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The current challenging time make businesses think about adopting or redesigning their long-term incentive programs, to motivate and keep talents and key team members onboard, especially those involved in key projects or organizational changes. This unquestionably requires particular focus on local legal framework, including securities, tax, exchange control issues ...

Beccar Varela incorporated Dr. Manuel Frávega as a partner to lead the firm’s Environmental Law and Climate Change Department. Most recently, Manuel served as Environment Regional Senior Manager for Tenaris, a multinational steel company subsidiary of the Techint Group, a world leader in the production of steel tubes. The firm’s managing partner, Horacio E ...

Leafy Tunnel Fund 1, L.P. will target investments in businesses and teams that aim to maximise the potential of alternative medicine with a focus on providing relief from pain, physical and mental disabilities while improving the quality of life for both patients and their families.Primarily focused on the European market, Leafy Tunnel has started building a portfolio of companies that it hopes will lead, legitimise and form the future of cannabis and psychedelics in the medical industry ...

[!Bradley partner Matt Lilly was interviewed on WCCB Charlotte about the ACE Mentor Program of America. ACE is partnering with ABC of the Carolinas, CPCC, and The ROC to host the Annual Trades Day event on Thursday, March 24. Trades Day introduces high school students to construction trades through demonstrations and hands-on activities with a focus on architecture, engineering, and construction ...

Thomson Reuters January 31, 2022 By: Jonathan Fitzgarrald “From a cultural perspective, we still find meaning and value in getting attorneys in the office, interacting with each other face-to-face,” said panelist Adam J. Bass, the president and CEO of Buchalter, a 400-attorney super regional law firm headquartered in Los Angeles. “Some human interaction cannot be adequately replaced by technology ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP is serving as counsel to Earthstone Energy, Inc. in its acquisition of the assets of Midland Basin operator Bighorn Permian Resources, LLC in a cash-and-stock transaction worth approximately $860 million. This transaction comes on the heels of Haynes Boone’s representation of Earthstone in its recently announced $600 million acquisition of assets from another Permian Basin operator in Chisholm Energy Holdings LLC. The Bighorn Permian deal was announced Jan ...

Recently, the Private Equity Association of Shanghai ("PEAS") published the PEAS 2021 Equity Investment List. Han Kun is among those listed and has been named "Best Legal Counsel". PEAS publised the list by actively implementing the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress, positively giving full play to function of capital to connect with the real economy and upholding the concept of supporting Shanghai to develop into an international financial center ...

"US high court appointment observers say Kruger's state court chops set her apart" The Daily Journal By: Diana Bosetti "Mary-Christine "M.C." Sungaila, an appellate lawyer at Buchalter, agreed the nation's high court could benefit from a justice with state court experience. She pointed to a case from the Central District of California that went before the U.S. Supreme Court last week, in which a choice of law doctrine became a key issue. Cassirer v ...

Buchalter is pleased to announce that Shareholders Mercedes O. Martin and Masahisa Mitsunaga were both recognized as 2022 Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Mercedes Martin specializes in real estate transactions, with an emphasis on real estate secured transactions, tax credit finance and equity investments. She is Chair of Buchalter's Diversity Committee and Co-Chairs the Firm’s Community Development Finance group. Ms ...

Bradley is pleased to announce the arrival of B. Shane Clanton as counsel to the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Practice Group in Birmingham. Mr. Clanton previously served as general counsel for BBVA USA, as the chief legal officer for BBVA’s domestic operations, as chief executive officer for BBVA USA, and as senior deputy general counsel for PNC Bank. With more than 22 years serving as the leading legal officer for major U.S. banks, Mr ...

PLMJ advised Principal Real Estate on the acquisition of Quartztown, owner of the Dom Luís I building, from the TransEuropean VI fund managed by Patrizia AG. The Dom Luís I building is located on the riverfront of the capital and has a total area of 10,300 m2: 8,100 m2 of offices and 2,200 m2 for retail and leisure ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm scored a 90 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. “We are proud of our ranking in the 2022 Corporate Equality Index,” said Partner and Director of Inclusion and Diversity George Medlock ...

