Zwischen 2011 und 2015 wurden im syrischen Militärgefängnis Saydnaya zwischen 5.000 und 13.000 Menschen im Geheimen gehängt. Dazu kommen Tausende, die durch Folter und unmenschliche Behandlung ums Leben gekommen sind.

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Zwischen 2011 und 2015 wurden im syrischen Militärgefängnis Saydnaya zwischen 5.000 und 13.000 Menschen im Geheimen gehängt. Dazu kommen Tausende, die durch Folter und unmenschliche Behandlung ums Leben gekommen sind.

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Rayees Ahmad Mir und Waheed Ahmed Gojree, beide 16 Jahre, sind am 6. bzw. 31. Dezember 2016 aus der Haft entlassen worden. Das Hohe Gericht des indischen Bundesstaates Jammu und Kaschmir hatte ihre Haftanordnungen für ungültig erklärt.

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Rayees Ahmad Mir und Waheed Ahmed Gojree, beide 16 Jahre, sind am 6. bzw. 31. Dezember 2016 aus der Haft entlassen worden. Das Hohe Gericht des indischen Bundesstaates Jammu und Kaschmir hatte ihre Haftanordnungen für ungültig erklärt.

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Rayees Ahmad Mir und Waheed Ahmed Gojree, beide 16 Jahre, sind am 6. bzw. 31. Dezember 2016 aus der Haft entlassen worden. Das Hohe Gericht des indischen Bundesstaates Jammu und Kaschmir hatte ihre Haftanordnungen für ungültig erklärt.

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Vier pakistanische Menschenrechtsverteidiger sind freigelassen worden und konnten Ende Januar zu ihren Familien zurückkehren. Sie waren Anfang Januar festgenommen worden und danach offenbar dem Verschwindenlassen zum Opfer gefallen.

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Vier pakistanische Menschenrechtsverteidiger sind freigelassen worden und konnten Ende Januar zu ihren Familien zurückkehren. Sie waren Anfang Januar festgenommen worden und danach offenbar dem Verschwindenlassen zum Opfer gefallen.

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Vier pakistanische Menschenrechtsverteidiger sind freigelassen worden und konnten Ende Januar zu ihren Familien zurückkehren. Sie waren Anfang Januar festgenommen worden und danach offenbar dem Verschwindenlassen zum Opfer gefallen.

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Wiebke Judith, Expertin für Asylpolitik bei Amnesty International in Deutschland, zum heutigen Treffen der EU-Außenminister in Brüssel und der Kooperation der Europäischen Union mit Libyen:

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International technology, media and telecoms law firm Olswang has advised consumer goods giant Unilever on a 'first of its kind', global cloud project which will transform the way Unilever's Customer Development function operates.

The new solution is essentially a collaboration between Tier 1 vendors Accenture and salesforce, where Accenture will make its trade promotion and retail execution software engines available to Unilever over salesforce's force.com platform.  The deal is driven by Unilever's desire for global standardisation, thereby reducing the need for local customisation, and therefore reducing cost. So valued by Accenture is Unilever's participation that they have appointed Unilever as a charter client in the consumer products field, which will provide Unilever with the opportunity to influence Accenture's technology roadmap and reduce the need for customisation even further.

Unilever's General Counsel for ETS Glenn Quadros commented: "This is a unique deal within my portfolio as it combines so many facets into one integrated contract.  It involves new ways of working for Unilever, such as agile and DevOps, and Olswang's experience of contracting for these was key to ensuring we were properly safeguarded.  My thanks to the Olswang team for their fantastic support in getting this transformative deal delivered."

The Olswang team was led by Technology Partner Dominic Dryden and Legal Director Suparna Bhattacharjee. 


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Skadden represented Deepwater Wind LLC in the negotiation of a 20-year power purchase agreement for the South Fork Wind Farm.

Skadden represented the U.S. Department of Transportation, acting through the Build America Bureau, in connection with the restructuring of an existing TIFIA Loan Agreement and the arrangement of an incremental lease revenue financing for the new multimodal Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco.

Skadden is representing ONEOK, Inc. in its $9.3 billion acquisition of all of the outstanding common units of ONEOK Partners, L.P. it does not already own.

Skadden is advising OMERS in connection with its $1 billion acquisition of approximately 21 percent of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG, simultaneously with the previously announced acquisition of Allied World by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.

Skadden is advising Veritas Capital in its affiliate's acquisition of Harris Corporation's government IT services business for $690 million in cash.

Skadden represented the Empire State Development Corporation of New York state in connection with obtaining financing for the deployment of broadband in the state's unserved rural areas.

Skadden advised the joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners of Wisdom Education International Holdings Co. Ltd.'s initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

On January 24, Skadden secured the dismissal of a federal lawsuit on behalf of Youku Tudou Inc. on the ground that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over Youku.

Skadden is advising CEVA in connection with its acquisition of certain assets of Sanofi's animal health portfolio located in 30 jurisdictions.

International law firm Olswang has advised clients of the leading property asset management specialist BMO Real Estate Partners (BMO REP) on a £191 million real estate portfolio acquisition of three retail assets across the UK: the flagship Debenhams store in Manchester, Clifton Moor Shopping Centre in York and Westgate Retail Park in Wakefield. 

The deal sees clients of BMO REP acquiring the assets from British Land via the purchase of their respective corporate holding vehicles.

Real Estate Partner Simon Kanter commented: "Completion of this deal was particularly welcome as it was agreed and work commenced prior to the June 2016 referendum. BMO REP's rigorous and creative approach was key to the success of the deal, and we were delighted to work with them once again. Apart from the property and corporate aspects, a significant role was played by our banking and tax teams."

Simon Kanter led the deal from Olswang along with Real Estate Partner Alan Karsberg, Corporate Partner David Bunker, Finance Partner Ruth Marken and Tax associate Jacob Gilkes.

Read more about Olswang’s international legal practice on the firm’s website.

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