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Pinsents and Travers act on Safestore financing

Pinsent Masons and Travers Smith have lined up on the £425m refinancing of self-storage specialist Safestore.

25 May 2012 | 00:00

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inner image Travers promotes eight to partner including one part-time lawyer

Travers Smith has announced its annual partner promotions with eight new lawyers added to the top rank, including the promotion of a part-time lawyer for the second consecutive year. The round will see seven lawyers added to the firm’s partnershi...

16 May 2012 | 15:24 | secure

inner image Travers and CC advise on €200m L’Oreal deal

Travers Smith and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised on the €200m (£162m) sale of French skincare manufacturer Cadum to L’Oreal. Travers advised the seller, Anglo-French private equity firm Milestone Capital Partners, on the deal, with Paris he...

11 May 2012 | 11:27 | secure

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Freshfields and Travers advise on Clinton Cards collapse

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Travers Smith have taken lead roles on the high-profile administration of high street retailer Clinton Cards. The greeting card retailer went into administration yesterday (9 May), placing 8,000 jobs at risk, afte...

10 May 2012 | 14:26 | secure

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TfL to review advisers in wake of combination with Greater London Authority legal team

Transport for London (TfL) has launched its first panel review in five years, with the new roster to include work for the Greater London Authority (GLA), which now sits within TfL’s remit. The review, which is expected to conclude later this year...

20 Apr 2012 | 00:00 | secure

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Travers accounts show pay for top earner rose 25% in 2010-11

Travers Smith's highest-paid partner took home £1.3m last year, marking a 25% increase on the largest payout in 2009-10. The figures, included in the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts recently filed on Companies House, show that ...

04 Apr 2012 | 16:28 | secure

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CC and Travers advising as GAME Group confirms administration plan

Clifford Chance (CC) and Travers Smith are advising GAME Group as the video games retailer confirmed today (21 March) that it has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. The confirmation comes after the company announced that tradi...

21 Mar 2012 | 11:54 | secure

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Travers targets new US links as referral partners bulk up in the City

Travers Smith is reviewing its US relationships in the wake of a number of its referral firms bulking up their UK law offerings in the City. The top 50 UK law firm has traditionally worked with US institutions such as Ropes & Gray, Goodwin Procter ...

09 Mar 2012 | 00:00 | secure

Travers Smith and CC advise on $90m mine financing in Sierra Leone

Travers Smith and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles on the $90m (£57m) financing of London Mining’s Marampa mine in Sierra Leone. Travers advised London Mining with a team led by corporate finance head Spencer Summerfield and corporate ...

17 Feb 2012 | 00:00 | secure

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Wragges and Travers take on 100% as raft of firms confirm NQ retention

Linklaters, Wragge & Co and Travers Smith are among a cluster of firms to have released their March retention rates, with Wragges and Travers both taking on 100% of their newly qualified (NQ) lawyers.

08 Feb 2012 | 14:19 | secure

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Travers Smith secures pension work mandate for Vodafone

Travers Smith has won Vodafone as a first-time client, with the City firm securing a mandate to carry out pensions work for the telecoms giant. The firm was appointed in December last year, despite missing out on a spot on Vodafone’s new UK panel...

13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | secure

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Travers partner to take senior role on secondment at RBS

Travers Smith litigation partner Toby Robinson is set to take up a secondment at the firm's client RBS as interim head of litigation, regulatory and investigations. Robinson will join RBS for a six-month period from February this year while the cur...

12 Jan 2012 | 08:00 | secure

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UK law firm quartet line up on Blacks and La Senza administrations

Addleshaw Goddard, Travers Smith, Linklaters and SJ Berwin have all taken roles on the pre-pack administrations of Blacks Leisure and lingerie chain La Senza, in the latest retail collapses to hit the high street. Travers took the lead role for Bla...

10 Jan 2012 | 13:35 | secure

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Skadden and Travers lead on private equity energy purchase

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Travers Smith 
have taken lead roles on Doughty Hanson’s £250m acquisition of oil and gas logistics company Asco. Skadden advised the UK private equity house on the transaction, which will see the group ta...

08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Travers and Milbank lead on purchase of stake in Indian F1 team

Travers Smith and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have taken lead positions on Sahara Group’s $100m (£62.5m) acquisition of a 42.5% stake in the Force India Formula 1 team, the first Indian team to enter the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Trave...

10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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