NNDKP assisted Medicover, a leading provider of private medical services in Romania, in the transaction through which the company acquired Polaris Medical, in Cluj-Napoca, from the Socea family. Following the transaction, Medicover will hold the majority stake in Polaris Medical, and will thus expand its presence in the north-west region of Romania, as well as its expertise in integrated medical services ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has advised Total Developments on the £25m sale of a 16-acre industrial and warehouse park near Leeds.The transaction sees Total Developments sell its remaining interest in Total Park to life and pensions company ReAssure Limited. The sale includes four units at the park, which are let to a range of occupiers ...

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The 27th edition of the company's Guernsey Fund report, which reveals the market shares of all service providers in Guernsey's funds industry, found that for the year ending 30 June 2021, Carey Olsen provided legal advice to 847 Guernsey regulated investment funds – more than five times the number of its nearest competitor.Of those 847 funds, 720 were Guernsey domiciled schemes totalling US$338 ...

January 25, 2022. Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of four new attorneys in Sacramento—Bryan Phipps, Jarom Phipps, and Grey Lund join the Tax, Benefits, and Estate Planning and Litigation practice groups, and Phillip Chan joins as a member of the Labor and Employment practice group ...

Buenos Aires, January 21st, 2022. Beccar Varela advised Agrofina S.A. on the constitution of Agrofina XXVII Financial Trust, set under Secuval II Program, and on the trust debt securities issuance, which took place on January 19th, 2022, carried out for a total amount of US$7,218,991 ...

In order to identify the elite lawyers for China-relatd business, China Business Law Journal conducts extensive research throughout the year, and invites thousands of in-house counsel, business leaders and lawyers to nominate those they consider to be excelling in the industry and providing the highest quality service. The list features 100 lawyers working in PRC firms and 100 lawyers in foreign firms.Anthony is the managing partner of the firm's Singapore office ...

A team led by Dr. Henrik Lay, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Deka Immobilien on matters of tax law relating to its acquisition of the “Cubes” office building for the portfolio of open-ended mutual property fund Deka-ImmobilienEuropa. The property was sold by Axa IM Alts on behalf of a client. Located at Cecilienallee 6-7 in Düsseldorf, the office building comprising a leasable area of almost 15,000 square meters and 225 parking spaces was completed in 2012 ...

A Heuking team led by Dr. Michael Sörgel advised electroplating specialist MTV NT GmbH on the sale of its production site in Solingen to Sunfire GmbH. The plant specializes in the electroplating of large industrial workpieces. Sunfire will be starting to manufacture its pressurized alkali electrolyzers for hydrogen projects on the 100 MW scale in the future. The production facility will be converted with the help of local experts in the coming months ...

Dr. Isabel Langenbach, Mag. rer. publ., was appointed Professor of Public Law and Public Procurement Law at the Federal University of Public Administration effective January 1, 2022. As an interdepartmental state institution of the federal government, the university is responsible for the education of federal civil servants. As a successful and dedicated lawyer, Prof. Dr. Langenbach was a member of Heuking’s public procurement team. Her career began 12 years ago in the department of Dr ...

A team led by Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer legally advised Storskogen Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of A & K - Die frische Küche GmbH, a leading ultra-fresh ready meal producer and meals-on-wheels distributor for food service institutions, via its subsidiary Casino Services. The company will be part of Storskogen’s Products business unit in the Industry segment ...

LAW firm Shoosmiths has appointed Catherine Williams to head up its Milton Keynes office.Catherine, a real estate partner and head of the law firm’s living sector, has taken up the post from commercial partner Robin Webb who spent four years in the role. Robin is moving on to become national head of the firm’s commercial group following David Jackson’s appointment as Shoosmiths’ CEO, with effect from 1 May 2022 ...

China Business Law Journal recently published its 2021 list of elite lawyers ("The A-List 2021"). The 200 elite lawyers on the A-List comprise 100 practitioners of Chinese law and 100 international lawyers committed to China-related businesses. They have been widely recognized as authoritative for their outstanding performance in China-related practice, and have impressed their clients with unique legal expertise. Han Kun partners Ms. Rong Fang and Ms ...