Press Releases

On October 21, 2022, Asian Legal Business ("ALB") formally announced its "2022 ALB China Regional Ranking: Yangtze River Delta Firms". The ranking identifies leading law firms for their practices in regional markets and comprises two categories: law firms headquartered in the Yangtze River Delta region and those not headquartered there but which have branches/offices in the region. Han Kun was again recognized in the ranking for its exceptional performance in the Yangtze River Delta region ...

E-Vision has the controlling stake in its consortium with ADQ and is set to pay up to $130 million in cash and in-kind, including earn out payments for the majority stake in Starzplay, which is valued at $420 million. For its part, Starzplay controls 20% of the Middle Eastern and North African video streaming market and is the fastest growing streaming service in the region. Along with its parent company, Lionsgate, it will maintain commercial agreements for content licensing to the venture ...

A particular highlight from this year's research was Carey Olsen Guernsey's Dispute Resolution practice achieving promotion to Band 1 with clients citing "its technical knowledge" and "depth and experience" in relevant fields. Chambers & Partners identifies, ranks and differentiates the best talent in the legal industry across the globe ...

IFLR1000 has named 11 SyCipLaw lawyers in the latest edition of its annual "Leading Lawyers" list, a ranking of Philippine lawyers in the financial and corporate practice areas. SyCipLaw practitioners listed in the 2022 IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers are: Partners Hector M. de Leon, Jr. - Highly regarded Rocky Alejandro R. Reyes - Highly regarded Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez - Highly regarded Angel M. Salita, Jr. - Highly regarded Vicente D. Gerochi IV - Highly regarded Philbert E ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has been recognised as a leading firm in rankings released by directories, Chambers and Partners, and The Legal 500.Both Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 are widely perceived by the legal sector as leading authorities on law firm benchmarking in practice areas by region or territory. The launch of the 2023 UK Guide from Chambers and Partners this week saw Shoosmiths ranked in the top six firms with the most Chambers rankings with a total of 69 ...

Asters became the first Ukrainian law firm and one of 11 companies that took part in educational program Climate Ambition Accelerator led by the United Nations Global Compact. Asters Counsel and Head of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development Practice Anzhelika Livitska took part in the educational program ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) has just published the maiden issue of The SyCipLaw ESG Bulletin featuring articles authored by Partner Jose Florante M. Pamfilo and associates Julia Alexandra D. Chu, Rei Luis Anton A. Domingo and Patrice Jane L. Romero ...

Bradley partner Ty Howard was quoted in Law360 regarding the D.C. Circuit Court’s ruling that False Claims Act (FCA) defendants are now entitled to reduction of their potential damages liability against settlements made by other defendants ...

Han Kun has provided legal services in connection with the listing and public offering of Rego Interactive Co., Ltd (“Rego Interactive”, Stock Code: 2422) on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as the PRC counsel to the sponsor and the underwriters. Rego Interactive is a marketing service provider based in the PRC ...

Founded in 2018, Elenas is a social commerce platform that facilitates and digitises the selling of consumer items from catalogues and door-to-door sales. Through Elenas, entrepreneurs can sell products from the comfort of home on social channels such as Facebook or WhatsApp. Elenas provides product sourcing, delivery, and payment collection capabilities and over 100,000 sellers across Mexico and Columbia have used Elenas to fulfil over 2 million orders ...

Milan, October 17, 2022 – International law firm Gianni & Origoni appoints Partners Elisabetta Gardini and Teodora Marocco as co-heads of the Environmental Law Department. The appointment follows the imminent ending of former head of the department Antonella Capria's relationship with the firm as the statutory limits for the partnership have been reached ...

Recently, the well-known periodical International Comparative Legal Guides published the International Comparative Legal Guides: Private Equity 2022. Partner Charles Wu of Han Kun's associated law firm in Hong Kong and Han Kun counsel Hanpeng Hu in Shanghai were exclusively invited to write the PRC part ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that six of the firm’s partners have been named “Life Sciences Stars” and included in the 2022 edition of the LMG Life Sciences referral guide to leading North American law firms and lawyers that focus in the life sciences industry ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has been recognised as a top firm for innovation in Europe by the Financial Times, which publishes research findings in its annual Innovative Lawyers Special Report.The report contains an index of firms, and articles which highlight innovations in the legal sector, and is the most widely respected published assessments for innovation in the law ...

