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Transatlantic team advises longstanding US client on major investment
30 Apr 2020
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised Camden Partners Nexus, a Baltimore-based venture capital firm with a focus on biomedical technology companies, on its participation in an $80m series B investment round in COMPASS Pathways.
The Fire Safety Bill – how will it impact fire safety management?
09 Apr 2020
The Fire Safety Bill (the Bill) has been introduced as part of the Government's commitment to improving building safety. The Bill was given its first reading on 19 March 2020.
Keeping workers safe: COVID-19 health and safety FAQs
07 Apr 2020
We previously outlined some of the key questions that we had been asked by businesses in relation to managing the risks of COVID-19 from a health and safety perspective. This note provides an update of the position (as at 3 April 2020) to reflect recent developments which remain under constant review.
Shanks v Unilever: a pragmatic result following a long drawn out saga
27 Jan 2020
Inventions made by employees and protected under the Patents Act 1977 (the "1977 Act") which have exceptional success on the market may entitle that employee to a fair share of the benefit received by their employer.
Public sector pensions: more flexibility to avoid pensions tax charges?
05 Sep 2019
Following concerns that pensions tax charges are forcing experienced staff out of the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) and impacting services for patients, the Government has announced that it will be consulting on proposals to make pensions more flexible for NHS clinicians.
WBD advising NHS Property Services on Supreme Court village green case
11 Jul 2019
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) is advising NHS Property Services Limited on a village green case to be heard in the Supreme Court next week (15 and 16 July). The outcome of this case could have wide implications for land held for statutory purposes. It concerns an area of land at Leach Grove Wood in Leatherhead, which neighbours an NHS hospital and is owned by NHS Property Services.
WBD advises on major acquisition for Mpac Group PLC
12 Jun 2019
WBD has advised international client Mpac Group Plc (Mpac) on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Lambert Automation Limited (Lambert) for an initial consideration of £15.0 million.
WBD strengthens white collar crime expertise with new partner hire in London
14 Mar 2019
WBD has appointed Audrey Koh as a partner in the firm's London office. Specialising in white collar crime, Audrey will strengthen the firm's key sectors of expertise, in particular Financial Institutions, Energy and Natural Resources, Pharma, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Real Estate and Technology.
Brexit and… database rights
12 Nov 2018
Following publication of the 'agreed' text of the draft Withdrawal Agreement (the "Draft Text") between the United Kingdom ("UK") and the remainder of the European Union ("EU") on 19 March 2018, our intellectual property ("IP") team has produced a suite of briefings on key aspects of the likely implications of Brexit for IP rights and systems across the EU, to inform our clients what changes they will need to consider making to their existing IP strategies and protocols to continue dealing in post-Brexit UK and Europe. The topic of this note is how Brexit will impact database rights.
Brexit and… copyright
05 Nov 2018
Following publication of the 'agreed' text of the draft Withdrawal Agreement (the "Draft Text") between the United Kingdom ("UK") and the remainder of the European Union (the "EU") on 19 March 2018, our intellectual property ("IP") team has produced a suite of briefings on key aspects of the likely implications of Brexit for IP rights and systems across the EU, to inform our clients what changes they will need to consider making to their existing IP strategies and protocols to continue dealing in post-Brexit UK and Europe. The topic of this note is how Brexit will impact copyright.
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