Press Releases

On February 9, 2023, AmCham Russia's Legal Affairs Committee held to discuss the new landscape of cross-border dispute resolution and arbitration. Denis Bekker, ALRUD Senior Associate, Advocate, acted as a guest expert. In his speech Denis spoke about the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Russia. The Legal Affairs Committee focuses on the analysis of legislative and legal issues influencing the investment climate in Russia ...

Buenos Aires, February 10th, 2023. On February 6th, PRO MUJER Servicios Financieros S.A. (“PRO MUJER”) carried out the first issuance in Argentina of a social bond with an absolute focus on gender perspective under the new Simplified and Guaranteed Regime for the issuances of Notes with Social Impact. The issuance stands out for being a historical achievement both in the Argentine and the Latin-American capital markets ...

Shoosmiths’ real estate investment team has acted for the seller on the £305m sale of a nationwide car park portfolio.The law firm advised on all real estate aspects of the transaction, which sees GreenPoint Partners acquire 37 car parks located across England, Wales and Scotland. The sites are primarily operated by NCP and comprise nearly 15,000 spaces ...

Recently, the Private Equity Association of Shanghai ("PEAS") published the PEAS 2022 Equity Investment List, in which Han Kun is again recognized as "Best Legal Counsel". PEAS publishes the list as a way to actively implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, advance the financial sector to support high-quality real economy growth, and uphold the concept of supporting Shanghai to develop into an international financial center ...

On February 9, 2023, China Business Law Journal announced its "Deals of the Year 2022", which highlights 15 Han Kun-advised deals. The legal market has shown great resolve and imagination in what has been another challenging year. In China and abroad, scores of representative deals have demonstrated lawyers' wisdom and work ethic. Some deals have turned the tide, some have saved the day, and some have offered hope for the coming year ...

Bradley attorney Christopher Friedman was quoted in National Mortgage News on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) warning to digital mortgage shopping platforms. The CFPB’s stance suggests that these platforms could violate the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act’s anti-kickback rules by providing prominent placement of a lender on their sites based on compensation rather than neutral decision criteria ...

On February 9, experts of Corporate/M&A Practice held the webinar 'Foreign Business in Russia: How to manage your divestment in 2023?' It has been almost a year since foreign companies started divestment of their Russian assets. During this period ALRUD has been successfully steering the clients through complex and ambiguous legal landscape providing full service legal support at every stage of exit process ...

Codelco raises US$900 million in debt tap Elliott Hodgkin 09 February 2023 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Carey in Santiago have helped Chilean copper company Codelco issue US$900 million worth of notes. Linklaters in New York and London and Garrigues (Chile) represented the underwriters for the deal, which closed on 2 February. The debt was issued with a 5.125% interest rate and a maturity date of 2033 ...

Katrina is an experienced corporate and finance lawyer and a key member of the firm's growing virtual assets practice.  Katrina advises clients from around the globe on BVI corporate, mergers & acquisitions, financing, security enforcement, restructuring and virtual asset related matters.  She has acted on several high-profile transactions, including the establishment of the largest real estate fund to be listed on the London Stock Exchange ...

Recently, the well-known magazine China Law & Practice published a featured 2022 TMT annual review article: “Annual Review of China’s TMT Sector: 2022”, co-authored by Han Kun partners Kevin Duan and Kemeng Cai ...

Buenos Aires, February 8th, 2023. On February 1st, 2023, Tarjeta Naranja S.A.U. issued class LVII Notes - which are simple, non-convertible into shares, unguaranteed- for a total nominal amount of AR$12,512,200,000. Class LVII Notes, maturing on February 3rd, 2024, will accrue interest at a floating rate, equivalent to the private Badlar rate plus a cut-off margin of 4.5%, and will amortize its principal in one payment on its maturing date ...

