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Lewis Silkin advises France-based Raja Group on acquisition of Morplan, mail order distributor to UK’s retail and fashion industry

Deal

19 March 2015

Lewis Silkin has advised France-based Raja Group, the leading European industrial packaging distributor, on its acquisition of Morplan, the number one B2B mail order distributor to UK’s retail and fashion industry.

Streamlining partnership: The wider impact of the UK LLP tax changes

Press

13 June 2014

In an article for Managing Partner, Fergus Payne discusses the impact of controversial UK LLP tax changes.

Finding your way to the exit - preparing the agency for sale

Press

25 April 2014

In an article for BrandRepublic, Matthew Rowbotham discusses the essential questions that agencies thinking about a sale should ask themselves.

Bankers' bonuses: Curbing excess

Press

14 June 2013

In an article written for PLC Magazine, Colin Leckey, Victoria Goode and Ailsa Murdoch discuss a recent ruling that investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort must uphold a promise made at the height of the financial crisis to guarantee a minimum €400 million bonus pool to a group of bankers at its London office.

Thorny problems

Press

17 April 2013

In an article for Taxation magazine, Sara Cohen discusses the Office of Tax Simplification's proposals for unapproved share schemes.

Tax experts note holes in planned rights for shares scheme

Press

12 October 2012

Simon Allum comments on George Osborne's 'rights for shares' scheme in an article for Thomson Reuters.

Multiple attraction

Press

03 February 2012

Sara Cohen considers the single contract multiple completion route in relation to private company share buybacks.