The new entitlement to shared parental leave (“SPL”) will come into effect for babies whose expected week of childbirth is on or after 5 April 2015 (or a child who is placed for adoption after that date). This new entitlement…
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for the shareholders of Power Planning Associates on the sale of the Company to Ricardo plc. Neil Pinto, Practice Director at PPA energy (in his capacity as shareholder of PPA) said “I would be…
The Open Forum Academy has published its latest book, Research on Open Innovation featuring a chapter by Andrew Katz. The chapter, Blurring the Line Between Producer and Creator, deals with the way law and licensing must respond to the democratisation of…
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for Blue Glue Limited in its sale to US acquirer Motion Recruitment Partners Inc.
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for Integrity Software on the disposal of its Salon Software business to Canadian quoted company Jonas. Joe Hanly, CEO of Integrity Software commented: “We found Adrian’s pragmatic and commercial approach to the transaction…
Katie Osborne and Andrew Katz of the Moorcrofts Tech Team have both completed and achieved certification in Harvard University’s CopyrightX course. The course is a 12 week multi-mode course covering theory and practice of copyright law, focused on the US, but with…
Red Hat, Inc, (NYSE:RHT) one of the world’s leading providers of open source solutions, joined forces with the CentOS Project to bring it within the Red Hat stable. CentOS packages an enterprise-standard Linux operating system and operates on an open…
Moorcrofts were delighted to act for the Totemic Group in setting up a joint venture company which has acquired the business of Innovation Lifts. Innovation Lifts produce bespoke lifts for high end clients, and have a thriving export business. Derek Chick of…
Javier Serrano, a physicist from CERN, was in Oxford to give a lecture on CERN’s White Rabbit technology. The technology allows extremely precise timing of sensor events, and has been licensed under the CERN Open Hardware Licence. Moorcrofts Tech Partner…
Moorcrofts was delighted to act for Acre Resources in putting together its 2012 EMI scheme. Acre are a young recruitment company specialising in the green energy and sustainability sectors, who are using EMI schemes to motivate and retain key staff.
Moorcrofts were delighted to act for Prelert, the UK subsidiary of Prelert Inc, in setting up a UK EMI sub plan. Martin Adams, of Prelert, said: “We have a complicated US structure and when looking at the market Moorcrofts seem to be…
Moorcrofts were delighted to act for the Management Team at RealPubs on the disposal of the venture capital backed 14 strong pub chain to Greene King for £53.1m. The Moorcrofts team of Adrian Phillips and Jonathan Alder worked alongside S J Berwin, the lawyers…