Press Releases

[!As business partner conflicts are on the rise, we are pleased to announce the launch of Bradley’s new Business Divorce blog. The blog is a valuable resource for majority owners and minority investors, as well as their legal and business advisors, in a wide variety of private businesses ...

With a team led by Dr. Frank Baßler and Klaus Weinand-Härer, both Partners at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, ILG Capital GmbH acquired a local retail center from Schoofs group, based in Kevelaer in the Lower Rhine region, on behalf of an open-ended special AIF by way of a forward deal. The commercial property in Uedem comprises 4,651 square meters of total leasable space. Tenants are the retailers Aldi, Edeka, and dm. The project was concluded and taken over for the fund’s account in December 2021 ...

A Heuking team led by Dr. Peter Zimmermann legally advised a fund company of Art-Invest Real Estate on the acquisition of a residential quarter in Erfurt from project developer AOC Stadtentwickler GmbH by way of forward funding. The Coloria residential project will feature 155 apartments with almost 12,900 square meters of space and nine commercial units covering about 1,800 square meters ...

Philipp Börger and Ariane Neubauer of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Berlin office advised DeathTech startup Emmora on its seed funding round with a seven-figure investment volume. Via the eponymous digital service platform, Emmora offers advice, services, and a large, competent network of local partners from the funeral industry. Considering itself a holistic companion for the topics of death, mourning, and life, Emmora is operating all across Germany ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised global software company Everbridge, Inc. on a significant acquisition of advanced business resilience solutions business, Anvil Group. Everbridge is a Nasdaq listed global software company, providing international clients with best-in-class software applications that automate and accelerate operational response to critical events, its aim to keep businesses running faster and safer ...

Helen specialises in a wide range of cross-jurisdictional disputes including insolvency and debt recovery actions, shareholder claims and enforcement and asset recovery. Prior to joining Carey Olsen, she spent the past 12 years with Clifford Chance's Asia disputes practice, working in both the firm's Singapore and Hong Kong offices. Born in Shanghai, Helen is a native Mandarin and Cantonese speaker and fluent in English and Shanghainese ...

Robert, who was previously with Carey Olsen from 2016 to 2019, has spent the past two years as the legal director of a large Guernsey trust and corporate services provider. Drawing on his broad private client and offshore experience, Robert provides practical and focused advice on all aspects of Guernsey trust and company practice and is a trusted adviser to the directors and in-house counsel of many of Guernsey's leading banks and trust companies ...

[!Bradley partner Hunter Robinson was quoted in American Banker on cannabis regulatory potholes. Cannabis business may be a lucrative niche for banks, but banking pot-related companies come with regulatory risks and legal gray areas that keep many financial institutions away. The availability of growing technologies that may assist banks in this industry is relevant for banks that are interested in banking cannabis companies, but they are not quite there ...

[!Bradley attorney Casey Miller has been selected for the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville's Arts Board Matching Program. The biannual leadership and professional development program trains business professionals in nonprofit board best practices and matches them with local arts organizations for potential board service ...

[!Bradley partner Henry Su was quoted in Law360 on Federal Trade Commission transparency. A failed effort last month to kick off a Federal Trade Commission study requiring pharmacy benefit managers to explain how their business practices affect competition highlighted the limits of agency Chair Lina M. Khan's effort to cast the traditionally opaque FTC as more transparent ...

Shoosmiths has added new expertise to its construction practice with a partner hire in Manchester.The leading law firm has recruited Ian Hardman who is a specialist non-contentious lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising on construction and engineering matters. Ian arrives at Shoosmiths from Weightmans where he was a partner and head of its Manchester construction team, working on key projects including a £250m distribution centre in the North West ...

An expert in charity law at leading law firm Shoosmiths has welcomed changes to the Charities Bill, claiming they will “make life easier for hard-pushed charities and their trustees in the aftermath of a global pandemic.”They will also “address technical issues that have diverted resources away from charitable activities” and provide “a clearer and less bureaucratic framework”, says Robert Nieri, a charity law specialist at the firm ...

