Below you will find details of some of the types of work undertaken by this team. For further details, please contact us.
The Group frequently provides support to our clients’ in-house legal teams offering access to specialist advice and also offering “overflow” resource when workflow is especially high or during periods when in-house lawyers are engaged with specific projects. We are also happy to extend our in-house style of resource to businesses who do not feel able to justify the cost of their own dedicated teams or to those businesses who may no longer have access to in-house advisers following divestment. A selection of some of the types of work we have recently undertaken include:
advising Huntsman in relation to the £415m sale of its European base chemicals and polymers business to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).
advising a UK-based supplier of plant growth regulators in respect of data sharing and related compensation issues under the EU Plant Protection Products Directive.
advising px Limited in relation to a unique deal involving the management and maintenance of a new UK facility constructed by Texan based Excelerate Energy to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Excelerate’s customised vessels enabling the delivery of natural gas into the UK’s national grid.
advising Huntsman Petrochemicals with respect to the negotiation of an agreement for the supply of utilities to the world’s largest Polyethylene facility to be constructed at the Wilton International chemical complex on Teesside.
advising the Excelsyn Group in relation to the acquisition of the fine chemicals business of Great Lakes UK.
representing a multi-national speciality chemicals company in relation to its appeal against a refusal of PPC permit for its dedicated landfill facilities.
acting for Huntsman Petrochemicals (UK) Limited (and subsequently SABIC UK Petrochemicals following change of ownership) in court proceedings with the Ineos group of companies regarding the interpretation of agreements governing the supply of ethylene to Ineos. The first instance decision was reported in 2006 ([2006] AER (D) 403). The decision was appealed but the action was subsequently settled between the parties without further court proceedings
the acquisition by a major property developer of a portfolio of former chemicals sites for mixed redevelopment.
the acquisition by a multi-national chemicals manufacturer of extensive property and mineral interests, involving the settlement of highly complex environmental liability risks.
advising a UK-listed plc in relation to the negotiation of agreements for the construction, operation and management of a critical effluent management facility.
the acquisition by a North American corporation of various parcels of land and assets for the establishment of a major new chemicals manufacturing facility, advising on complex ground contamination and water pollution issues, process consents and the Climate Change Levy/emissions trading system.
the acquisition of chemical manufacturing facilities from a US multi-national, advising on due diligence, settlement of liabilities and remediation requirements.