Osborne Clarke - UK

British Property Federation (BPF) and law firm Osborne Clarke have brought together a number of key UK real estate players to discuss social value and impact, how these terms might be defined, and which activities achieve the most positive results within communities. 🤝   Hosted by Ion Fletcher from the BPF and Osborne Clarke associate director Julia Jolley, participants included 13 representatives from a mixture of investors and developers which have major real estate assets and projects in the UK.   The Institute for Social Value (formerly Social Value UK) and Social Value Portal also participated represented by Isabelle Parasram OBE and Anna McChesney-Gordon respectively.   Read more about the discussion on our website: https://lnkd.in/eeCMCBbH

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) affects all UK registered companies – including professional and non-professional trustee companies. Some of the changes being made by ECCTA are already in force; others are on the way. Osborne Clarke head of pensions Jonathan Hazlett considers the impact of the new rules on trustee companies and confirms there are at least five actions they should consider taking now. Read the full article in Professional Pensions here > https://lnkd.in/e8wgrYhA #pensions #ECCTA

Osborne Clarke has advised JLEN the listed environmental infrastructure fund, which has reached an agreement for the sale of 51% of a portfolio of six gas-to-grid anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities to Future Biogas for £68.1 million. ♻ JLEN will continue to own 49% of the AD Portfolio, which has a combined generating capacity of 38MW. The Osborne Clarke corporate team was led by Chris Yeo and Hannah Stevens. They were supported by Erika Jupe, Tracey Wright & Helena Zaba on tax and Duncan Parker & Madeleine Begg on construction elements. Future Biogas is a specialist developer and has been the operator of the AD Portfolio since the assets were acquired by the Company between 2017 to 2019. The AD Portfolio is located in the East of England and the AD assets have been operational since 2013 - 2016. All of the projects benefit from a RHI and Feed-in Tariff subsidy. Read more here > https://lnkd.in/eJcD4gcZ

Our 10k interns and scholars visited St Werburghs City Farm for a volunteering day helping to provide green sites accessible to the local community. 🌲 🧡 Groups got stuck into a range of activities to help maintain the farm including building the large oak steps with a sledgehammer, trimming and raking the grass around the goats' pen, and some channelling their engineering talent to create beautiful bird boxes. 🕊 Well done everyone for rolling up their sleeves and helping out! #10KI #Volunteering #LawInternships

📢 Exciting news! Osborne Clarke is proud to have advised HH Global, the global leader in responsible marketing activation services, on the acquisition of Northell, a best-in-class marketing technology and AI solution provider. 👩💻 The Osborne Clarke team was led by corporate David Ferris and included Olivier Jacquelin and Emily Greatrix. Additional support was provided by Helena Zaba (Tax) and Marc Shrimpling (Regulatory - NSIA). Find out more > https://lnkd.in/esfUE_wg

🎉Let's give a big Osborne Clarke #welcome to our 10KI interns who have joined us in the last few weeks! We're super excited about the insightful programme we're offering this year's cohort of 15 interns, aimed at giving them a deep understanding of our business and the legal sector. The 10,000 Interns Foundation champions underrepresented talent and promotes equity of opportunity. This year we are expanding the programme and welcoming interns from both 10,000 Black Interns programme, supporting Black students and graduates, and the 10,000 Able Interns programme, supporting disabled students and graduates. We are also very excited to be welcoming two interns from Osborne Clarke Scholars - the firm's multi-year scholarship, mentoring and personal development pilot programme, supported by Microsoft's Law Firm Diversity Programme. Our interns can look forward to lots of practical experiences, plus support throughout their learning journey through buddies/mentors and insight days with clients including Hargreaves Lansdown , BOUYGUES UK, OVO, TikTok and Warner Bros. Discovery. We cannot wait to see what you get up to during your time with us 🚀 #EarlyCareers #10KI #LegalCareers

📢 Osborne Clarke has advised the selling shareholders of Fusebox Games, a free-to-play studio based in the UK that specializes in Interactive narrative games, on its sale to Nazara Technologies, India’s only publicly listed diversified gaming and sports media company. The acquisition will allow Nazara and Fusebox to join forces as Nazara builds an IP based global gaming business. 🎮 The team was led by corporate partner Mathias Loertscher and comprised of Tom Try, Katie Tait and Aaron Ewart (Corporate); Mathew Oliver and Anna Reynolds (Tax); Anika Chandra, Stuart Rose and Rhiannon Jones (Incentives). Read more > https://lnkd.in/ejYYxi4s

Osborne Clarke has advised Riverlane, the global leader in quantum error correction (QEC) technology, on US$75m Series C funding to meet growing demand for QEC technology. The funding round will enable Riverlane to deliver its QEC roadmap, expanding operations and setting-out a plan to achieve one million error-free quantum computer operations by 2026 and in turn, meet the surging global market demand for QEC technology from hardware companies and government worldwide. The round was led by Planet First Partners with participation from ETF Partners and EDBI Pte Ltd and existing investors Cambridge Innovation Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, the National Security Investment Fund (NSSIF) and Altair. Osborne Clarke's team was led by corporate partner, Rob Hayes and included Elizabeth Yell and Chris Flach. Advice on the National Security & Investment Act was provided by Marc Shrimpling. Read more here > https://lnkd.in/eNG_vC8B #OCVentures #VentureCapital 

Court rows back on permissive approach to patentability of AI inventions. 🧠 👨💻 The Court of Appeal has ruled that an AI invention for media-file recommendations is a computer program "as such" and thus not patentable, overturning a previous High Court decision.  This ruling clarifies that AI inventions, like ANNs, are treated the same as other computer-implemented inventions. While disappointing for AI innovators, it aligns with the view of the UKIPO and European Patent Office case law.    This ruling reverses the more AI innovator-friendly position taken by the High Court - find out more in our latest Insight here >  https://lnkd.in/gsa4wrbs Connect with our experts > Tamara Quinn, Dr Robyn Trigg and Luke Maunder #AI #PatentLaw #Innovation #IP

🎇 Gallagher advises Moog Retirement Benefits Plan’s £25 million buy-in with Just Group plc.   Gallagher has today announced the completion of a £25m buy-in for the Moog Retirement Benefits Plan, in partnership with insurer Just Group, a FTSE-listed specialist UK financial services company. The buy-in transaction covers the remaining 28 deferred members and 139 current pensioner members.   Open Trustees acted as the Plan's independent trustee. Osborne Clarke acted as legal advisers.   For the past three years, Gallagher has worked with the Plan’s Trustees to monitor the affordability of a potential buy-in. In 2022, Gallagher was appointed as risk transfer brokers for the transaction, and subsequently established a Joint Working Group between the Trustees and the Sponsor to manage the buy-in.   In June 2024, the Trustees signed the contract and entered into the final £25m buy-in policy agreement.   The Trustees were well ahead of the market and had fully implemented GMP equalisation ahead of the buy-in transaction through Gallagher’s solution, Square. The story is currently live on Professional Pensions > https://lnkd.in/gPzqXQv7