09.10.2003

Two new instructions for Manchester-based Halliwell Landau start this round-up.

It has won a tender to handle Carlsberg Tetley's commercial litigation work, while the London office has acted for three of the senior management of the Helm Group on their management buy-out.

Park Nelson acted for the other two, while funder Bank of Scotland was advised by Field Fisher Waterhouse.

London firm Stringer Saul has acted for Mohill Trading for the first time in securing a franchise for leading German retail outlet Ulla Popken.

It will open its first store in Kent shopping centre Bluewater.

City firm Charles Russell has a new AIM-listed client - recruitment company BNB Resources, which has bought well-known legal recruiter Garfield Robbins for a maximum consideration of 8 million.

Nicholson Graham & Jones acted for Garfield Robbins.

Three was the magic number for Bristol firm Burges Salmon, which was instructed by the new telecoms company 3 to provide town and country planning advice on its network of telecommunications masts.

City firm KLegal has represented German frozen pizza company Freiberger for the first time, advising on its purchase, for an undisclosed sum, of Stateside Foods from 3i, advised by Addleshaw Goddard.

DWF acted for the other selling shareholders.

City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has acted for a subsidiary of new client real estate company GTC International on the financing for the development and construction of a new office building in New Belgrade in Serbia and Montenegro.

Financing came from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, advised by Eversheds.

City firm Simmons & Simmons acted for Home Credit Finance, one of the largest consumer finance companies in the Czech Republic, for the first time as originator in the first rated securitisation in the country.

West Yorkshire firm Last Cawthra Feather has been appointed by Leeds IT consultants Game Frontier, which recently undertook a project for LG Electronics in the United Arab Emirates.

The firm is working on employment and consultancy contracts.

Carlisle firm Burnetts has retained the University of Central Lancashire as a client after a full competitive tender.

It has acted for the university since 1995.