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At the beginning of June, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek was awarded the title of Best Law Firm Corporate and M&A 2022 in the “Germany” region. At the 13th ILASA - International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards in Paris, a top-class jury had recognized the work of German legal experts for the first time ever. Boris Dürr, Managing Partner, and Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert, Head of the French Desk, personally accepted the award on behalf of the law firm in Paris ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Wendi Campbell Rogaliner, a partner in the firm’s Dallas office, has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The ABF Fellows comprise a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of the communities ...

Residential developers can learn how to manage the 'perfect storm' of regulation, rocketing energy prices and decarbonisation targets at a free webinar series, hosted by Shoosmiths and Switch2 Energy.The webinars will help these developers, owners and operators of heat networks prepare for formal regulation of the sector and meet the triple challenge of delivering affordable, resilient, green heat to customers ...

Recently, FinanceAsia unveiled the winners of its Country Awards 2022. Han Kun was again honored as the "Best China Law Firm" in North Asia, owing to the firm's record year of remarkable outcomes in cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private equity, finance, and other areas. This is the fourth time for Han Kun to win the award. Founded in 1996, FinanceAsia is an authoritative international financial news service ...

Konrad Grotowski, host of the programme, talks about the situation on the Polish labour market after the arrival of refugees from Ukraine. News from Poland—Business & Law is a synthesis of important current events in the Polish economy and changes to Polish law, especially those that may concern management board members and affect the risk of serving on boards. The programme is addressed to foreign directors of Polish companies, foreign investors in Poland, and their foreign advisers ...

The five promotions bring the total number of partners across the Carey Olsen group to 68.Carey Olsen group managing partner Alex Ohlsson said: "I would like to congratulate Matthew, Kyle, Sam, Jay and Louise on joining the partnership. Each of them has demonstrated exceptional technical knowledge in their time with the firm as well as total dedication to providing a high level of client service ...

Smart Air, a social enterprise that is committed to helping people breathe quality air through its low-cost air filters, recently received the “Powered by Pro Bono Award” at this year’s TrustLaw Awards by the Thomson Reuters Foundation ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that 10 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the 2021 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll by the D.C. Courts. The 2021 Capital Honor Roll recognizes the contributions of the D.C. Bar members who donated 50 hours or more of pro bono service during the last calendar year. The list represents a diverse cross-section of the D.C. legal community, including more than 160 law firms, federal government agencies and public interest organizations ...

The Fund invests in global early-stage pre-seed, seed, Series A and blockchain and metaverse gaming companies and tokens. It was established as a Jersey Private Fund, an increasingly popular route for Singapore fund managers with digital asset focused investment strategies.Kenrick Drijkoningen, partner at Play Ventures, said: "We work with ambitious and passionate entrepreneurs to help create our gaming powerhouse ...

Bradley attorney Bruce Ely was quoted in Bloomberg Daily Tax Report on a Multistate Tax Commission proposal to make state tax codes more uniform and potentially boost revenue collections from so-called investment partnerships. The draft model was released last Wednesday and emphasizes uniformity and simplifications among the multistate tax group as they seek a fair share of tax revenue from the trillions of dollars they claim are flowing through investment partnerships ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Lauren Smyth has joined as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office as a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. “We are pleased to welcome Lauren to our team. We look forward to having her commercial real estate experience and work on complex and significant projects add depth to our capabilities as we continue to provide exceptional service to our clients,” said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles. Ms ...

Solent Freeport is a “unique, once in a lifetime chance” for the region, says Shoosmiths’ Paula Swain, as she marked the official launch of the freeport in a “milestone” event.Paula, head of Shoosmiths’ Solent office and Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) representative on the Solent Freeport Consortium Board, was speaking after the Solent Summit which was hosted at Horizon Cruise Terminal in Southampton yesterday ...

Charleston, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that several of the firm’s practice groups and attorneys were recognized in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA, a directory of leading law firms and attorneys published annually. Chambers and Partners annually researches the strength and reputation of law firms and individual lawyers across the globe ...

Recognition by Best Lawyers, which publishes highly regarded guides to the legal profession in 76 countries, is based entirely on peer review. The methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the outstanding individuals from within the same geographic region and legal practice areas. In total, the surveys attract more than 13 million evaluations of lawyers by their professional peers across 147 different practice areas ...

Matthew joins Carey Olsen after 25 years with Clifford Chance LLP in London, the past 17 of which have been as a partner. Matthew has particular expertise in structured finance and financial products, structured debt, derivatives and offshore corporate structuring ...

Rome, June 7, 2022 - International law firm Gianni & Origoni announces the hire of new partner Mario d’Avossa who will join the firm’s Tax department in Milan. Mario joins with his team of lawyers composed of Riccardo Vaccaro, Valeria Romagnoli, Andrea Rinaldi and Mara Galvani ...

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. (NEE Capital) of (i) $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.20% Debentures, Series due June 20, 2024 (the “2024 Debentures”), (ii) $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.45% Debentures, Series due June 20, 2025 (the “2025 Debentures”), (iii) $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4 ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Lee-Ann C. Brown, Douglas L. Patin, and Henry C. Su have been recognized by the Virginia Access to Justice Commission for their pro bono service. Honorees will be recognized at the Chief Justice’s Pro Bono Summit on June 9, 2022, hosted by the Virginia Bar Association. Ms. Brown, an associate in the firm’s D.C. office, has been named a 2020-2021 Pro Bono Service Champion by the Commission ...

KŠB’s team (Martin Šolc, Jakub Porod, Ota Mach and Klára Dvorská) advised Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, one of the oldest private investment companies in the world, and its lead legal counsel Debevoise & Plimpton on the Czech aspects of acquiring Vialto Partners, a former Global Mobility business unit of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Since being founded in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has invested in more than 100 companies, with an aggregate transaction value of more than $175 billion ...

Advising on Squeeze-Out of O2 Czech Republic’s Minority Shareholders KSB's team (Petr Kasík, Martin Kubík, Josef Kříž and Filip Řehák) advised PPF Group on the approximately year-long squeeze-out of O2 Czech Republic’s minority shareholders. KSB advised PPF on all major steps in the squeeze-out process, which involved the exit of one of the largest Czech listed companies from the public stock markets ...

The partners and staff of Mamo TCV have made a donation to Jesuit Refugee Service (Europe) who are assisting those fleeing the war in Ukraine. JRS is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate for the rights of refugees and others who are forcibly displaced ...

Mamo TCV Advocates managing partner, Michael Psaila and partner Edmond Zammit Laferla attended the View More