Press Releases

Bradley partner Ty Howard was quoted in Westlaw Today on his thoughts about the Supreme Court’s recent case disputing federal government authority to dismiss False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuits filed by whistleblowers. Howard discussed the lawsuit filed in 2012 by a former Executive Health Resources Inc. employee, Dr ...

Asters has joined the initiative of the United Nations Global Compact Network Ukraine and signed the Memorandum of Joint Action on Anti-Corruption in Ukraine. The initiative aims to create a transparent business environment that will help to stimulate the development of the economy, companies, and society. Asters' business activities are based on an Anti-Corruption Policy that meets the requirements of Ukrainian legislation, national and international anti-corruption standards ...

Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Mercantil Holding Financiero Internacional, S.A. (“MHFI”), and Mercantil Capital, S.A. (“Mercantil Capital”), subsidiaries of Grupo Mercantil, in relation to the closing of the Promissory Share Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) dated June 29, 2022, by and among the shareholders of Capital Bank, Inc. (“Capital Bank”) as sellers (the “Sellers”), Capital Financial Holding Inc ...

Bradley attorney Michael Thomason was quoted in the Birmingham Business Journal on the impact of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) on businesses around the country to offer new and personal information to the government in upcoming years. “Millions of companies are going to have to report their beneficial ownership information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury ...

Buenos Aires, December 12th, 2022. On December 6th, Vista Energy Argentina S.A.U. (“Vista”) issued the following simple, non-convertible into shares Notes: Series XV Notes, denominated and payable in US dollars, for a total nominal amount of US$13.500.000; Series XVI Notes, denominated in US dollars, exclusively integrated through the exchange of Series V and IX issued by Vista, and payable in Argentine pesos, for a total nominal amount of US$63.450 ...

Dr. Detlef Raasch will join Heuking as Salaried Partner effective January 1, 2023, reinforcing the Patent Law team led by Dr. Anton Horn in Düsseldorf. The addition of the new team member is another sign of the consistently pursued expansion of the Patent Law practice. Dr. Raasch is a Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney and comes from the law firm of FARAGO Patentanwälte (Munich / Aachen) ...

A team led by Dr. Johan-Michel Menke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Hamburg office, advised lawyer Olaf Spiekermann as insolvency administrator of WHG Rahn GmbH on the sale of the company’s business operations to Saarbrücken-based Klima Becker Gruppe GmbH, a member of Peter Gross Bau Holding GmbH ...

BLP has advised EVERTEC, Inc. (EVERTEC, or the Company) in Costa Rica and Guatemala on the refinancing of its existing credit facilities; the new credit lines consist of $200 million of extended revolving credit and a $415 million term loan A, both maturing on December 1, 2027. The new term loan and a $50 million disbursement from the revolving credit funded the repayment of the Company’s existing Term Loan A and Term Loan B in full. Truist Securities, Inc ...

A Private Equity team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised European Directories Group, a portfolio company of Triton Partners, and its management led by CEO Daniel Hagemeier on the sale of dogado group to investors Cinven and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP). As a specialist for cloud-based hosting and digital marketing, dogado group is a leader in the hosting market in the German-speaking region of Europe ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Courtney M. Achee, an attorney in the firm’s Charlotte office, has been appointed to a two-year term as chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) KnowledgeNet Charlotte Chapter. The IAPP’s KnowledgeNet Chapters bring local privacy communities together through educational meetings and networking activities. As a chair of the Charlotte KnowledgeNet Chapter, Ms ...

After nearly two years of disruptions and pauses in the legal system due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 2022 shaped up to be a busy year for many Portland lawyers, even if it wasn’t quite business as usual. We asked a small sampling of attorneys in different specialties to share their most memorable professional moment of this past year. Their answers encompassed M&A, pro bono work, criminal defense, a landmark settlement and more. Read on for the facts of the cases ...

Guernsey's corporate insolvency regime is predominantly contained within the Companies (Guernsey) Law 2008, as amended (the Companies Law). The regime contained in it has remained largely unchanged since its inception but has been put to very successful use in a wide variety of restructuring and insolvency scenarios ...

On December 9, COMAC delivered its first-ever C919 airliner to China Eastern Airlines. The move marks the first homegrown trunk airliner in China's civil aviation market, a significant milestone in China's aviation ambitions to develop large passenger aircraft ...

