on the employment aspects of multi-jurisdictional cross-border transactions and restructurings. He has a large international dimension to his practice, working closely with […]

Fladgate is delighted to announce the appointment of immigration partner Sarah Gogan, who joins from Mishcon de Reya LLP. Sarah has more than 15 years’ experience of advising businesses and ultra-high net individuals and their families on a range of immigration matters which often require bespoke solutions. Her work covers investors, entrepreneurs, exceptional applications including […]

A couple of years ago we wrote about Standard listings on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), principally in connection with cash shell or SPAC entities (‘Cash Shells and Standard Listings’). At that time there had been a limited number of such listings, following the deregulation of the UK Listing Authority’s listing […]

Fladgate LLP has acted for a newly incorporated vehicle on the acquisition, from primarily US investors, of the five star Le Toiny hotel, St Barths. The promoter of the newly incorporated vehicle is Mr Charles Vere Nicoll, formerly owner of the Isle de France Hotel, St Barths. Fladgate corporate consultant Anthony Vaughan and corporate partner […]

The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 entitle commercial agents to an indemnity or compensation on termination of their agency contract, and the right cannot be excluded. This can come as a surprise to principals outside the EU who are unfamiliar with the concept. In a landmark case, in which Fladgate acted for the claimant, […]