New President Alasdair Poore sets sights on reforming intellectual property enforcement and tackling delays – both in the UK, and internationally. |
21 May 2010
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1 October 2009 was a landmark date for UK companies as it heralded the implementation of the final tranche of provisions of the Companies Act 2006. |
01 October 2009
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We have advised Cambridge University spinout Metalysis on its venture capital fundraising of more than £5 million for its ground-breaking metals winning technology. |
22 June 2009
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We have helped ground-breaking biomedical research company Azellon Limited successfully close a funding round of up to £700,000. This, together with grant and other funding, took the total raised by the company to £1.6 million |
22 June 2009
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We have advised CMR Fuel Cells plc on a restructuring that involved a reduction of capital and the return of almost £4 million to shareholders. |
15 May 2009
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Partnerships will enhance service and increase private sector support to Carbon Trust incubation scheme. |
06 August 2008
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Mills & Reeve has won a major victory over HM Revenue and Customs after a five-year VAT battle through the courts on behalf of Newnham College, Cambridge.
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24 April 2008
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Mills & Reeve had a victory in the Court of Appeal last Wednesday where it was acting for a software developer in a copyright infringement dispute. |
16 April 2008
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On 24 January 2008, the Chancellor announced that a new relief from capital gains tax, entrepreneurs' relief, would come into force in April 2008, alongside the reforms announced in the Pre-Budget Report. As the name suggests, entrepreneurs' relief is likely to be of use primarily to people disposing of interests in small to medium-sized enterprises. |
28 January 2008
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In an unforeseen move, the Government has announced that full implementation of the Companies Act 2006 is being delayed by one year. |
09 November 2007
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Mills & Reeve is very pleased to announce that it has been shortlisted for "Regional Firm of the Year" in the British Legal Awards 2007. |
09 November 2007
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A large part of the Companies Act 2006 went live on 1 October and all UK companies will be affected by the changes it introduces. "Some of the provisions that are now in force are the more controversial changes whilst others are the much anticipated streamlining ones, it's quite a mixed bag," comments Mills & Reeve corporate finance partner James Hunter.
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01 October 2007
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Following a highly competitive public sector tender involving a shortlist of 31 law firms, national firm Mills & Reeve has been awarded one of only 18 places on the full commercial panel of the Catalist Legal Services Framework. |
16 August 2007
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The FSA published its findings from its thematic review of controls over inside information on mergers and acquisitions – principally public takeovers – on 2 July 2007. Richard Burger comments on the findings. |
05 July 2007
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