Press Releases

Recently, the well-known magazine China Law & Practice published a featured 2022 PE/VC annual review article: "Turning the Corner to a New Normal: China's PE/VC Sector in 2022", co-authored by Han Kun partners Zaiguang Lu and Charles Wu of Han Kun Hong Kong. This is the fourth consecutive year the two partners have been invited by the magazine to prepare an annual review of the PRC's PE/VC sector ...

IFLR has recently revealed its shortlist for the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2023 ...

LAW firm Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of Rachel Reid as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective March 2023. Rachel is to join from DLA Piper where she worked with the managing director of the Africa, Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, to drive growth, operational efficiency and embed the firm’s culture and values ...

AES Andes and Codelco ink renewables PPA in Chile Elliott Hodgkin 27 January 2023 Claro & Cía has helped Santiago-headquartered energy group AES Andes sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with state-owned mining giant Codelco for the supply of renewable energy to two local mines. Carey advised Codelco on the deal, which was signed on 30 December for a confidential amount ...

Paris, January 27, 2023, Jeantet has advised Webedia, a French online media group, on the sale of Semantiweb, an agency specialized in conversational data analysis, to European Digital Group, a digital transformation specialist. European Digital Group (EDG) is accelerating its external growth and strengthening its data business through the acquisition of Semantiweb, an agency specializing in the analysis of consumer conversations on social networks ...

Paris, January 27, 2023, Jeantet advised Dzeta, Claude Darmon’s family office, in connection with its acquisition of a participating interest in Akesa, a company specializing in cleaning services, via a capital increase. Dzeta Conseil enters the capital of Akesa and engages in a new sector, the cleaning industry, via a minority investment ...

Buenos Aires, January 26th, 2023. The international publication Latin Lawyer today announced that Horacio E. Beccar Varela, managing partner and a member of Beccar Varela’s Executive Committee, is this year’s recipient of the “Law Firm Leader of the Year Award”, which will be presented at the annual Latin Lawyer Awards ceremony on May 11th, 2023, in São Paulo, Brazil ...

A programme initiated by Aston University in partnership with law firm Shoosmiths which supports local students from under-represented backgrounds towards a career in law has garnered support from Virgin Media O2 and CILEX, prior to its first in-person event this week.The Pathways to Law programme was created as a response to the Government’s plans to improve access to high skilled and high paid jobs ...

Female founders and women in venture capital found inspiration from a powerhouse of world class industry speakers at a ground-breaking female entrepreneurship event hosted by leading law firm Shoosmiths.The spHERe Summit 2023 – ‘leading successful change’, was held in partnership with London & Partners, and hosted at Shoosmiths’ London base in Bow Churchyard ...

A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, Heuking Partner at the Stuttgart office, advised TRUMPF Venture II GmbH (“TRUMPF Venture”) legally and on matters of tax law in relation to closing a EUR 13 million Series D funding round of Munich-based medtech company iThera Medical GmbH (“iThera Medical”). In addition to TRUMPF Venture, existing investors such as Bayern Kapital participated again with funds from the Bavarian Growth Fund ...

On 24 January, ALRUD experts held a webinar to present the main legislative developments in the field of international arbitration and provide an overview of current trends in the arbitration practice ...

Paris, 25 January 2023 – Jeantet advised the Japanese group Nippon Steel Corporation on the sale of its entire shareholding in Vallourec S.A., a company listed on the regulated market of Euronext Paris, for a total sale price of €77.7m, as part of an Accelerated Book Building (ABB) transaction ...

Paris, January 25, 2023 – Jeantet advised LBO FRANCE, a French private equity firm, in connection with the sale of the CMR group to Amphenol. Over the last few years, LBO France’s Small Cap team has been supporting the company’s organic growth by diversifying its business lines and making several acquisitions: Costronic, a Swiss company specializing in renewable energies (hydroelectricity) and Procaly, a French company operating in the railway sector ...

Paris, January 24, 2023 – Jeantet has advised Omnes, a leading private equity and facility specialist and ESG player, in the acquisition of a minority interest in the Redman Group, founded in 2007 by Matthias Navarro and Nicolas Ponson, in connection with the raising of more than €30 million in equity and debt ...

Robert joins Carey Olsen from Walkers where he has been a partner and head of their Jersey Private Capital and Trusts Group. He is an expert in Jersey trust and foundation structures and has a focus on private client structuring and advice. Robert is also a Jersey Advocate and a Committee member of the global professional body, STEP ...

Exceet Group SCA, a Luxembourg based partnership limited by shares listed on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt stock exchange, acquired the APEX group, a group of companies specialised in the planning, procuring, commissioning and operating of hydrogen plants, selling hydrogen, electricity and heat generated in connection with hydrogen plants, as well as the development of corresponding software and hydrogen storage systems, for a total consideration of approx ...

Arendt & Medernach advised GFJ ESG Acquisition I SE, a Luxembourg special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with focus on ESG-related technologies supporting the path to de-carbonization and sponsored by Gisbert Rühl, former CFO of Klöckner & Co, and the startup investors Joseph Brunner, in its successful business combination with Learnd Limited ("Learnd"), a leading Building-Performance-As-A-Service company providing cloud based services to deliver building management and optimization solution

Winston-Salem, N.C. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that three attorneys were recognized on the North Carolina Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list for 2023. Lee D. Denton is a senior attorney. His primary area of practice is litigation, with an emphasis on complex business disputes, complex construction cases, consumer finance and banking litigation, appeals, and fiduciary disputes ...

Buchalter is pleased to announce that Shareholders Mercedes O. Martin and Philip Nulud were both recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as 2023 Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys. In this issue, The Los Angeles Business Journal has profiled those standout minority attorneys considered to be particularly impactful on the legal scene while serving as trusted advisors in the LA region. Mercedes O ...

Bradley attorney Bruce Ely talked with Law360 on a Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) work group’s issue of how to source state income from partnerships and its consideration of a general rule where sourcing would be decided based on the activities of the partnership. Helen Hecht, MTC’s counsel and a staff advisor to the work group, reported that the group was focused on a “default rule,” similar to that found in federal sourcing principles ...

Each year independent market research firm Monterey Insight conducts exhaustive analysis of the Jersey investment funds sector and service providers. The 28th edition of the Monterey Insight Jersey Fund Report 2022 shows Carey Olsen now advise 544 funds and sub-funds domiciled in Jersey, which represents over 36% of the market by total number of funds and over 41% of the market by asset value ...

Happy Lunar New Year to you and your loved ones.May the coming new year bring you abundant health, prosperity and happiness ...

Kudun and Partners successfully assisted King Gen Public Company Limited, formerly known as Nation Broadcasting Corporation Public Company Limited (NBC) on the acquisition of 90 percent shares in Montri Transport Corporation Public Company Limited (Montri), which accounts for 337,500,000 shares in Montri from the existing shareholders for a total value of THB 539 million ...

Kudun and Partners successfully assisted Mindray Medical (Thailand) Limited in obtaining a foreign business license from the Ministry of Commerce for wholesale laboratory analytical and diagnostic reagents. Not only did we manage to complete the application and secure the license within the client’s three-month deadline, but this license represents a big step forward for the client’s expansion into the wholesale business and support of their parent company’s commercial operations ...

Time for Associates to Step It Up: 6 Things Law Firm Associates Can Do Today to Secure Their Jobs in a Recession January 20, 2023 By: Lana J. Manganiello "To be an appreciated team member, learn partners’ styles and preferences ...