Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Jonathan Kolodziej discussed monitoring fair servicing trends and providing more data access at a recent Mortgage Bankers Association servicing solutions conference covered in Inside the CFPB.
Kolodziej said historically servicers have had less access to data than lenders to conduct fair lending analysis
India
Kochhar & Co. advised Sub-K Impact Solutions Limited, a digital financial intermediary that leverages the power of technology and local entrepreneurship to offer last-mile banking and financial solutions, in its acquisition of nearly 25% shareholding in Prayaan Capital Private Limited. The transaction entailed subscription to compulsorily convertible preference shares as well as equity shares issued by Prayaan Capital
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that Melissa Gutierrez Alonso and Saira S. Siddiqui, both associates in the firm’s Houston office, have been named by Super Lawyers to the 2023 Texas Rising Stars list.
Ms. Alonso is a litigator in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group with extensive experience in financial services, real estate and commercial litigation
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce the publication of IP IQ, its latest blog covering intellectual property news and insights. The IP IQ blog discusses patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, antitrust, and technology laws impacting the business community. Bradley’s IP attorneys write regularly on how these laws affect an array of industries and sectors – from automotive, biotechnology and software to food and beverage and franchises
Panama
Morgan & Morgan Legal acted as lead Panamanian legal counsel to First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“FQM”) and Minera Panama, S.A. (“MPSA”), a subsidiary of FQM, in all aspects related to the negotiations with the Government of Panama for a refreshed mining concession agreement for the Cobre Panama Project (the “Draft Refreshed Contract”)
Panama
Panama, March 9, 2023. Morgan & Morgan Legal acted as lead Panamanian legal counsel to First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“FQM”) and Minera Panama, S.A. (“MPSA”), a subsidiary of FQM, in all aspects related to the negotiations with the Government of Panama for a refreshed mining concession agreement for the Cobre Panama Project (the “Draft Refreshed Contract”)
West Virginia, USA
Charleston, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that Caroline Clark Green joined the law firm as Counsel.
Green’s primary area of practice is corporate law with emphasis on real estate law and utility law. Her real property experience includes preparing lease agreements, right-of-way agreements, easement agreements, and purchase and sale agreements
Costa Rica
BLP has advised IDB Invest on the grant of a loan of up to $115,000,000 to Banco Davivienda (Costa Rica) S.A. financed by IDB Invest and several external lenders. The loan will be used to expand Davivienda’s portfolio of green products and favor the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through support and financing of the environmental and social agenda of banks in Costa Rica to enable the offering of customized green financial resources
China
The In-House Community ("IHC") has recently published its survey results for Firms of the Year, 2022. Han Kun has been named in two award categories: Alternative Investment Funds (Including Private Equity) and Capital Markets. In-House Community ("IHC") In-House Community is an influential legal organization in Asia
New York, USA
Patterson Belknap Partner Muhammad Faridi was named to City & State's 2023 Law Power 100 List along with other "high-profile elected officials, powerful prosecutors, high-ranking appointees, partners at prominent firms, defense attorneys, public defenders, legal scholars and others in the profession who advise or oversee governmental bodies, advocate for policy changes or argue cases before our highest courts
China
On March 20, 2023, Asian Legal Business (ALB), a leading legal directory owned by Thomson Reuters, published its 2023 list of the ALB China Top 15 Capital Markets Lawyers. Han Kun partner Jin Wang was named to the list for her exceptional performance. Ms. Wang specializes in offshore public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate establishments and restructurings, and foreign investment. During her nearly 20 years of practice, Ms
California, USA
Buchalter congratulates Shareholder William Schoenholz who was recognized by the L.A. Times B2B Publishing as one of 2023's Banking and Finance Visionaries.
