Legal briefs: Squires hit the road; Mills & Reeve; & more

THE Manchester and Leeds offices of Squire Patton Boggs joined forces to stage a charity cycle ride, the Pedal Power Tour of the Roses.

 The 70-mile cycle ride, which followed part of Stage 1 of the 2014 Tour de France, took place earlier this month to raise cash for Barnardo’s.

Manchester and Leeds office managing partners, Rob Elvin and John Alderton, were joined on the cycle ride by more than 70 lawyers and clients and raised more than £15,000.
 
Elvin said: “We all enjoyed last year’s Tour de France and I count myself as one of many lawyers in this office that were keen to cycle the route and see for ourselves the scale of the challenge, but to do it for a worthwhile cause. 

“Donations are still coming in, but we expect the final total to be in excess of £15,000.  As so many people enjoyed the day, we will look to make this event an annual fixture in the future.” 

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THE real estate team at the Manchester office of Mills & Reeve has advised on a landmark health centre in Chester.

The newly-opened Fountains Health in Delamere Street, Chester is the new home of four GP practices. The 4,500 sq ft centre also offers an extensive range of health services including dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, physiotherapy and sexual health.

Louise Robinson, associate in the real estate team, said: “The Fountains Health is a beacon of NHS England’s vision of proving integrated healthcare in order to deliver effective services to patients.”

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BCL Legal – the Manchester-headquartered legal recruitment consultancy – has won the first ever myhomemove recruitment competition.

Myhomemove – the provider of mover conveyancing services – set a challenge to each of the recruitment partners on its preferred supplier list to place three experienced conveyancers between mid-March and June this year. BCL Legal was the first to do it so won and received a prize of £1,000.

Members of the board of directors from myhomemove presented the cheque to the BCL Legal team on Monday 22nd June. All three placements were made into myhomemove’s Manchester office which was established in March 2013.

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CORPORATE lawyers from the Manchester office of Ward Hadaway provided legal advice to Antal International on its purchase of office personnel specialist Smart Moves for an undisclosed sum.

Established in 2000, Smart Moves places office-based personnel into a variety of temporary and contract roles across a number of business sectors.

The acquisition of the company will help Antal International’s plans to further expand its UK operations.

Smart Moves is based in Milton Keynes with Antal International a global group based in London with more than 120 offices spread across more than 30 countries.

Ward Hadaway corporate partner Sean Fitzgerald led the firm’s team providing legal advice to Antal International on the transaction.

He said: “We are delighted to have assisted Antal International on this successful acquisition which further strengthens the group’s presence in the UK recruitment sector. It is particularly pleasing to be acting on important moves for such a major UK and international player in the recruitment industry.”