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Bird & Bird advises Terra Firma on the sale of Parmaco Bird & Bird has assisted Terra Firma with the sale of Parmaco to Partners Group A Nordic Bird & Bird team has assisted a consortium led by Terra Firma and Metric Capital, two of Europe’s leading private equity firms, with the sale of Parmaco, a provider of high quality, flexible modular education buildings, to global private markets firm Partners Group (acting on behalf of its clients). With a portfolio of 353 buildings and around 180 employees, Parmaco designs, builds and leases high-quality modular school and child day-care buildings ...

25th February 2021 Following the merging of the Competition Authority and the Department of Consumer Affairs at MITI just over a year ago, the resultant entity – the Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA) has said that it now looks into educating local consumers about their rights and protections.  This is after the realisation that issues of consumer protection and education still remain a concern in the country.  Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations at CCA – Gideon Nkala says the authority has come to appreciate that there is a lot that needs to be done to educate co...

22nd February 2021 The Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA)’s latest annual report appears to confirm long-held suspicions that the arbiter is a toothless watchdog. The report revealed that Komatsu Botswana (Pty) Ltd and Barloworld Equipment Botswana (Pty) Ltd engage in a slew of abuses that border on dominance by systematically excluding and refusing to register or list suppliers on their vendors list â€“ a charge not limited to both companies in the broader scheme of things though. Both companies have enjoyed decades of uninterrupted unique and huge business support i...

State gambling firm should no longer decide charity payouts, report says Veikkaus needs to generate revenue for charities but at the same time is expected to combat problem gambling. File photo of Veikkaus' Casino in downtown Helsinki. Image: Nella Nuora / Yle The state-owned gambling monopoly Veikkaus should no longer decide how its funds are distributed in grants, according to a proposal from the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV). Veikkaus is a significant source of funds for cultural, veterans’, youth, sporting and social and health care organisations. In its fourth and f...

Destination for investors both at home and abroad 15:00 | 12/02/2021 Investment and business policy improvements and participation in bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements have helped Vietnam become an attractive destination for domestic and foreign investors. Pham Duy Khuong, managing director of ASL LAW, told VIR’s Hoang Oanh about the recent movements and their impact. Pham Duy Khuong, managing director of ASL LAW How would you evaluate the current investment environment in Vietnam, and which moves by the government and ministries have made i...