Press Releases

Jessie Schuh didn’t exactly seek out clemency work. In a way, it found her. An attorney and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Schuh primarily works as a commercial litigator. In addition to her civil work, she has something of a double life as a pro bono attorney. Schuh donates hundreds of hours a year to criminal justice work. She’s particularly passionate about working to win clemency for inmates serving long sentences who were charged with crimes as juveniles ...

The world's leading legal directory Chambers and Partners recently published its Technology M&A Global Practice Guide (2023) (the "Guide"). Han Kun exclusively contributed the Law and Practice part of the Guide's China chapter. The contributors include Sean Li, Shijia Li, Shiye Yuan, Angus Xie, Kevin Duan, and Will Huang. The launch of Chambers' Technology M&A Guide indicates the important and distinctive role of technology M&A in today's world ...

On January 16, 2023, Concurrences announced the nominations for its 2023 Antitrust Writing Awards ...

Represented Apollo Global Management, Inc. (Apollo), one of the largest private equity firms in the United States with the approximate asset under management (AUM) of over USD 500 billion, and its Thai affiliates on the divestiture of 100% of their equity and debt investments with respect to an office and retail building located in Bangkok’s prime office area, for a total value of over USD 200 million ...

We are thrilled to announce the promotion of Ben Cheok to Chief Operating Officer of Kudun and Partners, effective January 2023. Ben has been a valuable member of our team for the past three years, serving as the Head of Business Development and playing a crucial role in driving our firm’s growth. As COO, Ben will take on a leadership role in overseeing the overall business operations and working with the partnership to achieve our firm’s strategic vision ...

María Kristjánsdóttir , attorney at LEX Law Offices and Managing Director of GH Sigurgeirsson IP recently published an online article in Tölvumál – Skýrslutæknifélag Íslands‘s magazine where she reviews the main issues related to intellectual property rights and the metaverse ...

In addition, newly promoted counsel Sarah Farrow and senior associate Pierre Ali-Noor have been recognised as Rising Leaders in the directory. Launched in 2017, the Private Client Global Elite is a list of the world's leading lawyers advising ultra-high-net-worth clients. The directory invites the private wealth community to recommend their top lawyers and advisors, which are then narrowed down to form the final list ...

Han Kun has provided legal services as PRC counsel to the issuer in connection with the initial public offering and listing of Gala Technology Holding Limited (Gala Technology Holding, Stock Code: 2458) on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ...

As the new Head of Trusts and Private Wealth, Alexa brings a depth of experience in advising on a broad range of both non-contentious and semi-contentious trust matters. Her practice has predominantly focused on advising on the establishment, ongoing administration and restructuring of private family trusts and foundations.  She also advises in connection with employee benefit trusts and pensions ...

In this episode of News from Poland—Business & Law, Konrad Grotowski and Jakub Barański talk 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. News from Poland—Business & Law is a synthesis of important current events in the Polish economy and changes to Polish law, especially those that may concern management board members and affect the risk of serving on boards ...

On January 13, 2023, Chambers and Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2023, highly recommending 14 Han Kun practice areas/categories and 23 Han Kun lawyers ...

Effective January 15, 2023, Dr. Dr. Johannes Blassl will join Heuking’s Frankfurt office as Equity Partner. The crypto and compliance specialist joins the firm from Ernst & Young Law where he practiced as Senior Manager, Financial Services in banking and capital markets law. Johannes Blassl (37) advises banks and companies on capital markets law and regulatory issues while also focusing on the use of blockchain technology in the financial markets ...

Anthony advises on a wide range of offshore corporate, investment funds and finance transactions. He is a specialist in Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda law and is one of only two partners in Singapore admitted to practise these three key offshore laws. Anthony is also ranked as a leading offshore lawyer by each of The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific and The Asia Business Law Journal ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that seven of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by the National Law Review with “Go-To Thought Leader” awards for their reporting of complex legislative and litigation news, as well as their strategic insight and overall knowledge. The 2022 awards recognize 75 exceptional authors and legal organizations for their contributions, with less than 1% of the National Law Review’s contributing authors recognized each year ...

Canadian pension fund eyes public takeover of Chile’s Hortifrut Elliott Hodgkin 11 January 2023 Linklaters in New York, Carey in Santiago and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima have helped Canadian pension fund manager PSP Investments launch a tender offer to buy the entire public shareholding of Chilean fruit company Hortifrut for US$660 million ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Stephen M. Fernelius has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Energy Practice Group. “Steve brings more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry and has a strong reputation as a leading energy litigator for his work on high-level business disputes and injury cases,” said Bradley Houston Office Managing Partner Robert Ford ...

Charleston, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that Erin Jones Adams, Tai Shadrick Kluemper, and James E. Simon were elected as Members of the law firm effective January 1, 2023. Jones Adams rejoined Spilman in late 2021 after a multi-year engagement supporting executive administration and compliance initiatives at a liberal arts college. Her primary areas of practice now include employment law, corporate law, and education law ...

Paris, January 10, 2023 – Jeantet has advised the Tofane Global group, a global leader in international communication solutions, on its acquisition of DIMOCO Messaging, a leading global SMS aggregator. Tofane Global is accelerating its growth in the booming business text messaging market with the acquisition of DIMOCO Messaging from BaseTech Ventures, a leading global SMS aggregator based in Austria and Liechtenstein ...

A Buchalter team led by Sanjay Bhandari recently won a complete dismissal of all charges on behalf of its client in federal Healthcare prosecution. On the eve of trial, facing a flurry of motions by Buchalter and other firms, federal prosecutors abruptly dropped the case ...

The by-invitation-only organisation is highly selective, and all chosen electives must have practiced law in the Academy's area of interest for a minimum of ten years and distinguished themselves as a market leader in their respective jurisdiction. Members are also selected on the basis of having demonstrated significant interest in the continuing development of the law of their country ...

Asters acted as a Ukrainian counsel for JSC Ukrainian Railways in the successful restructurings of loan participation notes issued by Rail Capital Markets plc in the total amount of USD 895 million (one in relation to its USD 300 million 7.875%. loan participation notes due 2026 and another in relation to its USD 594.9 million 8.250% loan participation notes due 2024) ...

Figures reveal that there was a total of 98 Open Market transactions in 2022, a figure that is slightly lower than in 2021 but more than any other year since 2007 demonstrating a robust market since the pandemic. Of the 98 Open Market transactions completed last year, the median price (realty only) of the 87 Open Market Houses sold, was £1,379,625. The nine Open Market flats sold in 2022 had a median price (realty only) of £1,218,750 ...

The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology ("CAICT") has led the establishment of the X-Reality and Metaverse Industry Alliance ("XRMA") in an effort to implement China's national development strategy and jointly build the industrial ecology ...

KC status is awarded to practising advocates who have demonstrated considerable skill and excellence in advocacy in difficult cases in the higher courts of England and Wales, or in tribunals or arbitrations. The new members of the King's Counsel will be sworn in by the Lord Chancellor this coming March at Westminster Hall when Claire will join Carey Olsen partner Alex Hall Taylor KC, who was originally appointed as Queen's Counsel in 2020 ...

Kudun and Partners represented Bay Computing Co., Ltd. (“Baycoms”), an IT security system solution provider, on the sale of its retail unit selling computers and peripheral units in specialized stores to Beryl 8 Plus Public Company Limited (“BE8”), a Thai-listed company in the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), for a total value of THB 1.439 billion, through a two-tiered transaction. The transactions involved an entire business transfer (EBT) for approximately THB 1 ...