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The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised OrganOx on a £25 million growth round led by Lauxera Capital Partners, with support from existing investors.
National law firm Freeths has appointed Nicola Wallbank to head up the firm’s Oxford employment practice. Nicola joins from Julian Taylor Solicitors.
Law firm Mills & Reeve and insurers Aon surveyed legal, risk, compliance and human resources teams in the public and private sectors across a wide range of industries to better understand how they prepare for and respond to cyber attacks.
The national law firm’s charitable trust has pledged to Oxfordshire Community Foundation as part of its wider ESG efforts after opening their Oxford office last year.
This month an institution in the Oxford legal sector, John Deech, has celebrated his 80th birthday, which comes as he remains an active full-time partner at law firm Blake Morgan. John’s colleagues threw him a surprise birthday party – reflecting on the almost 50 years he has worked at the firm and marking this milestone.
Thames Valley: Leading regional law firm, Gardner Leader, has appointed Gina Tray as its new marketing manager, as the firm cements its presence within the south of the country.
Matt Heyworth joins from BDB Pitmans, Reading, and is a leading family lawyer who specialises in complex cases involving business interests, trusts, foreign assets and property portfolios. His arrival coincides with principal associate, Claire Burton and associate, Kerry Haugh, also from BDB Pitmans.
Leading Thames Valley law firm, Gardner Leader, has appointed highly experienced corporate and commercial lawyer, Sally Addis, as a Partner in the firm. Sally, along with her current team, will be based in Oxford, expanding Gardner Leader’s reach and services further into the Oxfordshire region. The firm have also recently become Members of the growing B4 business community in Oxfordshire.
On June 22nd a further rate increase in interest rates was announced by the Bank of England taking rates to 5%, the highest they have been in 15 years since 2008.
National law firm Freeths has advised the Founders of Microwave Amps on its sale to ScandiNova.
National law firm Freeths has promoted Michael Bray and Lottie Hugo to senior positions within the Bristol team.
The issue of digital identities is a hot topic within the UK technology sector and the government has introduced proposed legislation to tackle some of the issues digital identities present.
Directive (EU) 2022/2555 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2) came into force on 16 January 2023. By 17 October 2024, Member States must adopt and publicise measures to comply with the Directive. NIS 2 will apply to a broad range of businesses which provide their services, or carry out their activities in the EU even if they are not based in a Member State. So what does this mean for you?
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