Travers Smith LLP is delighted to have been awarded the ‘Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Adviser’ Award at The Drawdown Awards 2024.

Travers Smith LLP has advised RSK Group Limited ("RSK") on a £500 million preferred equity investment from a consortium led by Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. and Ares Management Corporation funds. The Travers Smith team also advised on an additional incremental £300 million debt facility commitment by Ares to further support RSK's growth plans. 

Travers Smith has advised the management team of V.Group, the global provider of mission critical services to the maritime industry, on its sale to a consortium led by STAR Capital from Advent International. The transaction is subject to regulatory consents and is expected to complete in early autumn 2024.

Travers Smith LLP has announced today the hire of Joel Grossmark as a partner in the Funds group, further strengthening its market-leading retailisation practice. 

Travers Smith LLP has announced today the promotion of six lawyers to its partnership, with effect from 1 July 2024. 

Travers Smith LLP has advised Nortel Networks UK Pensions Trust Ltd (“Trustee”) on the third and final phase of a landmark insurance transaction, with the total value of transactions between the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan ("Plan") and Legal & General ("L&G") being £2.5 billion.

Travers Smith LLP has announced the appointment of Stephen Whitfield as Head of Competition, with effect from 1 July 2024.  

Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce the winners of its 2023/24 CSR Art Awards. Set up in 2015, the firm's CSR Art Programme works with graduate artists from the University of Westminster and the Royal College of Art (RCA).