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Eleanor advises on all aspects of Jersey commercial and trusts litigation, including complex fraud and unfair prejudice claims as well as acting for beneficiaries and trustees in trust disputes. Eleanor is also experienced in asset recovery, insolvency, and sanctions matters. In 2022, she was ranked in ePrivateClient's Top 35 Under 35. Eleanor qualified as an English solicitor in 2019 and was admitted as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 2021 ...

“NOTE expands its manufacturing capacity through the acquisition of all shares in the Bulgarian electronics manufacturer ATM Electronics. Through the acquisition, NOTE gets its second plant in Eastern Europe. The plant in Bulgaria is expected to meet a rapidly growing need for cost-effective production close to customers in Europe. NOTE is one of northern Europe’s leading EMS partners, producing PCBAs, subassemblies, and box-build products ...

Dr Michael Psaila and Dr Edmond Zammit Laferla are attending the WSG European Regional Meeting 2023 being held in Budapest, Hungary from 3 to 5 May. Please reach out to them if you would like to meet up ...

To celebrate and support International Women’s Day this year, Emi Rowse (Igusa), partner and head of Japan practice, was invited to speak on a panel to discuss “Break the Bias in International Arbitration”, an event hosted by the THAC and supported by Arbitral Women ...

LAW firm Shoosmiths has advised Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co., on its acquisition of a majority stake in n2y, a provider of technology-powered solutions for students with unique learning challenges.The inaugural deal marks the first investment for the Five Arrows Long Term Fund (FALT), which has invested alongside Five Arrows Principal Investment (FAPI), (together, ‘Five Arrows’) ...

Cologne-based Heuking partners Ulf Christiani and Susanne Christine Monsig advised the City of Euskirchen on matters of public procurement law in the Europe-wide public procurement procedure for the construction of its new City Hall. The public procurement law experts assisted the city in designing the negotiated procedure and drafting the general contractor agreement and supported it throughout the procedure until the contract award ...

On March 28, 2023, Emi Rowse (Igusa), , Partner and head of Japan practice at Kudun and Partners, was invited  to speak as a guest lecturer on the topic of “Domestic and International Arbitration in Thailand” for the ASEAN Business and Investment Law Training Course at Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. The course is one of the subjects offered by the University for their LLM International Business Law Programme ...

Buenos Aires, 2 May 2023. Last April, Laboratorios Poen S.A.U. (“Poen”) and Grupo Dromex signed an agreement through which Poen acquired Dromex Biotech S.A. This acquisition will allow Poen to expand its installed capability by incorporating the new plant located in the Ezeiza industrial park and improve the working capacity of its teams, complying with the highest production standards and with the demands of the national and international health authorities ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has advised Cenkos Securities (Cenkos) and Dowgate Capital on the IPO of Onward Opportunities Limited (OOL), a Guernsey collective investment scheme.OOL is a newly incorporated Guernsey company registered with the Guernsey Financial Services Commission as a closed-ended registered collective investment scheme and has been successfully admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Market (AIM) ...

Bradley partner Johanna Jumper was honored in the category of “Best Mentors” in the Southeastern Legal Awards 2023. Selected by Law.com and Daily Report, the awards celebrate the achievement and excellence of lawyers who have left their mark on the legal community in the Southeast and beyond through their unwavering dedication to the profession. Honorees will be recognized at an awards ceremony in June at Flourish Atlanta ...

Seven Bradley partners in the Dallas office have been listed in D Magazine’s “Best Lawyers in Dallas” for 2023. Gene Besen, John Bonnet, Robert Flowers, Ladd Hirsch, Kyle Owens, David Pratt and Dick Sayles were all included in the annual peer-nominated list that recognizes Dallas attorneys who offer unparalleled counsel in one of 40 categories ...

Bradley attorney Whitt Steineker was quoted in Axios on recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance that dogs can be permitted in restaurants’ outdoor seating areas if state, local and the restaurant policies allow it ...

