Thomas Cook’s collapse: a challenge for UK insolvency law2 October 2019
In light of Thomas Cook going into liquidation, Stephen Parker looks into whether the UK insolvency law needs to be reformed.
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WFW Athens Senior Associate admitted to practise Marshall Islands law2 October 2019
Dinos Konstantinos will work closely with our New York colleagues, Partners John Benson and Steve Hollander, who practise Marshall Islands law to provide advice of the highest quality to our clients.
WFW advises FeelHealth on its first fund-raising1 October 2019
FeelHeath’s new application Feeleat was developed by a community of thousands of patients and health professionals to assist people having eating and digestive disorders.
WFW expands Singapore Maritime practice with key Of Counsel hire1 October 2019
Corin Ricketts’s practice focusses on disputes in the shipping, trade and commodities, energy and offshore oil and gas sectors.
WFW advises lenders on US$3bn RBL facility to support Chrysaor’s acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ North Sea assets30 September 2019
The acquisition makes Chrysaor one of the largest net oil and gas producers in the UK North Sea.
WFW advises FDX Offshore30 September 2019
The partnership intends to expand its chemical tanker pools as well as initiate and grow independent pools in other classes of ships.
WFW advises on a new ground-breaking German electrical vehicle battery investment30 September 2019
This investment is part of the “Advanced Battery Storage” project, the largest stationary electricity storage system using electric vehicle batteries in Germany.
WFW advises lenders on US$193m syndicated loan facility to CMBFL27 September 2019
The deal partially refinances the acquisition of the two largest container vessels in the world: the MSC Gülsün and the MSC Samar.
WFW advises OMP in Preferred Stock Transaction26 September 2019
We advised OMP, a leading maritime and offshore energy institutional investor, on its acquisition of US$35m of Series G Redeemable Convertible Perpetual Preferred Shares of Tsakos Energy Navigation.
US Sanctions COSCO: Effects on the Shipping Community26 September 2019
COSCO Tanker and COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Seaman and Ship Management Co., as well as four other Chinese companies, have been placed on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control. This article looks into the effects of these sanctions.
Airline Economics conferences30 September 2019
OUR GLOBAL AVIATION team will be attending the FOLLOWING Airline… Read more
WFW continues global aviation finance expansion with new London Partner hire24 September 2019
Over the past decade, Pete O’Hare has advised on some of the largest and most complex aviation finance transactions worldwide, over ten of which won “Deal of the Year” and “Team of the Year” awards from leading sector publications.
