Shoosmiths litigation team recently hosted a roundtable discussion with senior inhouse lawyers with clients in financial services, technology and the automotive sectors. In this discussion, each participant discussed their key takeaways from our recent Litigation risk 2024 report, their biggest concerns for the year ahead and identified some areas that need further exploration in 2025 and beyond. AI continues to create uncertainty making it a key litigation risk. In our Litigation risk 2024 report we identified that companies are more confident in their ability to respond to disputes than they are in their ability to identify emerging areas of risk...
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From offices across the UK and Brussels, the firm supports some of the world's most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact.
Shoosmiths empowers its people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The firm has won prestigious industry awards, such as 'Law Firm of the Year' at the Legal Business Awards 2022, 'Legal Team of the Year' at the Estates Gazette Awards 2022 and has been recognised for being the most active law firm advising on corporate transactions across the UK (Experian, 2022).
Shoosmiths' innovative approach is also embodied in their non-legal solutions for clients, which complement its technical legal expertise.
The firm also believes in supporting the communities in which it operates, and it is firmly on its ESG journey, with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validating near-term science-based emissions reduction targets, and launching grant-making body 'The Shoosmiths Foundation'. To find out more about Shoosmiths and the positive impact the firm is making across its clients, people, and ESG and innovations, please visit: Impact report 2022 (shoosmiths.co.uk).
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Shoosmiths acts as legal advisors on latest Five Arrows acquisition
Law firm Shoosmiths is advising Five Arrows, the alternative investment arm of Rothschild & Co, on its acquisition of Rimes – a leading provider of EDM (enterprise data management) as-a-service and investment platform solution to the global community. Data management company Rimes, which was founded in 1996, serves 60 of the world’s top 100 asset managers, as well as the 10 largest asset servicers in the world. The investment has been led jointly by the Five Arrows Long Term Fund (FALT) and Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI), together “Five Arrows”...
Shoosmiths advises Porterbrook on purchase of Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre
Experts from Shoosmiths’ real estate practice have advised Porterbrook on acquiring the freehold of the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire.The law firm supported the rolling stock financier and asset management company on the deal for the 135-acre site, which is home to a 3.5km test track and facilities for testing, training, maintenance and storage for the railway. It follows Shoosmiths advising Porterbrook on the lease of the centre in 2021. Porterbrook has since invested more than £13m to upgrade facilities throughout the centre...