Press Releases

Bradley is pleased to announce that Alé Dalton is the 2022 Nashville Emerging Leader Awards (NELA) winner in the Legal Services industry category. The 15th annual awards, presented by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and YP Nashville, recognized 48 young professionals under the age of 40 across 13 industries for significant accomplishments in their chosen career fields and for their commitment and contributions to their community. Ms ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that the Chambers High Net Worth 2022 guide has ranked the firm, as well as five partners, in the area of Private Wealth Law in Alabama. The five Birmingham based partners ranked in the 2022 guide are: Scott E. Adams Nancy Williams Ball William L. Hinds Jr. Bradley W. Lard Ralph H ...

The latest editions of the Who’s Who Legal (WWL) Global and Southeast Asia guides have featured 16 of the firm's lawyers in various fields: Global Labour & Employment: , Project Finance: Trademarks: Southeast Asia Banking: , Capital Markets: Commercial Litigation: , Competition: Corporate Tax: Data: Energy: Franchise: Labour Employment & Benefits: , Project Finance: Trademarks: Transport-Aviation: The Southeast Asia guide also highlighted the following

MinterEllison advised the Victorian Government on the VicRoads Modernisation project, announced last week. MinterEllison is proud to have assisted the Victorian government to deliver this important project for the benefit of all Victorians. Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas and Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll last week announced the outcome of the 15-month VicRoads Modernisation process ...

Since becoming the first offshore law firm to enroll its entire network of offices into ESI Monitor's Environmental Business Operations Award and Standard in 2020, Carey Olsen has been working to reduce its impact on the environment. In line with this commitment, Carey Olsen's Guernsey office has updated its vehicle fleet to electric only models with the previous diesel and petrol models coming to their end of life ...

Can an effort to revamp anti-redlining lending laws survive the swamp MarketWatch July 19, 2022 By Steve Gelsi Brian Adkins, senior counsel and a member of the real-estate practice group at the business law firm Buchalter, said in an email to MarketWatch that the CRA update amounts to a well-intentioned effort that could use some refining ...

Bradley is pleased to announce the addition of Richard J. Nickels to the Nashville office as a partner in the firm’s Trusts & Estates and Tax practice groups. “We are pleased to welcome Rick, and we know that our clients will benefit from his experience,” said Bradley Nashville Office Managing Partner Lauren B. Jacques. “Rick is very knowledgeable in trusts and estates matters, elevating the level of service we are able to provide as a firm.” Mr ...

IDB Invest has granted a $40 million financial package to the companies Elcatex and San Juan Textiles, both members of Grupo Elcatex, one of the leading textile conglomerates in Honduras with more than 15,000 employees. The financing consists of $25 million from IDB Invest and the mobilization of $15 million ...

The Philippine Embassy in The Hague will be recognizing three Filipino judges and legal luminaries for their invaluable contribution to the international legal system — former Chief Justice Cesar C. Bengzon, Justice Florentino P. Feliciano and Judge Raul C. Pangalangan — in a ceremony to be held today, Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at the Laan Copes van Cattenbury in The Hague, Netherlands ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has today announced its year end results for FY 2021/22 in the firm’s annual Impact Report.The firm has achieved another year of record financial results in relation to its revenue, profit and profit per equity partner (PEP). Revenue increased eight percent year-on-year to £181.8m, net profit also increased by nine per cent year-on-year to £60.7m and PEP increased by 3 per cent to £675,000 ...

On July 16 and July 17, 2022, IP House & IP Lead formally announced its "Top PRC IP Agency Rankings". The rankings, closely watched by practitioners, objectively examine the service quality of candidates and identify top-performing IP agencies following several rounds of careful selection based on litigation data ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has announced the new head of its mobility sector.Jonathan Smart, a partner in its advisory services division, is taking over the role from Robin Webb who has recently become the new head of Shoosmiths’ national commercial practice.  Now leading the sector, Jonathan will oversee Shoosmiths’ growth across automotive, rail, aviation, marine, logistics and the future of transport ...

