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Winston-Salem, N.C. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that David L. Tarbet recently joined the law firm as a counsel attorney in its North Carolina office. Tarbet’s primary areas of practice include tax and estate planning, tax representation, business formation, business transactions and estate administration. He counsels business clients regarding succession planning, including preparation of operating agreements, bylaws and shareholder agreements ...

Pittsburgh — Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that Alison M. Sacriponte has joined the law firm as counsel in its Pittsburgh office. Sacriponte's primary areas of practice are corporate law, business law and technology law. She has experience advising startups, established businesses, and service and web-based enterprises, as well as negotiating commercial transactions and managing intellectual property portfolios ...

Issued by Global X Digital Assets Issuer Limited (Global X) and listed on German trading platform Deutsche Börse Xetra, BT0X and ET0X are Global X's first products to be physically backed by cryptocurrencies and underscore the firm's long-term confidence in the digital assets space, joining existing products including the Global X Blockchain UCITS ETF (LSE: BKCH).Physically-backed ETPs, BT0X and ET0X both have an expense ratio of 0 ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has supported research into the property technology (proptech) sector in partnership with Financial Times backed media platform Sifted Intelligence and proptech VC Pi Labs.The report, Proptech: How the world’s biggest asset class faces digital disruption, is jointly sponsored by Shoosmiths Pi Labs, investigating how technology is reshaping real estate ...

[!Bradley is pleased to announce that Adam Yost, an attorney in the firm’s Dallas office, has earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) credential in the United States through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). "We congratulate Adam on earning the Certified Information Privacy Professional credential,” said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles ...

[! Bradley partner Chris Hawkins was interviewed by Law360 after being appointed by the Eleventh Circuit Court to the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama. "It's an honor. I'm grateful for the opportunity," Hawkins said. Hawkins said both Bradley and the Alabama Bankruptcy Institute helped him to develop the expertise that put him in the position to take his new appointment. "I'm very grateful for the time I had at Bradley," Hawkins said ...

[!Four Bradley attorneys contributed to the 2021 American Health Law Association Year in Review. In addition to slides, the document outlines significant developments over the year in specific healthcare areas. Michael Fischer and Najla Long co-authored the section on Antirust, and Lyndsay Medlin and Brad Robertson co-authored the section on False Claims Act and Government Enforcement.  The complete Year in Review was distributed to AHLA members at their annual meeting ...

[!Bradley partner Natalie Adams was quoted in the Daily Beast on the D.C. Trucker Convoy donations. If the convoy was found to use the donations for reasons outside of its mission, Adams said the convoy and its sponsor, the AFCLF (American Foundation for Civil Liberties and Freedom), might have some explaining to do. “The federal standard to prove wire fraud has two elements: That somebody intended to defraud somebody else; and that they used wire communications to do it ...

[!Bradley is pleased to announce that Christopher L. Hawkins, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office, has been appointed by the Eleventh Circuit Court to serve as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Alabama. Mr. Hawkins will be sworn in next week ...

A Heuking team led by Ulf Christiani advised Mid-Saxony Transport Association Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen on public procurement law in the Europe-wide bidding procedure “Chemnitz supraregional transport connection.” The contract to provide transport services to connect the Chemnitz region to interregional rail transport was awarded to DB Fernverkehr AG. Since 2006, Chemnitz had no longer been connected to Deutsche Bahn’s long-distance network ...

Han Kun has advised and acted as the PRC counsel to NIO Inc. on its listing by way of introduction on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. NIO Inc., a pioneer and a leading company in the premium smart electric vehicle market, is committed to creating the most worry-free and convenient experience for its users through continuous innovation ...

The Legal 500, the world-renowned legal media, recently published its 2022 Country Comparative Guides. Each country chapter of the Guides is written in an easy-to-use Q&A format by a renowned firm within the specified legal practice area. Han Kun Law Offices exclusively contributed the China chapter of the Country Comparative Guides for Banking & Finance, and the contributors include Han Kun partner Tiecheng Yang with his team members Ting Zheng and Raymond Yan ...

