Press Releases

Bradley partner Lauren Jacques, who serves as the firm’s Nashville office managing partner, was announced as one of the Nashville Business Journal’s 2023 Women of Influence winners. The annual list recognizes 40 businesswomen across 10 categories and includes female leaders in Nashville’s top companies and nonprofits who support their communities and inspire those coming behind them ...

On February 14th, the event “Crisis Update: Sanctions and Countermeasures. Presidential and Government approvals. Regulatory and practical developments” organized by Association of European Businesses was held. German Zakharov, ALRUD Partner, participated in the event as a speaker and spoke on the topic “Government subcommission: new approaches. Practical advice ...

Erla S. Árnadóttir , partner at LEX and María Kristjánsdóttir , attorney at LEX and partner and Managing Director of GH Sigurgeirsson, IP boutique and subsidiary of LEX Law Offices are praised for their work in the field of trademark law in the 2023 edition of the World Trademark Review (WTR 1000) . LEX is top ranked and considered an invaluable partner to its patrons thanks to its exceptionally broad IP and IT expertise and deep experience ...

Eva Margrét Ævarsdóttir and Hjalti Geir Erlendsson , attorneys at LEX recently published an article in the Icelandic business paper Viðskiptablaðið on the EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence and why the EU and various countries, including Norway, France and Germany are adopting legislation on a corporate due diligence duty to protect human rights in a company’s own operations and value chain ...

A team led by Dr. Frank Baßler, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Stuttgart office, advised ESSINGER WOHNBAU GmbH on the sale of a service center to Klinikum Heidenheim gGmbH as part of a forward funding deal. The building complex’s entrance area and first upper floor will house the clinic’s new dialysis area while apartments for clinic employees will be built on the other three floors with completion scheduled for Q1/2024. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price ...

A team led by Dr. Bodo Dehne, Partner at the Düsseldorf office, advised Dutch private equity investor Rhein Invest on the sale of its portfolio company CVS Engineering to the listed Swedish industry group Atlas Copco. CVS Engineering is a European market leader in the field of mobile vacuum pumps and compressors, which has in recent years firmly established itself as the dominant player in the German market ...

A team composed of lawyers from several offices, led by Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Peter Ladwig, comprehensively advised the shareholders of Supremo Shoes & Boots GmbH, including its managing shareholder Walter J. Weichhart, on the sale of 51% of their shares to Fasbra SE, a subsidiary of Deichmann SE, and accompanied the transaction. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s advice included accompanying the due diligence process as well as drafting and negotiating all agreements as part of the transaction ...

What is a registered pledge on shares in a limited-liability company, and how is this security enforced? These questions are answered in the latest episode of News from Poland—Business & Law by Mateusz Tusznio, an advocate and restructuring adviser specialising in banking and finance law and restructuring of corporate debt. Afterwards, Konrad Grotowski, host of the programme, shines a spotlight on how Polish businesses currently view the prospect of replacing the zloty with the euro ...

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 ...

LEX Law Offices was SKEL and Skeljungur’s advisor on the purchase of Klettur – sala og þjónusta ehf. Skeljungur, a subsidiary of SKEL investment company, officially completed the purchase of Klettur – sala og þjónusta ehf. today and Kristján Már Atlason took the position as CEO of the company. Concurrently SKEL investment company took over Klettagarður 8-10 ehf., the company that owns and operates the building that houses part of Klettur’s operations ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...