Tom, who specialises in the establishment, structuring and maintenance of private equity funds and hedge funds, joins Carey Olsen after 14 years at Maples where he was most recently head of the firm's funds and investment management team in Singapore ...

Another concise guide: How long does legal residence last in Poland? How to extend it? How to bring family members to Poland? In Ukrainian, Polish and English. The guide has been prepared by Magdalena Świtajska and Katarzyna Sawicka from the firm’s Employment and Global Mobility practice. More information: https://wardynski.com ...

Our brief guide explains the possibilities for entry, legalisation of work and legalisation of stay of Ukrainian citizens in Poland. It also covers the rules for bringing their families to Poland. The guide has been prepared by Magdalena Świtajska, partner in the firm’s Employment and Global Mobility practice. More information: https://wardynski.com ...

KSB Advises Leading Developer VGP KSB's team (in particular partner Jiří Horník and senior associate Richard Hamran) has advised VGP Group, a leading developer and owner of logistics centres, on a long-term basis, primarily on acquiring, selling, operating and leasing warehouses, manufacturing premises and office buildings. "We have worked with KSB since 2006 ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of new non-executive director, Vikas Shah MBE.Vikas joins the Board alongside Monica Burch, who has been a non-executive director since 2018, and will provide the Board with another expert external view to assist the firm’s strategic development. Vikas is an experienced entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and visiting professor, with significant experience in the business-to-business sector ...

The Icelandic business paper Viðskiptablaðið just published an article by María Kristjánsdóttir , attorney and associate at LEX where she explains the registration requirements of trademarks. She also discusses the importance of creating a strong brand, from the outset, based on trademark law for it to be under the legal protection inherent in trademark protection https://www.lex.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mk-skraningarskilyrdi ...

Cross-border agribusiness investment calls on LatAm firms Emily Darby US agribusiness Continental Grain has hired Carey in Santiago, Mexico’s Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima to complete a cross-border investment in Chilean counterpart Agroberries, snapping up a stake in several of that company’s Latin American farming assets ...

On February 24, 2022, the 15th annual China Law & Practice Awards ceremony was held in Beijing. Han Kun was among the biggest winners and claimed the following six heavyweight awards, including "China Firm of the Year", one of the Grand Prix Awards of the ceremony, in recognition of the firm's exceptional capabilities and leading position in the legal market ...

BOYANOV & Co. is advising plastics manufacturer Borealis on the Bulgarian legal aspects of the binding offer from EuroChem for Borealis’ nitrogen business. EuroChem intends to acquire Borealis’ nitrogen business, which includes fertilizer, melamine, and technical nitrogen products. It is valued at EUR 455 million under the terms of the offer. The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions and regulatory approvals, with closing expected for the second half of 2022 ...

[!Bradley partner Chris Bowles was quoted in the Memphis Business Journal on a recent lease agreement in West Tennessee. The Megasite Authority of West Tennessee board of directors met on Feb. 17 and approved a 30-year lease agreement with the state of Tennessee and Ford Motor Co. for the Blue Oval City project ...

Shoosmiths has bolstered the ranks of its southern real estate group.The law firm has recruited housebuilder expert Ben Pariser as a partner into its Thames Valley office in Reading. Also joining the team is Simon Dawes who arrives as legal director and is set to provide specialist residential development experience after advising on projects delivering up to 3,000 homes ...

Lizzie acts for a varied client base on a range of debt finance transactions including real estate investments and development finance, investment funds financing and general corporate facilities. Lizzie is highly experienced having previously spent 11 years in the banking and finance team at Macfarlanes LLP ...

Harrisburg, Pa. — Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that Steven W. Lee has joined the law firm as an associate in its Harrisburg office. Lee's primary areas of practice at Spilman are utility law, energy law, and litigation ...