On December 6, 2022, AmCham Russia's Legal Affairs Committee held to discuss the key legal risks for companies to consider when leaving Russia. Daniil Petrukh, ALRUD Senior Associate, Advocate, acted as a guest expert. In his speech Daniil addressed bankruptcy related risks for the shareholders and local management due to withdrawal from the market. The Legal Affairs Committee focuses on the analysis of legislative and legal issues influencing the investment climate in Russia ...

On 7 December 2022, the 15th Annual Conference of the AEB Migration Committee took place, where Margarita Egiazarova, PhD, Senior Associate of ALRUD Labour Practice, gave a speech on “Challenges of relocation of HQS considering the need to maintain their labour relations”. Margarita spoke on labour and migration risks faced by companies whose foreign experts moved abroad ...

On December 6, Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner, Head of Real Estate, Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Practices and Co-Head of Crisis Management, Economic sanctions and Compliance Practice, Stanislav Veselov, of Counsel , Alexander Shipilov, Senior Associate, Vladislav Soloviev, Associate and Sabina Idrisova, Associate, held the webinar “Retail companies’ exit from the Russian market: general strategies and lease issues” ...

Mexico’s Axo grows LatAm presence with retail acquisition Elliott Hodgkin 08 December 2022 Mexican retailer Grupo Axo has enlisted Carey in Santiago, Mexican firms Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC and SMPS Legal, Peru's Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas in Lima and Guyer & Regules in Montevideo to acquire Chilean clothing company Komax. SMPS Legal advised Axo only on tax matters in the deal ...

Buenos Aires, December 7th, 2022. Refi Pampa S.A., a leading Argentine company dedicated to the production of quality fuel, successfully completed the placement and issuance in the local market of Class III Series B Notes, with a nominal value of US$15,000,000, at a fixed rate of 3%, due on December 6th, 2025. The Notes are denominated in US Dollars, but the integration and payments under such are made in Argentine Pesos ...

Effective January 1, 2023, Heuking will admit nine Equity Partners to the firm’s partnership from its own ranks and additionally appoint 13 lawyers as Salaried Partners. Boris Dürr, Managing Partner for HR, is pleased with the again wide range of legal fields covered by the new Equity Partners and Salaried Partners. “This shows that our work with young talents across the different areas is working really well and that our firm continues to grow in many different areas of expertise ...

UK businesses are taking vital steps to address environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) within the workplace, according to research by law firm Shoosmiths.21 percent are implementing a reduction in business travel, 21 percent a diversity and inclusion strategy and 18 percent are reviewing their supplier credentials. Environmentally friendly ‘green benefits’ are also being introduced by a further 18 percent ...

On December 1st the Labour Practice team successfully proved the success of a 9 month complicated redundancy case involving the dismissal of a protected election commissioner employee in the Fourth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction. ALRUD team working on the project included labour dispute experts Margarita Egiazarova, Senior Associate, PhD and Ekaterina Bronitsyna, Associate, as well as Anastasia Petrova, Labour and Employment Practice Of Counsel of ALRUD ...

DTB is proud to announce that after obtaining all regulatory approvals, one of the leaders in the Croatian insurance sector, Merkur osiguranje d.d. Hrvatska, completed the acquisition of a well-known life insurance company Wüsternot životno osiguranje. DTB’s Corporate, Regulatory, Employment, Dispute Resolution, IP and Real Estate teams jointly performed a comprehensive legal due diligence of the target company ...

Shoosmiths corporate restructuring & advisory group have advised administrators Interpath Advisory, on the sale of the majority of the business and assets of Joules Group plc and Joules Limited to a newly formed company which is a joint venture set up by NEXT plc (NEXT) and Joules founder, Tom Joule.The new company has acquired around 100 Joules stores, with approximately 1,450 employees across these stores ...

The Social Mobility Foundation has unveiled this year’s Social Mobility Employer Index, including Shoosmiths as one of 75 leading businesses leading the way on social change.The Social Mobility Employer Index was launched in 2017 and has become a leading authority on employer-led social mobility. It assesses and ranks UK employers on the actions they take to ensure they are open to talent from all social backgrounds ...

In Jersey, Carey Olsen was ranked Band 1, the only firm to achieve a top tier ranking in Jersey, with partner Chris Griffin being recognised as a leading lawyer in Jersey. Carey Olsen was also ranked Band 2 in the Cayman Islands, a leading offshore jurisdiction for FinTech, and counsel Chris Duncan was recognised in Band 2 for his expertise in the sector ...