Conductor LLC, the leading platform in the field of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for companies, has, legally advised by a team of Heuking partner Dr. Marc Scheunemann, acquired the European-based competitor Searchmetrics GmbH with all subsidiaries in Europe and the USA. The sellers were among others Holtzbrinck Digital GmbH and the founder Marcus Tober ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Christopher A. Odgers has joined the firm’s Tampa office as an associate. Mr. Odgers is a member of Bradley’s Construction Practice Group where he represents owners, general contractors, and subcontractors, providing strategic counsel to clients on a variety of construction-related issues ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Benjamin Perry, an attorney in the firm’s Nashville office, has earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E) credential through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Mr. Perry is an associate in Bradley’s Banking and Financial Services Practice Group, where he represents clients across various industries on both regulatory compliance and litigation matters ...

On 8th February 2023 Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Law Firm Partner, practicing advocate in Russia and solicitor in England and Wales, heading Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure practice and co-heading Crisis Management, Economic sanctions and Compliance practice, was elected by the Committee members as a new Finance and Investments Committee Chair at the Association of European Businesses. More information can be found here ...

The national law firm upgrades to two floors at 600 Travis Street in downtown Houston totaling over 45,000 square feet Bradley completed a long-term lease expansion and relocation. The law firm relocated from the 48th floor of JPMorgan Chase Tower located at 600 Travis Street in downtown Houston and moved to the 56th and 57th floors, bringing its total to 45,125 square feet. Savills Corporate Managing Director Lesa Nickelson French represented Bradley in its real estate strategy ...

Nyssa is a member of Carey Olsen's corporate team in the BVI. She advises on banking and finance, economic substance, corporate restructuring, and voluntary liquidations. Nyssa was first admitted as a barrister in England and Wales in 2022, following completion of the LLM Legal Practice Course at BPP University in London ...

The transaction, which was implemented contractually on a fully consensual basis, saw Vue's first-lien lenders take 100% equity ownership of the business and resulted in a significant deleveraging of Vue's balance sheet as well as access to £75 million of additional liquidity.  The new capital structure puts the cinema chain in a strong position to continue to recover and accelerate growth following the pandemic ...

A team led by Michael Kuska and Marcel Maybaum, both lawyers at Heuking’s Düsseldorf office, advised logistics company HAVI on its negotiations about the introduction of Infor’s cloud-based warehouse management system (“Infor WMS”). HAVI intends to implement Infor WMS in more than 50 distribution centers in Europe and Japan by the end of 2026 ...

Law firm Shoosmiths is celebrating the impact of funds donated by its Foundation to End Youth Homelessness and Street League charities.The Shoosmiths Foundation awarded a total of £90,000 in October 2021 to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, supporting the firm’s strategic aim to advance social mobility in line with the Shoosmiths social mobility action plan ...

Paris, February 7, 2023 – Jeantet has advised LBO France in connection with the entry into exclusive negotiations with Groupe HLD for the sale of its majority interest in Infodis, Entreprise des Services Numériques. HLD, a permanent capital investment group specializing in the support and development of European companies, has entered into negotiations with LBO France with a view to acquiring a majority interest in the capital of Groupe Infodis, alongside the management team ...

Alex has over a decade of experience in both London and Singapore with law firm Watson Farley & Williams, where he trained and qualified as a solicitor. Alex focuses on project finance, acting for and advising sponsor companies and lenders on their corporate, loan and security documentation and comes with a broad range of cross-border experience ...

Bradley attorney Dawn Helms Sharff is serving as board chair for the Women’s Foundation of Alabama for 2023. The Women’s Foundation of Alabama is the leading voice and philanthropic engine for women in the state with a mission of gender and economic equity. The foundation has invested over $6 million in initiatives, research, and policy to strengthen the Greater Birmingham community by building equitable opportunities for women ...

Bradley attorney James Bailey was quoted in Construction Dive on seeing more construction companies filing for bankruptcy protection stemming from challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as labor shortages and supply chain delays. In one recent case, Matcon Construction Services, a Tampa-based general contractor, filed paperwork in U.S ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Anna Hornsby has been elected to the 2023-2024 Board for the Young Lawyers Section of the Montgomery County Bar Association (MCBA). The MCBA strives to advance the legal profession and improve legal services on behalf of its members and the public by fostering interaction, communication, and professional opportunities to lawyers in Montgomery and other surrounding counties ...