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National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM Private Equity (NVM) on its investment into Volo Commerce, a provider of multi-channel e-commerce technology to support online merchants and brands selling through market places such as Amazon and eBay. NVM led the latest investment round into the UK-based company, which raised £6.2m. The company - which already has an office in New York - will use the cash to expand into the US and other international sales channels ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has hired its first pensions partner in Birmingham to boost its national team. Lynette Lewis has joined the firm as a partner from Eversheds Sutherland, and brings nine years’ experience as a pensions lawyer and a further 10 as a corporate lawyer ...

Shoosmiths welcomes the new associates: Birmingham: Imogen Francis (Commercial); Edinburgh: Neil McNab (Private Client); Manchester: Lida Khanverdi (Real Estate); Northampton: Jodie Craven (Recoveries Services); Nottingham: Victoria Chan (Corporate); Thames Valley: Liz McAllister, Joanna Roberts and John Shea (Commercial). Shoosmiths’ chief executive Claire Rowe said: “The latest round of associate promotions demonstrates the truly national reach of legal expertise we have ...

The Thames Valley real estate team at national law firm Shoosmiths has expanded with the recruitment of two new lawyers. Charlotte Bowerman and Abigail Gisbourne have joined the Reading-based team, part of Shoosmiths’ national real estate practice, which was this year shortlisted for Real Estate Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed leading family partner Caroline Watson to head up a new family team in their Milton Keynes office. Caroline joins from Slater & Gordon where she was regional head of their family practice and based in Milton Keynes. Recognised in both the Legal 500 and Chambers directories, Caroline provides high net worth individuals with advice on all aspects of family law. Caroline is a trained collaborative lawyer and a member of Resolution ...

Business leaders from across Scotland gathered at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Edinburgh on 5 September to attend the Growing Scotland Business Dinner, co-hosted by Shoosmiths, Santander and KPMG. Guest speaker Bob Keiller CBE presented various talking points in what was an interactive evening of dinner and thought provoking discussion between peers of top organisations in Scotland ...

National law firm Shoosmiths was a project partner in Bruntwood’s successful consortium bid for funding to launch a tech hub in Leeds, delivering a major boost to the city. Leeds City Council has awarded Bruntwood, the largest regional property developer and operator in the UK, £2m to open a tech hub at their new Platform development located at the city’s mainline rail station ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed international litigation partner Susannah Wakefield to its insurance practice in London. Susie joins from Taylor Wessing in London where she was partner and head of the insurance practice. Having qualified at Cameron McKenna in 1997, Susie moved to LeBoeuf in London and spent seven years in their New York office handling complex high value (re)insurance litigation and arbitration ...

Shoosmiths has advised Hallam Land Management Limited on the sale of two strategic sites to BDW Trading Limited for a combined value of £46m. The sale of the sites in Faversham and Buckingham to BDW will result in the eventual delivery of more than 700 new homes and associated infrastructure. Both deals were handled by a team at Shoosmiths, including partner Thomas Hall, senior associate David Goy and solicitor Holly Bennett ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised screenlimit Limited, developers of the screen-time limiting application, on its recent angel investment round. Screenlimit (www.screenlimit.net/ss) is a downloadable software that allows parents to remotely control the amount of time their children spend on various devices ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the executive board of British Powerlifting through the first phase of their national governing body organisational audit with the adoption of key constitutional documents at the national governing body’s AGM. The adoption of the new procedures and policies will make British Powerlifting one of the first sporting bodies to respond directly to the new code for sports governance issued by Sport England and UK Sport ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Hotel La Tour Limited on its sale of the entire share capital of Hotel La Tour Birmingham Limited (which operates Hotel La Tour in Birmingham) to Dalata UK Ltd (part of Dalata Hotel Group Plc). Birmingham’s Hotel La Tour is a 4 star premium hotel, based in Birmingham’s Eastside district adjacent to HS2’s Curzon Street terminus in the centre of the city. Last year, the hotel scooped the Top Rated Hotel award in the Laterooms ...

