Approved Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules25 August 2021
This article reviews the new Nasdaq listing rules relating to board diversity and disclosure that were approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2021.
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WFW advises lender on €40m financing for Madrid city centre retail project6 August 2021
The 5.500sqm building will hold the first physical store of WOW, a new venture conceived and developed by the former CEO of top Spanish retail chain El Corte Inglés.
Hotels & hospitality – stress to distress?5 August 2021
With the Covid-related restrictions of the last fifteen months easing for many in the hotel and hospitality industry, we consider whether any of the existing stress will turn into distress?
ESG and Logistics – Powering the future4 August 2021
In the first of our series of articles focussing on logistics real estate, we explore the themes of green power generation and power management in logistics buildings as a means of tackling climate change.
WFW advises lenders on financing for sale and leaseback of major Spanish supermarket portfolio30 July 2021
We advised a syndicate of banks comprising acting as lenders on a loan granted for the sale and leaseback acquisition of a portfolio of 27 supermarkets from leading Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona.
Will Gateway 1 Hackitt?30 July 2021
Gateway 1 and Fire Statements are intended to integrate thinking on fire safety as part of the planning application process, but will Gateway 1 help implement Hackitt’s recommendations or become a paper exercise?
Court confirms two-tier system for collateral warranties30 July 2021
This article examines the decision Toppan Holdings Limited and another v Simply Construct (UK) LLP where the UK’s TCC has provided guidance on whether collateral warranties given on construction projects are “construction contracts” and whether an adjudication can be brought under collateral warranties.
WFW advises Lulu dans ma rue on new Paris headquarters lease20 July 2021
WFW assisted on the negotiation and signing of the lease between socially responsible company Lulu dans ma rue and Mutuelle des Douanes Atlas.
New German Govt. Act on setting up businesses online14 July 2021
On 10 June 2021, the German Parliament (Bundestag) adopted the Act on the Implementation of the Digitalisation Directive (Gesetz zur Umsetzung der Digitalisierungsrichtlinie, DiRUG) of the European Union, setting the framework for the online formation and registration of branches of new businesses in Germany.
‘New Normal’ Commercial Rents8 July 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has required the Courts to grapple with novel questions regarding the renewal of commercial leases. This article explores some of the most impactful decisions on contractual risk allocation and valuation.
WFW expands Sydney office with relocation of Partner Alan Polivnick1 July 2021
WFW is delighted to announce the relocation of Partner Alan Polivnick from Bangkok to Sydney, where he joins Robert Williams, Sydney Office Head and Head of WFW’s Asia Pacific Hotels & Hospitality team.
What works are ‘any works’? The case of Shepherd Construction v Drax Power29 June 2021
The operator of a large UK-based power station has successfully argued before the English Technology and Construction Court that it was entitled to withhold from retention for latter phases of work sums in respect of remedial works to earlier phases of that work.