International
You'll like our international strategy because it suits our clients. We have a network of carefully chosen law firms in all jurisdictions and can select the right leader in the field for the right job.
Wherever you are in the world and wherever you want to be, we will manage and deliver your job for you using the best independent lawyers. All of our lawyers' legal, cultural, linguistic and commercial experience will be at your fingertips.
Internally we've got teams of people who concentrate on specific countries. We've also got people on the ground in Hong Kong and Guangzhou and have an association with German independent Graf von Westphalen.
On a typical day, any number of our partners and lawyers could be anywhere in the world visiting clients, speaking at conferences or working for clients in partnership with other lawyers.
If you'd like us to see you next time we're in your country, please contact Christopher Hughes (christopher_hughes@wragge.com).
Athens
An international airline
Advised a leading airling on a five-year outsourcing deal of passenger services systems to EDS.
Bill Jones, Outsourcing
June 2007
Belfast
CER and the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
Advised on a first cross-border framework agreement.
Derek Goodban, Energy & regulated industies
November 2007
Brno
A global manufacturer in the automotive sector
Advised on the outsourcing of finance services to Infosys Technologies (India) and a shared-service centre based in Czech Republic.
January 2007
Brussels
Brussels Airlines
Advised on the outsourcing of a passenger service system to EDS.
Bill Jones, Outsourcing
July 2008
Chicago
Hospira
Advising on a range of transactional work.
Patrick Duxbury and Luke Kempton
Life Sciences, Intellectual Property
Courbevoie Cedex
Compin Group
Advised on the acquisition of the assets of UK-based railway carriage interiors company AVE Rail.
Julian Henwood, CorporateMay 2008
Delhi
A European premier central couterparty group
Advised on a major system development contract with an IT services and business solutions company.
Peter Hall,
Teltech
May 2008
Dubai
Development Securities
£250 million tax fund setup for Middle Eastern investors.
Lee Nuttall, Tax
January 2008
Dusseldorf
LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG
Advised LSG Sky Chefs Europe Holdings Limited on the acquisition of shares in and the renegotiation of shareholder arrangements relating to City Net Catering Holdings Limited.
David Vaughan, Corporate
March 2008
Florida
US property developer
A commercial litigation claim to enforce a US judgement in the UK.
Nicola Mumford, Commercial Litigation
Frankfurt
Global Switch
Ongoing prelet of data centres across the globe.
Mark Chester, CDI
Geneva
Index Ventures
Advising portfolio companies on a variety of work.
Patrick Duxbury and Luke Kempton
Life Sciences, Intellectual property
Guelph
Large Canadian engineering company
Assisting client in delaing with HRMC.
Richard Freeman
Tax
July 2007
Hamburg
FTSE 250 company
Advised on claims througout Europe for witholdings of dividends paid to a UK pension scheme in contravention of EC law.
Richard Freeman
Tax
February 2007
Helsinki
Metso Paper
Advised on the acquisition of paper production equipment servicing company Bender Holdings Limited and its UK subsidiaries for an undisclosed amount.
Julian Henwood, Corporate
August 2007
Illinois
Spectris Plc
Advised on the sale of Spectrum Inspection Systems to Illinois Tool Works Inc in a £16 million deal.
Edward Dawes, Corporate
March 2007
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian Airlines
Advised on a £53 million, ten-year passenger service system outsourcing project to Sita.
Bill Jones, Outsourcing
January 2007
Lund
Amcor Limited
Acted jointly with Swedish law firm Deplhi for Australian-listed food packaging company in connection with the sale of its flexible food packaging plants to a Swedish private equity group, Accent Equity Partners for an undisclosed amount.
Julian Henwood
Corporate
April 2008
Luxembourg
A European premier central couterparty group
Advised on a major system development contract with an IT services and business solutions company.
Peter Hall,
Teltech
May 2008
Malmo
PartnerTech AB
Advised on the acquisition of Hansatech Limited, a contract manufacturer.
Julian Henwood, Corporate
November 2008
Munich
Probiodrug
Advising on IP matters.
Luke Kempton, Intellectual Property
Siemens Magnet Technology
Advised on a patent case after a claim that Siemens Magnet Technology had infringed its patent for the design of superconducting magnets.
Luke Kempton, Intellectual Property
October 2007
Ohio
Agilysys, Inc.