The well-known London-based legal publisher Law Business Research recently published its eleventh edition of The Asset Management Review. This year, Han Kun Investment Fund Group Ms. Huaying (Daisy) Qi, Ms. Lin Zhou, and Ms. Li (Leigh) Yang co-authored the China chapter of the book. John D. Fitzpatrick, Yiwen Mao, Mingyu Xia, and Zhangquan Chen also contributed to the writing of the China chapter ...

Metrocentre Group owns the Metrocentre shopping complex which is located in Gateshead. It is Europe's largest shopping and leisure centre, containing an indoor theme park, an eleven-screen cinema, a mega bowl entertainment centre and over 300 shops. The restructuring transaction involved £485 million 8.75% Secured Fixed Rate Notes as part of the transfer of ownership ...

Han Kun is pleased to welcome to the firm Mr. Weiheng Jia and Mr. Cody Chen, who will be primarily based in the firm's Shanghai office. They have extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance, and other specialized areas. The additions will further strengthen Han Kun's overall capabilities in the Yangtze River Delta region. Mr. Weiheng Jia Mr ...

Buchalter is pleased to announce that Chief Executive Officer and President, Adam Bass, was recently appointed as a member of World Services Group’s (“WSG”) North America Regional Council. As a Member of the WSG North America Regional Council, Bass will contribute to Regional Council discussions and activities that WSG can incorporate as an organization, be a liaison for the regional perspective to the WSG Board of Directors, and communicate with all the firms in the North America Region ...

Bradley attorney Jon Ferry spoke to Pharmaceutical Technology about Biogen’s $900 million settlement among increased government attention on pharmaceutical fraud. This lawsuit originated in 2009 when a former Biogen employee filed a lawsuit stating that Biogen had violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and Anti-Kickback Statute by providing millions to healthcare administrators as a means to prescribe three of their multiple sclerosis drugs. The U.S ...

A brand-new forum to support businesses across the North West to make a positive difference has been launched by three advisory firms: law firm Shoosmiths, accountancy and tax practice RSM and wealth manager RBC Brewin Dolphin.'Business Doing Good' is an informal roundtable organised by the trio which aims to help businesses use the strengths of the charity sector to ‘effect positive change’ and to add ‘real value through ESG (Environment, Social and Governance)’ ...

The largest research study ever undertaken into female entrepreneurship highlights in gender terms the disparity between male and female-led companies in Scotland and the rest of the UK.  Drawing on AI-powered live data from over 4.5 million businesses UK-wide and with the aim of creating a fairer future, key statistics from the accurate analysis by The Gender Index data reveal that while 16.8% of all active UK companies are female-led, the number is lower in Scotland (15.4%) ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Lauren Green has joined the firm’s Dallas office as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Green’s broad experience includes handling alleged claims involving the Lanham Act, unfair competition, and the Wage Hour Act, as well as matters concerning trade practices, breach of contract, non-compete, and employment related to long-haul COVID discrimination and retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Ms ...

Recently, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) has announced the winners of its Rising Stars Awards Asia-Pacific 2022, recognizing rising stars from across a wide array of practice area specialisms throughout the region. Han Kun partner Zhang Jian was honored as a Patent Rising Star at the awards. Ms. Zhang's practice focuses on IP-related legal services. She has extensive experience in patent invalidation, IP infringement litigation, administrative litigation, and licensing ...

The merger, which has now reached completion, sees the combined media company now owned by the existing shareholders of the Bailiwick Express, together with members of the Board. This brings the JEP back into local ownership for the first time in over 20 years ...

The 2022 competition represents the 11th series of the World Triathlon Championships, with Bermuda hosting the semi-finals on Sunday 6 November before the finals are held in Abu Dhabi at the end of November ...