Professionals: McCormicks; DLA Piper; Bond Dickinson
A HARROGATE lawyer has been appointed to the Yorkshire committee of national organisation Resolution.
Head of family at McCormicks Solicitors, Stephen Hopwood, has been appointed to the Yorkshire regional committee of Resolution, where he will also act as membership development officer.
Resolution, formerly known as the Solicitors Family Law Association (SFLA), is an organisation of 6,500 family lawyers and other professionals in England and Wales, who believe in a constructive, non-confrontational approach to family law matters.
Mr Hopwood said: “Family breakdown is always a difficult, and often a distressing process for all involved. At McCormicks we believe that one of the best ways we can help to reduce the emotional pain is to deliver a constructive, well-structured approach to sorting out the issues in a practical, while compassionate, way, which fits very well with the Resolution Code of Practice.”
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LAW firm DLA Piper has acted for a European investor consortium advised by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG on a 40% investment into the Fosen Vind Wind Project in Norway.
The project is set to create the largest on-shore wind farm in Europe and one of the largest wind farms in the world.
The transaction spanned a period of 12 months and encompassed work streams from DLA Piper’s integrated corporate, energy regulatory, real estate, projects, due diligence and debt financing practice teams.
Statkraft – the Norwegian state owned hydropower company and Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy – and local Norwegian utility TrønderEnergi provided the remaining funds for the project.
Yorkshire partner and energy specialist Natasha Luther-Jones led on the turbine supply and management services contracts with Fredrik Lindblom, partner from DLA Piper’s Oslo office leading the overall project.
In addition to the Fosen Vind Wind Project, DLA Piper also recently closed the project of the Cloghboola operational wind farm in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland owned by Gaelectric, acting for Nord LB and Hastings’.
Ms Luther-Jones said: “Both projects were innovative in their own right with Fosen Vind having an impact on the energy market across Europe and Cloghboola on how on-shore wind projects can be financed in Europe in the future.”
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THE corporate team in Bond Dickinson’s Leeds office has advised ARC Trinova, formed by Ian Shott and Paul Ryan, on its acquisition of the Covance Alnwick facility in Northumberland.
The acquisition secures the future of the business and the jobs of many employees.
Bond Dickinson’s chemicals and pharmaceutical group provided advice on a full service basis, including acquisition finance, corporate and the mutual supply agreements.
The Bond Dickinson team was led by corporate partner, Alistair Scott-Somers, who said: “To be able to bring our sector expertise to the deal was critical and working with experienced deal makers like Ian Shott and Paul Ryan has been a pleasure. Also being instrumental in securing the future of a business which is a key employer in the North East was very rewarding.”