Recently, World Trademark Review, an authoritative legal directory in the IP sector, released its 2022 WTR 1000 rankings, in which Han Kun was again identified as an Enforcement and Litigation China Firm of the Year and a Prosecution and Strategy China Firm of the Year ...

On March 1, 2022, DAWKINS, a professional legal rating agency, officially announced the lists of "Top Ranked Law Firms" and "Top Ranked Lawyers" in its 2022 A Client's Guide. Han Kun Law Offices made the list in 10 areas, in which the firm was recognized as Band 1 for eight areas, including: overseas listing, fund formation and compliance, private equity, venture capital, healthcare, consumption, high-tech, and new economy, and 11 lawyers were ranked/highly recommended ...

Carey Olsen strongly believes in the obligation of all nations to act within an international legal framework that respects human rights, and we condemn the Russian government's actions. We fully support the economic sanctions that the international community has put in place and their implementation in the jurisdictions that we operate in ...

[!Bradley partner Bruce Ely was quoted in Law360 Tax Authority on state-federal tax conformity. Business groups are urging states to decouple from several changes caused by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that take effect for 2022, and some states are moving to do so, at least from the provisions dealing with the limitation on the deduction of business interest expenses. Ely told Law360 the business community in Alabama has been pushing for the bill to decouple from IRC section 163(j) ...

[!Bradley partner Tripp Haston was quoted in Law360 on states introducing legislation that would require litigants to disclose third-party funding, a trend that proponents — including insurers — say will have a positive impact on case settlements, while opponents argue it's unnecessary and unfair. Haston has seen an uptick in litigation financing in many suits in which he's defending pharmaceutical or medical device companies ...

Siobhan Riley, partner and head of Carey Olsen's trusts and private wealth practice in Jersey, said: "Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias impedes people, whatever their walk of life, from realising their full potential. This, in turn, impedes businesses and organisations from accessing the widest pool of talent available in our communities. "We can break bias in our workplaces and in our schools, colleges and universities but it involves a collective effort from us all ...

KSB's team (Dagmar Dubecká, Milada Kurtosiova and Jan Beres) provided Mattoni 1873 with comprehensive legal advice during negotiations with Budějovický Budvar n.p. regarding a unique project for the production of flavoured non-alcoholic beer. KSB helped to create the structure of, and drafted the contractual documentation for, the cooperation between the companies ...

The renowned British rating agency Chambers and Partners once again recommends Kocián Šolc Balaštík in its current publication “Chambers Global 2022” ...

On March 7, 2022, well-known legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2022 Client Choice: Top 15 Versatile Litigation Practitioners". Han Kun partner Xianglin Chen was named to the list. Reasons for selection: Having graduated from top law schools in both China and the U.S., Mr. Chen has profound theoretical expertise and years of practical experience in dispute resolution ...

On March 7, 2022, well-known legal directory LEGALBAND named Han Kun partner Ying (Gloria) Xu as one of its "2022 Client Choice: Top 15 Female Lawyers". Reasons for selection: Ms. Xu has shown standout expertise and in-depth experience in handling domestic and cross-border transactions in private equity investments and financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and IPOs, and is adept in advising on complicated investment, financing, and M&A transactions ...

Han Kun is pleased to announce that Ms. Juexi (Jessie) Liu has recently joined the firm. She has extensive experience in venture capital and private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, and foreign direct investment. The addition of Ms. Liu to the firm will further strengthen Han Kun's overall capabilities. Ms. Liu started her legal career in 2002 ...

Erla Árnadóttir , partner and María Kristjánsdóttir , associate at LEX and the managing director of GH Sigurgeirsson , IP boutique and subsidiary of LEX Law Offices are praised for work in the field of trademark law in the 2022 edition of the World Trademark Review (WTR 1000) . LEX is considered one of the best when it comes to trademark counselling, prosecution and litigation ...

[!Bradley partners Aron Beezley and Erin Illman were recognized by JD Supra in its 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards, which identify top authors and firms for their thought leadership in key topics during 2021 ...