Advised on the acquisition of the entire issue share capital of hospitality software company Triangle Hospitality Solutions Limited from Triangle Computer Services Limited and certain management shareholders.
Julian Henwood
Corporate
April 2008
Ontario
Linamar
Advised Linamar Corporation on its acquisition of the former Visteon automotive facility in Swansea, Wales.
Maurice Dwyer
Corporate
Oslo
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Advised on an outsourcing deal to Amadeus Pioneer service management systems.
Bill Jones, Outsourcing
March 2007
Paris
A European premier central couterparty group
Advised on a major system development contract with an IT services and business solutions company.
Peter Hall,
Teltech
May 2008
Compin Group
Advised on the acquisition of the assets of UK-based railway carriage interiors company AVE Rail.
Julian Henwood
Corporate
May 2008
Sumitomo Chemical Co
Advised on the acquisition of 80 per cent of the issued share capital of Interfarm UK Ltd., a distributor of crop protection products in the UK and Ireland.
Julian Henwood
Corporate
July 2007
Rotterdam
FTSE 250 company
Advised on claims througout Europe for witholdings of dividends paid to a UK pension scheme in contravention of EC law.
Richard Freeman
Tax
February 2007
Singapore
Global Switch
Ongoing prelet of data centres across the globe.
Mark Chester, CDI
St. Helier
Major International bank
Acting for a group of Jersey trustees in a professional negligence case.
Richard Ellison, FIRST
December 2006
Stockholm
Assa Abloy AB
Advised on an the acquisition of security door manufacturer Powershield Doors Limited in Northern Ireland for the world's largest lock maker.
Julian Henwood, Corporate
July 2007
FTSE 250 company
Advised on claims througout Europe for witholdings of dividends paid to a UK pension scheme in contravention of EC law.
Richard Freeman
Tax
February 2007
Haldex AB
Advised on the £75 million acquisition automotive diesel pumps company of Concentric PLC.
Julian Henwood, Corporate
February 2008
Sydney
Global Switch
Ongoing prelet of data centres across the globe.
Mark Chester, CDI
Tel Aviv
A large pharmaceutical company
Acting for a pharmaceutical company in judicial review proceedings relating to the grant of a UK marketing authorisation for a generic version of an anti-depressant drug.
Luke Kempton and John Cooper
Intellectual property, Life sciences
May 2008
Tokyo
Sumitomo Chemical Co
Advised on the acquisition of 80 per cent of the issued share capital of Interfarm UK Ltd., a distributor of crop protection products in the UK and Ireland.
Julian Henwood, Corporate
July 2007
Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe
Acquisition of share capital of crop chemicals company Interfarm UK Ltd.
Julian Henwood, Corporate
July 2007
Large Japanese pharmaceutical company
Advising on the European aspects of a large US acquisition of a US headquartered pharmaceutical company.
Patrick Duxbury and Luke Kempton
Life Sciences, Intellectual property
November 2007
Eisai Co Ltd
Advised on a cross-border £41 million commercialisation agreement with US-based Solstice Neurosciences, Inc. for NeuroBloc®.
Patrick Duxbury and Luke Kempton
Life sciences, Intellectual property
July 2007
Utrecht
Profibrix
Advising on a range of transactions.
Patrick Duxbury
Life Sciences, Intellectual property
Pangenetics
Advising on a broad range of matters.
Patrick Duxbury
Life Sciences and Intellectual Property
Vancouver
Explorer Software
Advised on the acquisition of Redsky IT Holdings and the back-to-back sale of a portion of the Redsky business to Micros Systems.
Jeremy Millington and Richard Goold
Corporate
March 2007
Waltham
Inverness Medical Innovations
Advised on the public takeover of UK-based medical devises company BBI Holdings PLC for a cash consideration of £83 million.
Julian Henwood, Corporate
December 2007
Wertheim
Lutz Jesco
Ongoing employment advice.
Rebecca Jones
Employment
April 2007
Zaganska
Cressida Services
Advised on the $63 million disposal of various Central European ceramic tile companies to Cersanit SA of Poland.
Julian Henwood, Corporate
May 2007
Zurich
An international airline
Advised a leading airling on a five-year outsourcing deal of passenger services systems to EDS.
Bill Jones, Outsourcing
June 2007
