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Divorce-proofing trusts

Structures crave stability. You wouldn’t choose to build in an earthquake zone. If you had no choice but to do so, you would ensure your structure had sufficient flexibility to withstand a powerful shock.

BISNOW Seminar – The UK’s Industrial and Logistics Transformation

On Tuesday 18 April 2023, Commercial Real Estate Senior Associates Daniel Steele and Paul Grayson attended the BISNOW seminar on The UK’s Industrial and Logistics Transformation at the Royal College of General Practitioners.

The seminar focused on two key themes:

What is the future for non-competes?

Restrictions preventing an employee from joining a competitor or setting up in competition for a period (typically between 6 – 12 months) after their employment has ended (a “non-compete”) is a common, albeit at times controversial, feature of UK employment contracts.

International Bar Association Tech M&A conference - Key Takeaways

Forsters attended the International Bar Association Tech M&A conference in Berlin on 23 and 24 March. While the Tech sector is being impacted by global macroeconomic conditions, there was a lot of optimism. Here are our key takeaways:

Hotels Group – Budget

It is a challenging time for hotels, research from CGA and AlixPartners, notes that in the UK there were 197 less hotels in December 2022 than in December 2021. Across all of hospitality, there were 1,611 less outlets by year end.

Bisnow UK Life Sciences Real Estate Annual Conference – 6 Key Takeaways

On Thursday 2 March 2023 Construction Partner, Emily Holdstock, and Commercial Real Estate Partner, Anthony Goodmaker, attended the Bisnow UK Life Sciences Real Estate Annual Conference at the White City Innovation District.

Lockton Property Issues Seminar – overview of the UK industrials and logistics market

On Wednesday 22 February 2023, Commercial Real Estate Senior Associate Paul Grayson attended the Lockton Property Issues Seminar at Lockton’s offices at The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London.

Sotheby’s and Forsters - An Owner's Guide to Art - Part 5

There are a wide range of philanthropic schemes in the UK that incentivise owners of art to support museums and galleries. In some cases, the tax benefits associated with the schemes are such that owners can end up in a better financial position than they would have been had they sold their works on the open market. Offers in lieu of inheritance tax and Private Treaty Sales to certain UK institutions offer some of the most significant incentives and enrich owners and the UK national heritage alike!

Equity Trust v Halabi (Privy Council)

This case was heard, in respect of two Jersey Law Trusts, in the Privy Council on appeal from both the Jersey & Guernsey Courts of Appeal.

Family Mediation: carrot or stick?

Non-court dispute resolution offers alternatives to separating couples that can reduce the financial, time and emotional burdens often associated with going to court.