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A six-year-long trademark dispute between Sky and SkyKick will finally be decided by the UK’s Supreme Court later this year – a decision which may have significant implications for brand owners. In the UK, trademark applications must designate not only the trademark itself, but also the

Craig Kennedy of Dentons examines coming changes to property ownership transparency in the UK. Recent events in Ukraine have resulted in a revival of the UK's Economic Crime Bill, which aims to make it much harder for overseas entities to hide wealth in UK property. The Bill made rapid progress thro

Dentons has advised Edinburgh-based RoslinCT, a leader in advanced cell therapies contract development and manufacturing, on Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO) Capital Partners' investment into the company. RoslinCT was established in 2006 with support from Scottish Enterprise. It was formed thro

Dentons has advised the shareholders of Axle Group Holdings Ltd (National) on the sale of National to Halfords Group plc for circa £62 million. Halfords is the UK's largest retailer of motoring and cycling products and services.

Dentons has predicted a surge in activity in the vegan and plant-based food market after the law firm’s Scottish offices advised Bute Island Foods on their sale to Canadian dairy company, Saputo.

Stuart Gillies, an associate with law firm Dentons, highlights how the declining use of cash as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an increase in confidence in financial technology. It’s been over a year now since we first locked down, when shaking hands and meeting a colleag

Dentons has appointed Claire Armstrong to the newly-created role of Scotland managing partner. Working alongside office head for Glasgow Alison Bryce and office head for Edinburgh Kirsti Olson, she will drive forward the firm's strategy to be the leading international law firm in Scotland.

Dentons’ Scottish private client team is joining Shepherd and Wedderburn, creating one of Scotland’s largest private client practices and expanding the specialist asset protection, personal tax planning, trusts, executries and succession planning support available to clients. The arrival

Alison Bryce, partner at Dentons, writes about the uncertainty for the Scottish food and drink industry in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Over the last 47 years, the UK’s laws, regulations and processes have become inextricably linked with the European Union. There are a number of factors to c

Dentons is to defend the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) over allegations the bank's staff falsified a customer’s loan documents, The Lawyer reports.