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On 1 September 2022, 11 new state building standards (hereafter – "SBS") which significantly changed regulation on safety of buildings and structures, resistance and stability, energy efficiency, barrier-free accessibility, environmental requirements, fire safety aspects came into force. The new SBS are listed below: Structures of steel silos with a corrugated wall for grain. Basic provisions of SBS 2.6-221:2021 (https://www.minregion.gov.ua/.../dbn-v.2.6-221_removed ...

Morgan & Morgan Legal represented MMG Bank Corporation (“MMG Bank”), as lender, in a financing to be granted in favor of Daconan Star Solar, S.A. (“Daconan”), to be used for expansion, by 2.64 additional megawatts of the capacity of a photovoltaic project called “Daconan Solar”, with an installed capacity of 3.24 megawatts, located in the Province of Veraguas ...

Joint and several liability of the investor and the contractor for the remuneration of subcontractors – this subject is discussed by Sylwia Moreu-Żak, attorney-at-law, counsel at Wardyński & Partners in the latest episode of News from Poland. Konrad Grotowski, host of the programme, explains how an unexpected combination of various economic events created in 2022 very favourable conditions for funds investing in the private rented sector (PRS) ...

On September 8, 2022, the 16th China Law & Practice Awards took place with an award ceremony hosted in Beijing. Han Kun claimed three awards, including Capital Markets Firm of the Year. China Law & Practice is an influential professional legal media under The American Lawyer (ALM). The awards were presented by China Law & Practice in association with The American Lawyer, The Asian Lawyer, and Legal Week ...

The acquisition was effected by way of a Cayman Islands merger between Fulham and a merger subsidiary of Graycliff with Fulham surviving the merger.  Graycliff is a private equity group managing over US$1 billion in investments with a focus on lower middle-market US companies.Fulham is a global supplier of cost-efficient power and lighting solutions across multiple technology types and systems ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) successfully assisted International Game Technology PLC (IGT), one of the global leaders in gaming, in a multi-jurisdictional transaction for the acquisition of iSoftBet, an online games supplier and content aggregator. The transaction included the jurisdictions of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Malta, Romania and the UK and the total deal value amounted to approximately EUR 160 million ...

Charleston, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that Charles W. “C. W.” Pace, Jr., recently joined the law firm as a partner in its Charleston office. Pace’s primary areas of practice are estate planning, probate, commercial transactions, corporate law, and tax ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Tripp Haston, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office and chair of Bradley’s Life Sciences Litigation team, has been named to the 2023 edition of the Who’s Who Legal (WWL) Thought Leaders Global Elite: Product Liability Defense guide ...

Bradley attorney Todd Presnell was interviewed by Katie Phang of MSNBC about the role of a special master and the next steps in the process since former President Donald Trump’s special master request was granted. Presnell has previous experience serving as a special master, who is generally a third-party official appointed by a judge to carry out some direct action on behalf of the court ...

In a blockbuster deal A to Z, one of Oregon’s biggest wineries, sold to Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the Woodinville, Washington-based industry giant. A to Z, along with its Rex Hill brand, joins Erath Winery in Ste. Michelle’s Oregon stable, which will be led by A to Z chief executive Amy Prosenjak as president of Oregon Brands. A to Z was founded 20 years ago by Tannahill, Cheryl Francis, Deb Hatcher and Bill Hatcher, all Oregon wine veterans ...

Buchalter is excited to announce its recently launched Equine Industry Group, utilizing over 25 top legal professionals in across many different practice areas. The group is piloted by four Buchalter attorneys with extensive and diverse legal experience who are also life-long equestrians. The industry group grew out of a passion for horses and the recognition of a need for high quality legal services in the equestrian industry ...

Bradley’s Construction Practice Group was ranked No. 3 on Construction Executive’s 2022 list of the “Top 50 Construction Law Firms.” The annual list ranks U.S ...

