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With a Frankfurt-based team led by partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek legally advised NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank - Girozentrale - on funding the acquisition of Clean-tek group. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively supported NORD/LB in drafting, structuring, documenting, negotiating, and implementing the entire financing documentation ...

The charities, which were chosen by staff in the Jersey office to benefit from the firm's fundraising activities for the past three years, were each presented with a cheque last week from the firm's Jersey Charities Committee. Fundraising activity over the past year has included a charity quiz night, cakes sales and bakes offs, a fundraising soup kitchen and summer salad bar, scratch cards and sponsored challenges to name a few ...

The Notes will be guaranteed by Transocean Ltd., Transocean Inc., and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary that owns and initially will operate the Deepwater Titan and will be secured by a lien on the Deepwater Titan and certain other assets related to the rig.The Notes will bear interest at the rate of 8.375% per annum and will be callable after 1 February 2025 ...

Bradley partner Nathan Harris was featured in the Nashville Business Journal’s profile series on “Top 40 Under 40” winners for 2022. The “Top 40 Under 40” list recognizes business leaders making waves in the Nashville area, and honorees were asked to answer a few “get to know you” questions ...

Silence is not merely complacency; it is an endorsement of racism. As legal professionals singularly dedicated to justice, we will not turn a blind eye to the rampant, brutal, and systemic racism that divides our country. We don’t have all the answers, but we will not remain on the sidelines ...

In the second part of the program News from Poland—Business & Law in which Konrad Grotowski and Jakub Barański continue to dicuss about taking the testimony of a foreigner (especially a member of a company’s management board) in a Polish civil court as a party to the proceedings ...

Bradley attorney David Long was named to the Lawyers of Color’s “Hot List 2022,” which is an annual list that recognizes the top 100 junior- and mid-level attorneys who exemplify integrity, high achievement, leadership, and a passion for diversity. Lawyers of Color is devoted to promoting diversity in the legal profession and advancing democracy and equality in marginalized communities ...

Firms Navigate Labor Market in Flux By Zane Hill January 30, 2023 A few months ago, there weren’t enough associate- and partner-level attorneys to go around much of the Los Angeles-area law firm market. Lately, the market for associates has cooled off a bit, while partners remain competitive among firms — for now, that is ...

The Spear's 500 is a guide of the top private client advisors, wealth managers, lawyers, and service providers for high-net-worth individuals and is largely considered the byword for quality advice and recommendations based on excellence ...

Buenos Aires, January 30th, 2023. On December 29th, 2022, Frigorífico Entrerriano de Productores Avícolas S.A. (“FEPASA”) issued its first Notes Issuance (Series I Notes) under the PYME CNV Garantizadas regime (SME Guaranteed Regime) ...

Garðar Víðir Gunnarsson , attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, has taken a seat on the board of the Nordic Arbitration Centre together with Haraldur I. Birgissson. Eiríkur Elís Þorláksson is the new chairman of the board. Other board members are Halla Björgvinsdóttir and Marta Guðrún Blöndal ...

Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir , attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, recently published an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið, where she discusses the European Commission’s draft decision on the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework ...

Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir , attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, recently published an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið, where she discusses the European Commission’s draft decision on the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...