MH International
Marriott Harrison is actively increasing its international
offering, focusing on key jurisdictions across all of its departments.
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Below are some recent examples of Marriott Harrison's international
work.
The Corporate Department continues to advise on
a large number of international transactions. This includes
acting for:
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• a US law firm
acting for a US branch of a UK clearing bank taking security
over certain UK listed assets;
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• an English
company on the purchase of an orthopaedic implant devices
business from a New Jersey based multi-national company;
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• a Russian software
developer in the worldwide marketing of an award-winning
platform game for handheld devices;
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• an English
company, advising on the English law elements of a European
group reorganisation;
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• an English
designer swimwear company in connection with opening a
shop in New York;
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• an English
fashion designer in a share sale of a high profile fashion
label based in the UK, the US and Brazil;
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• an English
seller of shares in a technology company to an American
company;
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• an American
company in a mandatory bid for a petroleum exploration
and production company with assets based in Texas;
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• an Irish company
in connection with the acquisition of media rights from
a large international media group; and
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• an English
innovation consultancy and software business, which receives
96% of its revenue from the US, on the placing of an open
offer on AIM.
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MH Dispute Resolution has acted in the following
matters:
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• the registration
and enforcement of two European Enforcement Orders handed
down by a District Court of Berlin; and
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• the registration
and enforcement of a judgment handed down by the regional
Court of Paris on behalf of a French media company.
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MH Employment acted in the following matters for:
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• an international
mining company in respect of its senior executive arrangements;
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• a UK subsidiary
of a NASDAQ quoted financial services institution in connection
with employment matters; and
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• a Chinese cleantech
company on a service contract between its UK subsidiary
and a senior employee.
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The MH Employment team, with the MH Corporate team, has acted
for an American manufacturing company in the setting up of a UK
subsidiary, dealing with the corporate and employment issues.
The Media and Technology Department has acted for:
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• a German company
entering into a software co-development agreement governed
under English law;
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• a Belarus based
software developer entering into an agreement with a US
platform provider governed under English law;
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• a UK based
medical expert in connection with media matters arising
out of his work with a Swiss company on a slimming aid
being franchised in Australia;
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• a Czech based
film production company acquiring an option to make a
feature film based on a South African copyright work;
and
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• a Budapest
based independent music company in its dealings with a
UK indie band.
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The MH Property Department has acted for:
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• one of the
ten largest banks in the Middle East in connection with
a UK property purchase for one of its borrowers in Saudi
Arabia, acting through a BVI company; and
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• a sovereign
state in the purchase of a freehold property in Trafalgar
Square as its new Embassy.
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MH Property continues to act for a Malaysian bank in relation
to buy-to-let residential property lending work in the UK to
borrowers based in Malaysia.
In October 2011, Hugh Gardner is joining the UKIBC delegation
to Mumbai, New Delhi and Chandigarh, which will focus on SMEs
in these cities.
In October 2011, Duncan Innes and Peter Curnock will be attending
the International Bar Association conference in Dubai.
Hugh Gardner
MH Corporate
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