A survey of UK, City and international firms was undertaken by Legal Week Intelligence, the publication's research arm. Respondents from each firm were asked to rate various aspects of their professional lives, both in importance and their current level of satisfaction. Shoosmiths scored highly for the 'level of cooperation and teamwork within my team' and for the 'prestige/brand of my firm' ...

Situated in the central belt of Scotland along the M8 corridor, the Heartlands development spans approximately 1,400 acres and when completed will comprise residential, business and leisure facilities. The £12m funding will refinance and provide working capital facilities in connection with the development that aims to provide its residents with a sustainable way of living through recycling and reusing of natural resources ...

Sports lawyers at national law firm Shoosmiths, Caroline Brennan, Mike Patterson and John Shea, take up key roles for national governing bodies in the sports sector. Caroline has been appointed as the new independent director for Parkour UK while Mike and John have been appointed to key governance committees’ of the International Powerlifting Federation – the international governing body for the sport of Powerlifting ...

Real estate experts from national law firm Shoosmiths have advised Citygrove Securities PLC and its subsidiary Albemarle Developments Limited throughout the lifecycle of re-developing The Old Dairy, an award-winning mixed use scheme in South Ruislip. The mixed-use scheme – which recently won the RICS Award for Regeneration - comprises of 162 residential properties, a Cineworld cinema, an Asda foodstore and family-themed restaurants and will create c.536 jobs and a new heart of South Ruislip ...

Real estate experts from national law firm Shoosmiths have advised Citygrove Securities PLC and its subsidiary Albemarle Developments Limited throughout the lifecycle of re-developing The Old Dairy, an award-winning mixed use scheme in South Ruislip. The mixed-use scheme – which recently won the RICS Award for Regeneration - comprises of 162 residential properties, a Cineworld cinema, an Asda foodstore and family-themed restaurants and will create c.536 jobs and a new heart of South Ruislip ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM Private Equity LLP on a £3m venture capital investment into Knowledgemotion, creators of Boclips, a leading video clips platform for the education sector. Knowledgemotion - founded in 2013 - created boclips, a platform that enables education providers to easily find, license and use video clips that they can embed into their teaching services ...

Peter Williams, head of the real estate professional support lawyer (PSL) team at national law firm Shoosmiths, has acted as consultant editor on the updated Volume 87 of Halsbury’s Laws of England, which is set for publication at the end of June. Halsbury’s Laws is a well-respected legal encyclopaedia, consisting of a series of volumes published by LexisNexis ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised easyHotel UK Limited on an agreement for lease to take a 25-year lease of a new build Hotel in Oxford, the first such lease for the hotel chain. Located less than two miles from the city centre in Oxford’s Summertown, the site is to be redeveloped as a mixed-use property. The new 180-room easyHotel will be located on the first and second floors of the property and is expected to be open late 2019 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has teamed up with the Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) to provide crucial guidance throughout the UK’s Brexit negotiations. As the voice of the UK sports and play industries, the FSPA will liaise with the UK government helping to ensure the best outcomes for its 500 member businesses ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor, on its latest investment into Lucid Group Communications, a global specialist provider of strategic medical communications services to world leading pharmaceutical companies. LDC completed an £11million minority investment into the group which has offices in London, Beaconsfield and New York City ...

PROPERTY lawyers at national law firm Shoosmiths have advised luxury aparthotel brand, Roomzzz, on their expansion into Scotland with a brand-new aparthotel confirmed within the £1bn Edinburgh St James development, scheduled to open in 2021. The new Roomzzz Edinburgh aparthotel will take prime position within the 1.7 million sq ft Edinburgh St James development in the heart of the city ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has been recognised in PAM Insight’s ‘2017 eprivateclient Top Family Law Firms’ listing, highlighting its reputation as a go-to firm for high net worth individuals and those with complex cases needing specialist expertise. Eprivateclient - owned by PAM Insight – is an industry-leading media outlet for private client practitioners and annually researches the UK’s family law firms to find the best operators in the UK ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has been crowned Law Firm of the Year for the second consecutive year at the Credit Strategy Car Finance Awards. The annual awards showcases the best in the car finance industry and acknowledges firms and individuals that have demonstrated exceptional expertise over the last year. Shoosmiths beat the likes of TLT and Stevensdrake Solicitors to the Law Firm of the Year title ...