With a Frankfurt-based team led by Partner Thomas K. W. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised CLARUS Films on debt refinancing. The comprehensive refinancing replaces existing credit facilities with a financing solution from strong regional banking partners providing both flexibility and resources for continued growth at lower cost ...

Joshua Goldberg, Partner and Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, was profiled in The American Lawyer’s “Litigation Leaders” series on his role as department chair and the hallmarks of the firm’s litigation department. The profile highlights the firm’s diverse litigation practice and how its single office is one of the firm’s key strengths ...

On April 21, 2023, Patterson Belknap secured an important dismissal on behalf of its client, The Coca-Cola Company, in a proposed class action involving the packaging labels of its hard seltzer products. The firm represented Coca-Cola in an action brought by a consumer plaintiff, who alleged in an August 2022 complaint that Topo Chico’s Margarita Hard Seltzer falsely claims the beverage contains tequila ...

BOYANOV & Co. advised on two of the deals that won Deal of the Year 2022 by CEE Legal Matters for Albania and Bulgaria. This further validates its position as one of the top law firms in the region. The two deals that BOYANOV & Co. advised on are the acquisition of One Telecommunications by 4iG (Deal of the Year 2022 in Albania), and the Acquisition of Fidelis Research by BioIVT (Deal of the Year 2022 in Bulgaria). Both deals were complex and involved a lot of sophisticated legal work ...

New legislation that came into effect on 1 April 2023 could leave £1.4bn worth of annual rent at risk in the commercial property sector in England, according to data from EG.The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) has applied to the granting of new leases and lease renewals since April 2018. From 1 April 2023, landlords will now be in breach of MEES duties if they continue to let a commercial property that has an EPC rating below E ...

Roanoke, Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that two partners were named to the 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers lists. The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys from more than 70 practice areas ...

Charleston, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that 14 of the firm’s West Virginia-based lawyers were recognized by Super Lawyers for 2023. The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys from more than 70 practice areas ...

Los Angeles Shareholders Tanya Viner and Jeremy Weitz win two "M&A Atlas Awards" at the 2023 USA Middle Market M&A Atlas Awards Gala Dinner.  The team was awarded "USA Apparel & Beauty Deal of the Year" for their work on Oxford Industries' acquisition of Johnny Was from Endeavor Capital as well as "USA Middle Market Growth Deal of the Year" for their work on Mobility Market Intelligence's (“MMI”) investment from WestView Capital ...

Buchalter is pleased to congratulate Shareholder Tanya Viner who was named "Woman Dealmaker of Year" at the 2023 USA M&A Atlas Awards. Recipients of this award are selected on the basis of demonstrable track-record for completing value generating transactions, clients served, must be with their firm for a year, plus 15 years of industry experience and exemplify “Distinction in Dealmaking” qualities ...

On April 27th, the event “Legal and Tax Update in Real Estate” of the AEB Real Estate Committee took place, at which Vladislav Soloviev, ALRUD ?ssociate of Real Estate Practice, spoke about obtaining approvals of Real Estate deals and transactions. The experts focused on key legal and taxation developments related to the ownership, use and disposal of property that have evolved over the past few months, including some special aspects of obtaining approvals from the Government Commission ...

On April 27, 2023, Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced the finalists for its China Law Awards 2023 ...

On April 26th, the event “Crisis Update: Sanctions and Countermeasures. New in Presidential and Government Approvals” organized by Association of European Businesses was held. German Zakharov, ALRUD Partner, participated in the event as a speaker and spoke on the topic “Risks and liability for violating countermeasures” ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Whitney J. Jackson, an attorney in the firm’s Jackson office, has been selected to the editorial board as a contributing editor for Litigation News, a publication of the American Bar Association (ABA) Litigation Section. She has also been appointed to serve as an ABA state membership chair in Mississippi. As a contributing editor for Litigation News, a monthly publication focused on legal trends across the country, Ms ...