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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The Bitcoin ‘halving’ event is rapidly approaching, anticipated to occur around the 19th or 20th of April. Currently, there’s an unprecedented level of attention on Bitcoin due to this event. So, what exactly does ‘halving’ entail, and why is there such a buzz surrounding it? The term itself evokes the intrigue of a suspenseful horror film, one that could be straight out of a Stephen King story. The halving (which occurs roughly every four years, or, more precisely, every 210,000 mined Bitcoin blocks) will see the reward for a successfully mined block reduced by 50% from 6.25 to 3...
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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...