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A new home for New Look as Womble Bond Dickinson advises on head office move
03 Nov 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised a leading fashion retailer in its move to a new London head office. The firm has supported long-standing client and British retailer New Look on its move into the custom fitted out third and fourth floors of the seven-storey office and GPE building, The Hickman, along Whitechapel Road in the nation's capital.
Catalysing future growth as Womble Bond Dickinson advises on £100m fundraising for Atom
02 Nov 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised the UK's first app-based bank on a successful fundraise of £100m in new equity capital.
The firm has assisted long-standing client Atom bank on its latest fundraising round, which has seen the bank raise capital from long-term shareholders BBVA, Toscafund, and Infinity Investment Partners in what is believed to be the largest private capital raise by a digital bank in the UK this year.
The firm has assisted long-standing client Atom bank on its latest fundraising round, which has seen the bank raise capital from long-term shareholders BBVA, Toscafund, and Infinity Investment Partners in what is believed to be the largest private capital raise by a digital bank in the UK this year.
Cracking the US market – key considerations and strategies
31 Oct 2023
The United States offers a vast and diverse market for UK businesses looking to expand their operations.
Favourable currency exchange rates are making goods and services from the UK even more attractive. However, navigating the complex regulatory landscape and choosing the right entry point or location to set up shop can be overwhelming.
Womble Bond Dickinson's (WBD) Growing Global series offers insights and practical legal guidance for business leaders navigating global business challenges.
Favourable currency exchange rates are making goods and services from the UK even more attractive. However, navigating the complex regulatory landscape and choosing the right entry point or location to set up shop can be overwhelming.
Womble Bond Dickinson's (WBD) Growing Global series offers insights and practical legal guidance for business leaders navigating global business challenges.
Transatlantic team of Womble Bond Dickinson lawyers advise Frontier Growth in Accredible investment
26 Oct 2023
Womble Bond Dickinson US and UK lawyers represented Frontier Growth, a Charlotte-based growth equity firm specialising in support software companies, in connection with Frontier’s investment in Accredible, the world’s leading digital credentialing platform, based in Mountain View, California.
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson and deals that are changing the North East
21 Sep 2023
The growth of the energy sector is a major potential economic driver in the North East. Deals currently under negotiation aim to bring new investment and innovations into the sector and the region. BUSINESSiQ Editor Mike Hughes got some exclusive insight from David Ridley, Managing Associate at international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), who works in their North East corporate finance team and primarily focuses on M&A and Private Equity investments.
Have a plan, pay attention to AI, but don't panic
08 Aug 2023
Most law firms in the UK will have closed Q1 at the end of an unseasonably wet July and, of course, the summer means we are also in financial reporting season and many firms in the top 100 are reporting solid, if unspectacular, income and profit figures. And as the fires continue to roar across Europe, and the UK resigns itself to another school holiday in wellies and umbrellas, leaders across the professional services sector are gearing up for their annual conferences in the autumn.
Womble Bond Dickinson advises LDC on investment into UniHomes
24 Jul 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised longstanding client LDC, a leading private equity investor, on its minority investment in student accommodation advertising platform, UniHomes,
Womble Bond Dickinson advises Gatehouse IM & Carlyle on large-scale single family housing transaction
10 Jul 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised longstanding client Gatehouse Investment Management (Gatehouse IM) and new client Carlyle on their first co-operation arrangement and acquisition, in one of the largest Single Family Rental (SFR) transactions in the UK this year.
To merge or not to merge?
27 Jun 2023
With an uncertain economy, increasing costs and competition, it is not just Allen & Overy and Shearman who are contemplating a merger, many more modestly sized law firms in the UK legal sector are once again having a look around the market. In this short article, Jonathan Blair, Head of WBD Advisory - the Professional Services Advisory Group at Womble Bond Dickinson - considers the ten most important issues to think about when contemplating a merger.
Womble Bond Dickinson supports RES on UK green hydrogen strategy
19 Jun 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has advised longstanding client RES, one of the world’s largest independent renewable energy companies, on its new green hydrogen joint venture, HYRO, with Octopus Energy Generation.
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