News and deals https://www.osborneclarke.com/ en Mon, 13 May 2024 23:04:04 +0100 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:46:44 +0100 <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-launches-office-miami-led-javier-fernandez-samaniego-currently-managing-partner" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke launches an office in Miami led by Javier Fernández-Samaniego, currently managing partner of Samaniego Law</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-launches-office-miami-led-javier-fernandez-samaniego-currently-managing-partner Osborne Clarke is launching an office in Miami&nbsp;with the recruitment of Samaniego Law's managing partner Javier Fernández-Samaniego. This will be Osborne Clarke's third US office and its 26th international location. Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:46:44 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/financial-results-2023-osborne-clarke-reports-9-international-revenue-increase" hreflang="en">Financial results 2023: Osborne Clarke reports 9% international revenue increase</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/financial-results-2023-osborne-clarke-reports-9-international-revenue-increase International legal practice Osborne Clarke announces a revenue of €442m for 2022/23. This is a 9% increase on 2021/22 (which was €407m)."Our teams have pulled together once again this year in an often turbulent market to deliver great results for our international clients and business." Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:28:51 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-builds-us-success-continued-expansion-former-uk-managing-partner-ray-berg-moves" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke builds on US success with continued expansion as former UK Managing Partner Ray Berg moves to West Coast Team</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-builds-us-success-continued-expansion-former-uk-managing-partner-ray-berg-moves International legal practice Osborne Clarke continues to invest in the US market to maintain its leadership position as a specialist law firm helping clients navigate change and succeed in tomorrow's world. After being in the US for more than 22 years, the firm has accelerated its investment over the last 18 months by more than doubling its team on the ground and will be moving its New York premises in 2023 to accommodate this expansion.&nbsp; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:56:23 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-commits-15degc-business-statement-cop27" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke commits to 1.5°C business statement at COP27</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-commits-15degc-business-statement-cop27 In collaboration with We Mean Business Coalition and The B Team, the firm stands with more than 200 businesses across the world to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:58:43 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-sponsors-2022-world-ev-day-29th-september" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke sponsors 2022 World EV Day on 29th September</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-sponsors-2022-world-ev-day-29th-september Osborne Clarke today announces its support and sponsorship of World EV Day, a global campaign established to accelerate the transition to zero emission electric vehicles around the world. Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:58:22 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/european-regulation-data-driven-business-models-provides-gcs-unique-opportunity-help-drive" hreflang="en">European regulation of data-driven business models provides GCs with a unique opportunity to help drive innovation within their businesses</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/european-regulation-data-driven-business-models-provides-gcs-unique-opportunity-help-drive Findings of a new European survey come ahead of a huge expansion of EU data regulation&nbsp; 89% of companies now offer, or plan to offer, data driven products or services But 63% say the legal and regulatory framework around data is too complex Compliance risks may be triggered so data strategy is needed, dovetailed with ESG policies The European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) has surveyed over 400 General Counsel across the continent to find out whether they are prepared for the major changes in dat Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/financial-results-2022-osborne-clarke-reports-19-international-revenue-increase" hreflang="en">Financial results 2022: Osborne Clarke reports 19% international revenue increase</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/financial-results-2022-osborne-clarke-reports-19-international-revenue-increase International legal practice Osborne Clarke achieved a revenue of €407m for 2021/22. This is a 19% per cent increase on 2020/21 (which was €341m) and a 66% increase over five years. Omar Al-Nuaimi, Osborne Clarke's International CEO, commented: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:04:24 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/international-womens-day-2022-osborne-clarke" hreflang="en">International Women's Day 2022 at Osborne Clarke</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/international-womens-day-2022-osborne-clarke International Women's Day is a celebration of the social, economic, cultural, academic and political achievements of women across the world. This year's theme is Break the Bias.&nbsp; At Osborne Clarke we celebrate the day with a programme of events accessible across all our international offices. The programme includes a keynote speech from Anila Noor, a co-founder of Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL), a refugee-activist, TEDx speaker and researcher based in the Netherlands. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:53:59 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/twelve-technologies-identified-help-global-cities-reduce-their-carbon-footprint" hreflang="en">Twelve technologies identified to help global cities reduce their carbon footprint</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/twelve-technologies-identified-help-global-cities-reduce-their-carbon-footprint Economist Impact has published a new report – 'Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities' – in which it says the featured technologies could radically reduce cities' carbon footprint and, as a result, emissions globally. Cities currently consume more than two-thirds of the world’s energy and account for more than 70% of global CO₂ emissions. &nbsp;&nbsp; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:04:39 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/reflecting-year-finding-space-come-together" hreflang="en">Reflecting on the year and finding space to come together</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/reflecting-year-finding-space-come-together A letter from Leona Briggs, Executive Board Race Champion at Osborne Clarke Tue, 25 May 2021 15:20:43 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/celebrating-international-womens-day-2021-osborne-clarke" hreflang="en">Celebrating International Women's Day 2021 at Osborne Clarke</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/celebrating-international-womens-day-2021-osborne-clarke International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked annually on 8 March, as a celebration of social, economic, cultural, academic and political achievements of women across the world. It's also a day on which we can reflect on progress made, and to acknowledge acts of courage and determination, of women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. This year's IWD theme is "Choose to Challenge", a call for action to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality, and to help create an inclusive world more generally. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:25:54 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/steve-wilson-announced-osborne-clarkes-us-managing-partner" hreflang="en">Steve Wilson announced as Osborne Clarke's US Managing Partner</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/steve-wilson-announced-osborne-clarkes-us-managing-partner Appointment builds on the Firm's on-going success during the last 20+ years Osborne Clarke continues to invest in its international growth strategy with the appointment of Steve Wilson as Managing Partner for its United States operations. He takes over the newly created role with immediate effect. Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:05:04 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-advises-monashees-lead-investment-vortexas-19m-series-b-investment-round" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke advises monashees on its lead investment in Vortexa’s $19m Series B investment round</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advises-monashees-lead-investment-vortexas-19m-series-b-investment-round International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Brazilian venture capital manager, monashees, on its lead investment in AI energy analytics start-up Vortexa’s $19m Series B investment round. The round was led by monashees with participation from all existing investors, including Notion Capital, Mosaic Ventures and Metaplanet Holdings. The investment brings the total amount raised by Vortexa to more than $30 million since inception. Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:24:58 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-advises-liftoff-international-elements-majority-investment-blackstone" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke advises Liftoff on international elements of majority investment by Blackstone</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advises-liftoff-international-elements-majority-investment-blackstone International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Silicon Valley based Liftoff Mobile, Inc. on the international aspects of its investment from one of the world's leading investment firms, Blackstone.Founded in 2012, Liftoff is a global performance-based mobile app marketing optimization platform and it has been included on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the U.S. in each of the last four years. Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:26:41 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-appoints-new-international-ceo-2021" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke appoints new international CEO from 2021</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-appoints-new-international-ceo-2021 International law firm Osborne Clarke has appointed a new international CEO with effect from July 2021. Omar Al-Nuaimi is head of Osborne Clarke's infrastructure finance group and will take over from Simon Beswick at the end of his term, after eight years in the role. Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:49:14 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-advises-anchore-first-expansion-outside-us" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke advises Anchore on first expansion outside of the US</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advises-anchore-first-expansion-outside-us International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Anchore, Inc. the fast growing DevSecOps technology company, focused on policy based container security and compliance solutions for small businesses, major enterprises and federal and government agencies, on its expansion into the UK.The transaction will help Santa Barbara, CA based, Anchore, continue on its mission to help major enterprises across the globe create and deploy software safely using modern container infrastructure. Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:47:49 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-advises-gcp-investment-cubelogic" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke advises GCP on its investment in CubeLogic</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advises-gcp-investment-cubelogic International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Growth Capital Partners (GCP) on its significant minority investment deal with CubeLogic, the market leading provider of enterprise risk management solutions for the energy, commodities and financial markets. Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:08:59 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-wins-ip-award-work-unwired-planet" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke wins IP award for its work with Unwired Planet</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-wins-ip-award-work-unwired-planet Osborne Clarke's IP team has won Cross-border Telecoms Patent Team of the Year at the Managing IP Awards for its work with Unwired Planet. The award is shared with other firms who also represented Unwired Planet in its landmark case against Huawei. The Managing IP Awards are presented to firms, individuals and companies behind the most innovative and challenging IP work of the past year, as well as those driving the international IP market. Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:48:52 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-advised-sellersfunding-19m-debt-financing" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke has advised SellersFunding on a £19M debt financing</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advised-sellersfunding-19m-debt-financing International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised SellersFunding, a New York headquartered FinTech, on a £19M debt financing to fund growth of the company's loan book in the UK and expansion of their European lending operations. SellersFunding's online direct lending platform offers term loan and receivables advance facilities of up to $500k to e-commerce merchants and set themselves apart from their competitors by offering a frictionless loan approval and funding process, funding in as little as 1-2 business days. Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:34:54 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-becomes-first-law-firm-partner-european-network-women-leadership" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke becomes the first law firm to partner with the European Network for Women in Leadership</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-becomes-first-law-firm-partner-european-network-women-leadership Firm joins sponsors Orange, Microsoft, INSEAD, Lenovo International legal practice Osborne Clarke has become a sponsor of the European Network for Women in Leadership (WIL Europe) with Dutch Partner Herke van Hulst voted on to its board. Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:36:03 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-advises-idio-cross-border-sale-episerver" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke advises Idio on its cross-border sale to Episerver</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advises-idio-cross-border-sale-episerver International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the board and shareholders of Idio Limited (“Idio” ) on its cross-border sale to Episerver UK Limited, a portfolio company of Insight Partners. Idio makes 1:1 marketing possible for global B2B enterprises, using its platform to predict the interests of&nbsp; individuals and then automatically deliver relevant 1:1 experiences across digital channels. The transaction was the outcome of a "dual track" sale and IPO process that was subject to a very tight timetable. Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:48:50 +0000 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-advises-ninja-theory-on-sale-to-microsoft" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke advises Ninja Theory on sale to Microsoft</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advises-ninja-theory-on-sale-to-microsoft International legal practice Osborne Clarke advised the shareholders of Ninja Theory on its sale to Microsoft, as announced at E3 this year. The BAFTA award-winning studio prides itself on pushing the boundaries of technology, art and design to create exciting video game experiences. This transformative deal is designed to empower the Ninja Theory team to go even further with their ambition, with the full support of Microsoft behind them. Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:07:16 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-advises-the-trade-desk-on-one-bartholomew-letting" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke advises The Trade Desk on One Bartholomew letting</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advises-the-trade-desk-on-one-bartholomew-letting International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised The Trade Desk on a major pre-letting agreement for One Bartholomew Close, a new, high-quality office building in Farringdon London. Under the agreement, The Trade Desk, a global technology company that empowers buyers of advertising, will occupy just over a quarter of the letting space in the building. Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:11:37 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-continues-us-expansion-with-new-york-city-office-launch" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke continues US expansion with New York City office launch</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-continues-us-expansion-with-new-york-city-office-launch Osborne Clarke is investing to grow US client base Aims to reinforce relationships with North American companies expanding internationally Appoints new Head of New York City office International legal practice Osborne Clarke continues to invest in its international growth strategy by increasing its presence in the United States. Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:16:33 +0100 News and deals <a href="/news/osborne-clarke-continues-us-expansion-push" hreflang="en">Osborne Clarke continues US expansion push</a> https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-continues-us-expansion-push The firm aims to reinforce relationships with companies based in North America who are looking to expand globally. With offices across Europe and Asia and a vast international network, the firm is the ideal partner for US companies looking for support with their international legal needs. Building upon its success to date, Osborne Clarke is investing in their operations in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and New York City with two key appointments. Wed, 18 May 2016 13:00:00 +0100 News and deals