Shoosmiths LLP

Manufacturers of internet or network connectable products for the UK market are now required to implement minimum security standards to protect such products from cyber-attacks. Importers and distributors are also impacted by these requirements. “Relevant Persons” “Relevant Persons”4 include: Manufacturers anyone who manufactures a product has a product designed or manufactured and markets it under their name or trademark anyone (“P”) marketing a product manufactured by another under P's name or trademark. Importers anyone importing an externally produced product into the UK who does not manufacture it...

The gig economy was created out of a desire for services to be on demand with limitless flexibility. If elected, Labour has pledged to provide greater job security and remove the distinction between worker and employee – are the two in conflict? The gig economy is a term that describes a labour market where workers are hired to perform tasks on a short-term, flexible basis, rather than into permanent or full-time jobs. These tasks, also known as gigs, most commonly involve delivering food and driving passengers but might also include designing logos, writing articles and teaching languages...

Experts from Shoosmiths’s corporate restructuring and advisory team have led the restaurant group Tasty PLC through a successful restructuring plan which was sanctioned at a hearing on 4 June 2024. The plan will allow a comprehensive restructuring of the Group’s business and stabilise its future.This restructuring plan is the first restructuring plan of a trading mid-market listed company and one of only 24 restructuring plans that have been sanctioned since restructuring plans were announced in 2020...

Law firm Shoosmiths has advised Crosstown Doughnuts on the sale of its business to Karali, a diversified multinational hospitality and real estate platform that operates franchises in the fast-food, casual dining, and hospitality sectors.The transaction encompasses the acquisition of 27 of the artisan doughnut and speciality coffee business’ operating locations, including most stores, market units, kiosks, concessions, and trucks, along with the transfer of 140 staff members, including the leadership team...