Press Releases

The two promotions bring the total number of partners across the Carey Olsen group to 69. Carey Olsen group managing partner Alex Ohlsson said: "I would like to congratulate Huw and Helen on joining the partnership. Both bring a broad range of experience to our firm and fantastic technical skill which has enabled them to deliver a market leading service to our clients. I am proud that our firm is continuing to grow with these senior appointments spread across two of our global offices ...

The latest edition of the highly respected international legal directory has seen the firm's Hong Kong managing partner, Michael Padarin join Carey Olsen's Singapore managing partner, Anthony McKenzie in being ranked in the region for Asia Pacific offshore corporate and finance advice. James Noble and Jeremy Lightfoot are again listed in the rankings for dispute resolution ...

On December 15, 2022, Global Data Review ("GDR"), a renowned and trusted source of worldwide news and analysis on the use and trade of data, unveiled its GDR 100 2023 ranking. Han Kun was one of the two PRC firms named to the list, owing to the firm's stellar practice and expertise in data compliance. Global Data Review is one information source and community touchpoint, with coverage from across the areas of data protection, cybersecurity, IP, IT, and TMT ...

 Bradley is pleased to announce that Kelsey Shofner has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a senior attorney in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Ms. Shofner assists business clients with corporate transactions, including entity formation and corporate governance, contract negotiation, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property protection ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Meghan Dawson McElvy has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Construction Practice Group and Energy Practice Group. “Meghan’s practice is concentrated on energy law, and we know her experience will add tremendous value to our team,” said Bradley Houston Office Managing Partner Robert Ford ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Sarah B. Fandrey has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. “Sarah is an exceptional real estate attorney with a unique skill set of working with Real Estate Investment Trusts and other investors in the acquisition and development work of leisure and marina properties,” said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles ...

Law firm Shoosmiths further strengthens its offering in line with growing client demand with the appointment of two partners at its London office.Oliver Pilkington and Nick McCarthy both join Shoosmiths from BDB Pitmans. Their appointment expands Shoosmiths’ equity capital market (ECM) capability, building on the success of Shoosmiths’ market leading private equity and venture capital practice ...

Buenos Aires, December 20th, 2022. On November 25th, Unitán S.A.I.C.A. issued its first Notes Issuance (“Series I Notes”) under CNV’s PYME Garantizada Regime (SME Guaranteed Regime), denominated in U.S. Dollars to be integrated and payable in Argentine Pesos, for a total nominal amount of US$1,842,758 ...

The newest episode of News from Poland—Business & Law focuses on Poland’s energy transition and especially offshore wind farms. Adrianna Ogonowska, attorney-at-law, who specialises in environmental protection issues associated with biodiversity and protection of the marine environment, will tell us about the legal aspects of such projects. Konrad Grotowski, host of the programme, summarises Poland’s current economic situation in a few sentences ...

Corporate and capital markets law experts Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M., Partner, and Lena Pfeufer, Salaried Partner, advised the Supervisory Board of va-Q-tec AG on concluding a Business Combination Agreement between va-Q-tec AG and EQT Private Equity ...

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"13237","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"251","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]These 809 funds comprise US$323 billion of assets, which represent 81% of the entire Guernsey domiciled funds market by assets under management (AUM) ...

With a Frankfurt-based team led by Partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Volksbank eG – Die Gestalterbank on refinancing the majority shareholding in Xortec GmbH by funds advised by Beyond Capital Partners GmbH and by the former owners. The refinancing of existing corporate transactions under the umbrella of Xortec GmbH enabled the investors to release contributed equity and to optimize the financing structure with a balanced financing mix ...

On December 14, 2022, Micro Connect, a new financial market platform connecting global capital with China's micro and small businesses, announced its signing of a US$25 million asset-backed loan facility with HSBC ...

On 14 December 2022, the HR Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce met to exchange ideas and information on human resources development and management and to discuss labour law, tax and migration legislation and other issues affecting the field of human resources management. Anastasia Petrova, Of Counsel in ALRUD Labour and Employment Practice, spoke at the meeting on “Legal aspects of employee relocation: Russian employment law perspective” ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Lillie A. Hobson, an associate in the firm’s Montgomery office, has been elected to serve a two-year term as a member of the Montgomery County Bar Foundation Board of Directors. Ms. Hobson recently was recognized with the Medal of the Samaritan Award for her individual contributions to the Montgomery Volunteer Lawyers Program (MVLP), including attending clinics and being actively involved with the District Court Lawyer for a Day dockets ...

 Bradley is pleased to announce that W. Rodney Clement, a partner in the firm’s Jackson office, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation, which recognizes a lawyer’s excellence, as well as dedication and service to the public and profession. Mr. Clement’s practice is focused on commercial real estate and secured transactions ...

Han Kun has advised and acted as the IP counsel to 3D Medicines Inc. ("3D Medicines", Stock Code: 1244.HK) for its initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ("HKEX"). 3D Medicines is a bio-pharmaceutical company focusing on the research and development of oncology therapies for cancer patients ...

KŠB's teamadvised J&T IB and Capital Markets, a.s., as the arranger, on another issue of unsecured unsubordinated book-entry bonds, this time by J&T ARCH CONVERTIBLE SICAV, a.s., with the total value of up to CZK 1 billion and an option to increase by as much as an additional 100%. The uncommon structure of the bonds entitles the bondholder to a variable coupon linked to the price of the underlying's investment share issued by J&T ARCH INVESTMENTS SICAV, a.s ...

KSB’s team (Vlastimil Pihera, Jana Guričová, Martin Vráb, Karolina Vosátková) advised J&T BANKA a.s. on its entry and subsequent acquisition of a majority share in AMISTA investiční společnost a.s., one of the largest Czech managers and administrators of qualified investor funds ...

KSB’s team led by Drahomír Tomašuk and Jana Guričová advised on another major acquisition in the IT and education sector. KSB client Sandberg Capital acquired a majority stake in Hungarian company Green Fox Academy, which also operates in the Czech Republic ...

Chilean firms lead fintech investment round Elliott Hodgkin 15 December 2022 Carey has helped Chilean fintech Kredito raise capital through an investment round led by Santiago-headquartered conglomerate Grupo Penta. Alcaíno Abogados advised Penta and its banking subsidiary Penta Financiero, which also participated in the funding round ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that University of Mississippi School of Law (Ole Miss Law) first year-students Jarius Colley and Kayla Powell have been selected for the Bessie Young Council (BYC) Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship Program at the firm. Mr. Colley and Ms. Powell will work as Bradley winter associates in the firm’s Jackson office. Mr. Colley is involved with the Black Law Student Association and Government Law Student Association at Ole Miss ...

Dr. Anton Horn and Dr. Sabine Dethof, lawyers at Heuking’s Düsseldorf office, successfully represented Egger Holzwerkstoffe Brilon GmbH & Co. KG in a patent dispute. In collaboration with patent attorneys from the law firm of Cohausz & Florack, they now also successfully concluded nullity proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice. EGGER had filed an action for nullity requesting that a patent held by Rehau Automotive SE & Co ...

Buenos Aires, December 13th, 2022. On December 6th, Conci S.A. carried out its first Notes Issuance (Serie I Notes) under the PYME CNV Garantizadas regime (SME Guaranteed Regime), for a total nominal amount of US$898,499 ...

Buenos Aires, December 13th, 2022. On December 7th, Asociación Civil Sumatoria para una Nueva Economía (“Sumatoria”) carried out the issuance of its third class of notes, the proceeds of which will be destined for the financing of microcredits ...