The venture capital (VC) team at law firm, Shoosmiths, has advised a consortium of four major institutional investors on their exit from Vauban – an online platform that helps investors back private companies from end to end.The sustained levels of high value VC work carried out by the Shoosmiths corporate team follows their placement as the most active for venture capital deal volume across the UK and Ireland, according to Pitchbook rankings in 2021 ...

Trainee solicitors from law firm Shoosmiths are offering free legal advice to charities and small business owners as part of an exclusive partnership with The University of Law (ULaw).The future lawyers from the firm’s Birmingham office sought out the opportunity to become one of the first external law firms to partner with ULaw on its Small Business Advice Line (SBAL) ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Margaret Oertling Cupples has been named the Mississippi Bar Association’s (MBA) 2022 Susie Buchanan award recipient. The annual award, named for the first female lawyer to practice before the Mississippi Supreme Court, honors a woman lawyer who has achieved professional excellence in her field and paved the way for other woman lawyers to achieve success. Ms ...

The Deacons Financial Services team recently assisted Fubon Fund Management (Hong Kong) Limited (Fubon) with the launch of the Fubon Hang Seng Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong (Selected Corporations) High Dividend Yield Index ETF. It was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 8 July 2022 ...

Bradley is pleased to announce the arrival of K. Scott Sloan as an associate in the firm’s Dallas office. “We are pleased to add Scott to the team and know that his experience in the real estate industry will increase our team’s capacity to meet the growing needs of our clients,” said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles. Mr ...

Han Kun Law Offices and its Hong Kong associated law firm (collectively, "Han Kun"), legal advisors as to PRC law and Hong Kong law, respectively, represented YEAHKA LIMITED ("YEAHKA", Stock Code: 9923) in its issue of US$70,000,000 6.25% convertible bonds due 2027 (the "Bonds") in reliance on Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933. The Bonds are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange"). J.P ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) has been recognized as one of the leading tax firms in Asia Pacific and the Philippines in the 2022 International Tax Review (ITR) Asia-Pacific Tax Awards by being shortlisted in the following categories: Regional Awards Regional Tax Law Firm of the Year Tax Innovator of the Year Jurisdiction Awards - Philippines Philippines Tax Firm of the Year Philippines Tax Disputes Firm of the Year SyCipLaw has been awarded as the “Philippines Ta

Law firm Shoosmiths’ corporate division has announced a successful first half year of 2022, advising on more than £2 billion of transactions. The corporate division’s reputation as dealmakers is highlighted through its increase in high-calibre deal activity, advising on more than150 transactions, despite ongoing global uncertainties ...

Morgantown, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that Joshua L. Jarrell has joined the law firm as a partner in its Morgantown office. With 13 years of experience, Jarrell will lead Spilman's public and project finance team. He also practices in the areas of corporate law, real estate law, title insurance, broadband development, and economic development ...

Established as a Jersey Private Fund, Boost Fund I invests in UK startups, assessing each potential portfolio company using Capital Pilot's unique and data-driven "Investability Rating System". Boost Fund I is sector agnostic and plans to complete 100 equity investments in less than six months ...

The firm also continues to be ranked as Band 1 for its trusts and private wealth practices in Bermuda, Guernsey and Jersey, while its Cayman Islands office is ranked Band 2. Carey Olsen Bermuda's trusts and private wealth practice is described as 'a top firm for complex and sophisticated matters' and praised for its 'strong private client team that is able to handle complex matters' ...

DORDA has advised – as local counsel – DigitalBridge Group, Inc. which today announced that funds affiliated with its investment management arm (collectively, “DigitalBridge”) together with Brookfield Infrastructure and its institutional partners (collectively, “Brookfield”) have reached an agreement to acquire a 51% ownership stake in GD Towers. The transaction values GD Towers, the mobile telecommunications tower business of Deutsche Telekom AG, at EUR 17 ...

On July 12, 2022, Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced the finalists for its ALB China Regional Law Awards 2022: East China, which is open to "local" law firms headquartered in Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Shanghai ("East China"), and "non-local" law firms headquartered in other regions with branches/offices in East China. Han Kun has been nominated in the following 12 award categories, owing to the firm's outstanding practices in East China ...