Described as the 'definitive annual list of leading young private client practitioners in the UK and Crown Dependencies', the 2022 eprivateclient Top 35 Under 35 has recognised 35 men and 35 women as rising stars of the private wealth advisory sector.Having earlier in the year featured as part of the Channel Islands Top 35 Under 35, Dean is one of six individuals from offshore law firms to also be selected for the UK edition ...

Kudun and Partners is thrilled to work on another significant pro bono project with TrustLaw, Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal program ...

COBALT advises AS PRFoods in selling its Swedish business to Vattudalens Fisk AB. The shares of Vattudalens Fisk AB, the acquirer of Överumans Fisk AB, are owned by Svaholmen AS, which is part of Norwegian group Egersund Group AS. The transaction includes the sale of 100% of the shares of Överumans Fisk AB, a Swedish subsidiary owned by Saaremere Kala AS. Överumans Fisk´s field of activity is rainbow trout breeding in Sweden ...

BOYANOV & Co. advised a syndicate of banks led by Česká spořitelna and including Československá obchodní banka and Komerční banka on the Bulgarian law aspects of financing to support the acquisition by KKCG Group and its portfolio company ARICOMA Group International AB of Musala Soft, a prominent Bulgarian software company, and its subsidiaries. ARICOMA Group is a leading Central European IT services provider with a significant Scandinavian presence ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Nathan S. Harris and Benjamin Katz have joined the firm as partners in the Nashville office. “Nathan and Ben bring a wealth of corporate and finance experience to our team. They regularly handle complex matters that successfully meet each client’s specific goals,” said Bradley Nashville Office Managing Partner Lauren B. Jacques ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Aron C. Beezley, co-leader of the firm’s Government Contracts Practice Group and a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, has been named a 2022 Law360 MVP of the Year winner in the Government Contracts category ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Birmingham partner C. Meade Hartfield has been appointed as vice chair of the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) Women in the Law Committee. Her appointment is for a one-year term, effective at the conclusion of the 2022 DRI Annual Meeting in October. Ms. Hartfield represents clients in a variety of industries, including mortgage servicing, auto finance, farm credit, automotive, insurance, and construction ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) has been recognized again for its first-rate taxation practice, winning two awards including "Philippine Tax Firm of the Year" at the International Tax Review (ITR) Asia Pacific Tax Awards 2022 held virtually on August 25, 2022. This is the third consecutive year since 2020 that SyCipLaw has won this national recognition ...

The Fund will invest in a broad basket of digital assets across global cryptocurrency markets and exchanges, both centralised and decentralised. The investment manager will base its trading decisions on data generated from artificial intelligence trading agents trained via reinforcement learning processes ...

Heuking was honored by “The M&A Advisor” for the cross border deal between WuXi Biologics and Bayer. The team led by Dirk W. Kolvenbach, Partner at the Düsseldorf office, and Michael Pauli, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office, will be presented with the award in the category of “Cross Border Deal of the Year ($100MM to $1B)” at the 13th Annual International M&A Awards in New York on September 21, 2022 ...

Charleston, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that two new associates have joined the law firm. Grace K. Dague joined the firm’s Charleston, West Virginia office. A recent graduate of West Virginia University College of Law, her application with the West Virginia State Bar currently is pending. Once admitted to the Bar, her primary areas of practice will be corporate law and real estate law. James W. McCauley Jr ...

On September 4, 2022, the Global PE Forum, a key financial-themed forum held this year during the China International Fair for Trade in Services, announced the 2021-2022 winners of the Chinese PE/VC Industry Selection. Han Kun was, for the third consecutive year, recognized as a Top Ten PE/VC Intermediary Service Agency in China. This year marks the 13th Global PE Forum successfully held since its inauguration in 2008 ...

Caitlin joined the Jersey dispute resolution and litigation practice in 2019 and advises on a wide range of civil and commercial disputes, including company disputes; contractual disputes; shareholder, investor and funds disputes; contentious trust issues and debt-recovery and insolvency matters. Prior to joining Carey Olsen, Caitlin trained at onshore firm Dentons. Caitlin was recently named the Rising Star in Law at the Jersey Finance Rising Star awards ...