Shoosmiths LLP

Shoosmiths brings together leading developers, asset managers and investors, as well as energy, planning, policy and legal experts, for a roundtable discussion on overcoming power supply challenges to support the delivery of innovative and resilient developments that balance financial and environmental objectives. As power demands of commercial developments are increasing, so are the difficulties around meeting sustainability targets, connecting to the grid, and managing delivery timelines and costs...

The Automated Vehicles Act (the Act) outlines the safety requirements that manufacturers and operators of automated vehicles will need to meet in order to deploy their goods and services on UK roads. In this article Ben Gardner outlines the key safety areas that will need to be considered. The Act has now received Royal Assent and, at this stage, creates a framework under which further regulations will need to be developed by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) to provide the detailed rules and requirements that are needed to enable widespread deployment...

Shoosmiths has completed the transfer of its business-to-business recoveries division (in England & Wales) to Solaris Law Ltd, part of the Azzurro Group. This transaction includes the formal merging of the two teams and a move to modern new offices in the Solent Business Park, Whiteley.The announcement is the first of a two-part transaction that will ultimately lead to Solaris Law becoming one of the largest commercial and consumer collections and legal debt recovery businesses in the UK. This will follow once the acquisition of Equivo’s Legal Services division receives its expected regulatory approvals later in the year...

Law firm Shoosmiths is advising PI Industries Limited (PI), a Fortune India 500 listed Agri-Sciences Company,  on its offer to acquire Plant Health Care PLC (PHC) - through takeover by way of scheme arrangement.PI has held a leading position in the agricultural inputs industry for over 60 years and benefits from its presence across the complete value chain from product innovation to process development, and large-scale manufacturing to distribution. PHC is a leading peptide company in the agricultural industry, with innovative technology and enhanced manufacturing capabilities...