The right commercial banker or trusted financial advisor does more than provide services and advice. These individuals - and the institutions they represent – can genuinely prepare your organization for growth (and beyond)
Romania
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has assisted OTP Bank Romania and OTP Group in a EUR 57.80 million financing for Exigent Property Investment SRL to fund the development of phase 5 of Exigent Plaza Residence, the largest residential project in Bucharest, located in Militari area
Germany
SITA, the world's leading specialist in air transport communications and information technology, participated as new investor in Volocopter’s Series E Financing Round and becomes Volocopter’s preferred digital and IT systems partner for Vertiports. A team lead by Dusseldorf based Heuking Partner Dr. Martin Imhof legally advised SITA on its successful investment and the conclusion of a strategic partnership agreement with Volocopter. Volocopter is a pioneer in urban air mobility (UAM)
England
20 March 2023 – Law firm Shoosmiths has launched ESG 360, a free online compliance audit tool to enable organisations to understand their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance.ESG 360 users receive a personalised report providing red, amber or green ratings in relation to various elements of ESG compliance performance, alongside commentary and suggestions for improvement
Philippines
Norton Rose Fulbright's 2023 and tenth edition of Insurance regulation in Asia Pacific - Ten things to know about 20 countries is now available. The Philippine chapter was contributed by SyCipLaw partner Hiyasmin H. Lapitan with the assistance of partner Joan Mae S. To-Conejos and associates Roman George P. Castillo and Dece Christine C. Fulache. The guide provides an overview and practical checklist of ten common regulatory issues for insurance companies
Germany
M&A specialists Dr. Andreas Lenz (Cologne) and Dr. Rainer Herschlein (Stuttgart) headed a team that advised the shareholders of folding carton producer Buchmann Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Buchmann) on selling the company to WEIG group. As an owner-managed firm for about 120 years, Buchmann develops and produces folding cartons with over 330 employees at its Annweiler plant. In 2022, Buchmann generated sales of around EUR 190 million
Russia
On March 16th our firm held a webinar dedicated to the current legal trends in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, which Life Sciences companies may face in Russia.
The experts provided an overview of the legal trends and regulatory changes in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry that Life Sciences companies may encounter nowadays
New York, USA
Patterson Belknap has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as the “New York Firm of the Year” in its 12th annual U.S. Awards. According to Benchmark, these awards “recognize the nation’s top litigators and their firms for their exemplary work over the past twelve months.” They “are the culmination of months' research, analyzing hundreds of submissions, surveying thousands of referees and interviewing hundreds of lawyers
USA
Chambers and Partners, one of the world’s leading independent professional legal research companies operating across 200 jurisdictions delivering detailed rankings of the world’s leading lawyers and law firms has published their Chambers Europe Guide 2023 and again recognized DTB as Band 1 in banking and finance, corporate and commercial (including M&A, competition, and IP practice area) and real estate practice areas. The team is also ranked Band 2 in dispute resolution practice area
Russia
On 5-7 March, the International Bar Association ("IBA") held its 28th Annual International Conference on private client issues "New realities in the private client practice" in London.
Kira Egorova, Private Client Practice Adviser at ALRUD, was one of the moderators of the round table "Hot topics in your jurisdiction". The experts discussed the current challenges and legislative changes that wealthy clients are increasingly facing in different regions
Russia
ALRUD experts successfully represented the interests of the owner of the historic building “Akter Gallery ” in the center of Moscow (shopping and office complex) supporting a transaction to lease the entire retail part of the building to Gloria Jeans.
The Gloria Jeans is one of Russia's largest clothing retailer with over 600 stores in more than 300 cities, as well as its own factories in Russia and development and production centres in the Asia-Pacific region
Russia
Margarita Egiazarova, PhD in Law, Senior Associate of ALRUD Employment Practice, participated in the annual AEB HR conference ”Times of anxiety: HR is everything!” on March 15, where she spoke at the Employment Law panel on “Employee Integrity Checks as a Preventative Measure for Labour Disputes”
Thailand
Kudun and Partners, as the transaction counsel, represented Apollo Asia Service Limited (AAS) and Apollo Asia Real Estate II Cayman Holdings, LLC (AAR) along with the managing director of CAS Capital (Thailand) Limited (CAS) on the sales of their respective equity interests in AGRE Service Company Limited (amounting to 49% of all shares in AGRE Service) and CAS Service Limited (amounting to 49% of all shares in CAS Service) to the managing director of CAS
China
The world's leading legal directory Chambers and Partners recently published its Patent Litigation Global Practice Guides (2023). Han Kun contributed the Guides' China chapter: Patent Litigation in China 2022: Practice and Prospects, co-authored by Yan Wang, Jian Zhang and Haiping Liu