Heathrow hub: Birmingham firm Wragge & Co advised international real estate group Goodman on its £17m acquisition of a 220-acre site near Heathrow airport from Argent, the property development company. Goodman says it plans to develop a rail freight distribution hub on the site. Argent was advised by City firm Lovells.
Gulf injection: Magic circle firm Allen & Overy advised Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, First Gulf Bank, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Union National Bank on the government of Abu Dhabi’s DHS16bn (£3bn) capital injection. The Abu Dhabi government was advised by magic circle firm Clifford Chance.
Hair today: London firm Wallace, alongside US firm Jones Day, advised Anthony Mascolo, the global creative director of TIGI International and of Toni & Guy hair salons in the Americas, on selling the global TIGI professional hair products business and education academies to Unilever for $412m (£280m). Unilever was advised by its in-house team and US firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Pressure venture: South-west firm Osborne Clarke advised joint venture energy company Blue-Ng on a project to generate electricity from wasted pressure in the natural gas grid. Blue-Ng is a joint venture created by renewable energy company 20C and National Grid to develop and exploit ‘geo pressure technology’. National Grid was advised by its in-house team and City firm CMS Cameron McKenna.
Brochure buy: South-east firm Thomas Eggar advised BP Travel Marketing Services, the division of the Orbital Marketing Services Group that distributes tour operator travel brochures, on the acquisition of Ocean Park, another travel brochure distributor, for an undisclosed sum. Ocean Park was advised by Midlands firm Bray & Bray.
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