Press Releases

Bradley is pleased to announce that Keith Windle has rejoined the firm’s Birmingham office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. “Keith’s keen understanding of the issues involved with affordable housing and community development work add unique depth to our real estate team, and we are pleased to welcome him back to the firm,” said Bradley Birmingham Office Managing Partner Andy Robison. Mr ...

BOYANOV & Co. advised Borealis AG, a subsidiary of the Austrian OMV AG, on all legal aspects of the sale of its indirect shareholding in Neochim AD, a large Bulgarian producer and trader of inorganic and organic chemical products including fertilizers. The transaction was part of the global divestment of Borealis AG of its nitrogen business including fertilizer, melamine, and technical nitrogen products ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Kita McCray has joined the Dallas office as an associate in the Healthcare Practice Group. Ms. McCray focuses her practice on regulatory, transactional and administrative health law for healthcare providers, healthcare industry companies, payers and health plans on a national basis ...

Bradley partner Robert Maddox was quoted in the Birmingham Business Journal regarding fair lending compliance in local banks ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Ryan C. Dean has joined as an associate in the Dallas office. Mr. Dean is a member of the firm’s Government Enforcement & Investigations Practice Group where he represents individuals and companies throughout all stages of an investigation, including civil enforcement actions and criminal proceedings ...

Privy Council clarifies proper purpose rule to Bermuda trustee's powers The key issue before the formal body of advisers to the UK sovereign was whether the trustee of a settlement “exercised for a proper purpose” an express power contained in the trust deed to add and exclude discretionary objects, having added a purpose trust as an object and removed all family members comprising the entire class of objects ...

How legal service providers contribute to legislative reform Legal service providers (LSPs) in Bermuda are encouraged to contribute to the development and implementation of new and existing legislation in response to the ever-evolving needs of their clients ...

The new licence allows Elwood to trade security tokens and crypto derivatives for its institutional clients, and builds on Elwood's previous AML/CFT registration with the JFSC as a virtual asset service provider.The Carey Olsen team advising was led by partner and Jersey head of digital assets Chris Griffin, with assistance from senior associate Holly Brown and associate Tshogofatso Dhlamini ...

Jacksonville, Fla. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that the law firm has opened a new office in Jacksonville, Florida – marking its official entrance into the Sunshine State and expanding its footprint to eight offices in total. Kevin L. Carr, a longstanding partner of the firm and co-chair of its Labor & Employment Law Practice Group, is helming the Jacksonville office. “Our move has been in the works for some time,” Carr said ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Sarah Jacobs has rejoined the firm’s Charlotte office as a partner in the Healthcare Practice Group. Ms. Jacobs was previously the chief legal and administrative officer for one of the nation’s largest independent academic orthopedic practices ...

A team led by Heuking Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Cologne, legally advised and supported IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and Pareto Securities AS in connection with DEAG’s EUR 50 million corporate bond issue. DEAG Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft successfully completed the placement of its Corporate Bond 2023/2026 with an issue volume of EUR 50 million. The issue was oversubscribed by a significant margin. Structured as a Nordic bond, the corporate bond has a term of three years ...

Despite further tightening in the lending market and wider economy, Shoosmiths’ real estate investment group concluded c.£200m worth of deals in Q2 2023.The quarter saw the law firm’s investment specialists act on transactions in the office, industrial and logistics sectors, as well as the mixed-use Royal Albert Dock development. Shoosmiths started the quarter by advising Telereal Trillium on its purchase of Wessex Trade Centre ...

Climate and sustainability risk governance needs to be elevated further on boards. MinterEllison Partner and Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, Sarah Barker, has been appointed joint Chair of a World Economic Forum key climate governance body, the Climate Governance Community of Experts (CGCoE). Her co-chair is Associate Prof Dr Simon Learmount from University of Cambridge Judge Business School ...

Asset tracing and recovery: how tools in the Caribbean can help trace and recover assets in Asia IntroductionThe sphere of asset tracing and recovery, particularly the extent of tools available around the world, is rightly attracting more attention in cross-border fraud and investigations ...

Bradley attorneys Anne Knox Averitt and Zachary Madonia were recognized in the Birmingham Business Journal’s 2023 NextGen: Law list. The list recognizes young, on-the-rise attorneys in Birmingham’s legal community. Honorees were selected based on their contributions to their firms, as well as their potential to shape the legal industry in the Magic City. The full list of honorees was published by the Birmingham Business Journal on July 3, 2023 ...

PAGA Lawsuit Spotlights Continued Independent Contractor Challenges in California July 1, 2023 A recent trend in the arena of direct sales is an increasing number of lawsuits under California’s PAGA (private attorney general) statute, alleging that the independent contractor status of multilevel marketing distributors is inconsistent with California law ...

Those promoted to counsel are:Bermuda: Honor Desmond-Tetlow (dispute resolution and litigation)Guernsey: Elliot Aron, Robin Gist (both dispute resolution and litigation)Hong Kong: Kimberley Leng (dispute resolution and litigation)Jersey: Tarina Le Boutillier (trusts and private wealth), Katherine Tresca (corporate)London: Bryony Bird (corporate)Singapore: Amelia Tan (dispute resolution and litigation)

Buenos Aires, July 3rd, 2023. On June 6th, TR Argentina S.A. (“Trasa”) carried out the first bond issuance of a social bond placed by a B Corporation in Argentina. Series I Bonds (the “Notes”), with a maturity date of December 6th, 2024, were issued for a nominal value of AR$30,000,000 and will accrue interest at a variable interest rate equivalent to Badlar private rate ...

BOYANOV & Co. acted as local counsel for Deluxe Corporation (NYSE: DLX) on the sale of the subsidiary Hostopia Bulgaria EOOD to HostPapa, Inc., a leading global web hosting and cloud service provider for small and medium businesses. The transaction was part of a global acquisition by HostPapa of Deluxe Corporation’s web hosting and logo design businesses ...

Buchalter is pleased to announce that the firm was recently named one of the 2023 “Best Places to Work in Orange County” in the Large Employer category.  The awards program was created in 2009 and is a project of the Orange County Business Journal in partnership with Workforce Research Group ...

Bradley’s Tampa office managing partner, Craig Mayfield, has been selected as one of Florida Trend’s Legal Elite Notable - Managing Partners. To qualify and be considered for inclusion as a Legal Elite Notable, selected attorneys must be licensed and in good standing with the Florida State Bar, have practiced for at least 10 years, and currently serve in a senior-level executive capacity within their firms ...

Founded in Sao Paolo in 2016, Pismo provides an all-in-one cloud-based processing platform for banking and payments that is already used by a fast-growing number of large banks, marketplaces and fintechs.This acquisition will enable Visa to provide support and connectivity for emerging payment rails for financial institutions ...

Shoosmiths has advised Workspace Group PLC on the latest sale from the portfolio of assets it acquired as part of the purchase of McKay Securities.The law firm’s real estate investment group assisted Workspace on the £82m deal that sees it complete the sale of five non-core properties in the south east of England - comprising light industrial and logistics properties in Bracknell, Crawley, Poyle, Theale and Weybridge ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Wayne R. Beckermann has joined as an associate in the firm’s Atlanta office. Mr. Beckermann is a member of Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group and works with his clients to approach cases strategically and resolve disputes in court ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that partners Jay Bender and William L. Norton III have been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers list. Comprised of professionals ranging from transactional lawyers who assist distressed companies to financial litigators, honorees are selected through a submission review process, as well as in-depth journalistic research. The full list is available here. Mr ...