The international legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Dieter Schoeller on the buyback of his indie publisher Headup from the Swedish game manufacturer Thunderful. In March 2021, Thunderful Group AB acquired Headup GmbH, based in Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, which is known for award-winning games such as Bridge Constructor and Trüberbrook...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the shareholders of the award-winning integrated customer engagement agency, Unlimited on its sale to Accenture Song, the world's largest tech-powered creative group. The Osborne Clarke team advising on the sale of Unlimited was led by corporate partner, Ken Wilkinson , and included senior...

Osborne Clarke has advised Backbone, producer of imagery for the real estate market, on the acquisition of property marketer IMOGENT GmbH. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Backbone offers its clients a market-leading solution for the production and management of all types of imagery for the real estate...

HMRC announced in the February 2024 issue of the Employer Bulletin that it is aligning its approach to providing advance assurance on certain termination payment enquiries. Previously, HMRC's guidance committed it to giving a binding answer if an employer or agent made enquiries on certain termination cases, including those involving...

Friendship Systems is an independent limited company with its seat in Potsdam. The company develops and licenses the software product CAESES, which is used to optimise hulls, ship propellers and turbo-machines. It is the successor to Friendship Systems GmbH, a spin-off of the Technical University of Berlin. At the end...

23 April 2015 – Osborne Clarke has advised Funding Circle, the world’s leading online marketplace for business lending, on its $150 million (c.£100 million) in equity capital fundraising. Osborne Clarke’s team was led by VC Partner Rob Wood, assisted by Simon Jones and James Taylor. Omar Al-Nuaimi, OC’s Finance Partner...

The Government has confirmed that the proposed new “people with significant control register” will be freely accessible online, and will be searchable by the name of the person with significant control (a “PSC”) as well as by company. The announcement was made in a discussion paper published by the Department...