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Dec 4, 2024 | 
lesfrontieres.com | Rachel Taylor
Héctor Jausàs, has been appointed as President, with Rodrigo Martos and Talmac Bel elected as Co- Managing Partners to lead Fieldfisher in Spain. These appointments mark an important milestone in Fieldfisher's growth in Spain and reinforce the firm's commitment to strategic expansion. Héctor, Rodrigo and Talmac succeed Jordi Ruiz de Villa, who served as Managing Partner and Chairman of the board since 2020.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
lesfrontieres.com | Rachel Taylor
LONDON - European law firm Fieldfisher has successfully obtained a pioneering "newcomer injunction" on behalf of AQA Education, the UK's largest examination board, against persons unknown to curb the unlawful acquisition, sale, and distribution of confidential GCSE and A-Level examination materials.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
lesfrontieres.com | Rachel Taylor
The appointment of the seasoned corporate, commercial and renewable energy law expert will complement Fieldfisher's renowned international practiceDUBLIN - Fieldfisher has appointed Peter O'Neill as a Partner in its Corporate practice based in Dublin.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
lesfrontieres.com | Rachel Taylor
European law firm Fieldfisher is delighted to announce its Berlin office move to "Cube Berlin", a cutting-edge office space and a pioneer in sustainable office architecture, situated in Washingtonplatz 3. The new space will house Fieldfisher X, the firm's specialised business unit, which focuses on scalable legal services, customised legal tech solutions and defence of corporates against mass litigation claims.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
lesfrontieres.com | Rachel Taylor
Xavier will be based in the Barcelona office and will work alongside Juan Osuna, a tax partner based in the Madrid office. Xavier has over 20 years' experience. He has spent the last 12 years at KPMG where he led the family business and family office taxation practice. Fieldfisher expands Tax offering in Spain by welcoming Xavier Aixelà as a new partner based in the Barcelona office.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Rachel Taylor |susan kirsch
Therapeutic vs non-therapeutic use claims for functional foodsIn an ideal world, therapeutic and non-therapeutic use claims form two sides of the same coin.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
lesfrontieres.com | Rachel Taylor
European law firm Fieldfisher has announced the appointment of Tom Rush as a partner in its Corporate practice, based in Birmingham. Tom joins from Gateley Legal, where he was Birmingham Head of Corporate. He joined the firm on 3 September 2024. Tom has over 15 years' experience in public company transactions, private equity investments, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Johnston |Tom Barnes |Rachel Taylor |Alasdair McBeth |Max Kwan |Aniston Inger-Holland
Inland Revenue released its draft Interpretation Statement (IS) (PUB00486) on 30 August 2024, which sets out the Commissioner of Inland Revenue’s preliminary view on the correct GST treatment of investment management fees charged to investment funds. In summary, the draft IS concludes that investment management fees should be treated as exempt.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
lesfrontieres.com | Rachel Taylor
Fieldfisher's international Corporate team completes transatlantic technology Private Equity platform deal. K1 Investment Management ("K1") is one of the largest investors in small-cap enterprise software companies and this deal allows Board Intelligence to strengthen its category-leading position through organic growth, product and geographic expansion and strategic acquisitions.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Rachel Taylor |susan kirsch
When do functional food health claims become prophylactic methods of treatment? Consumer demand for food with health benefits is high and companies are working hard to respond to this. In 2021 the functional food market in Europe and forecast to grow at 2.9% per year. This has corresponded with an increase in patent filings related to functional foods[1]. However, recent case law has highlighted difficulties when trying to apply EPO medical use claim language to functional foods.
