Press Releases

Recently, the well-known magazine China Law & Practice published a featured 2021 PE/VC annual review article: "The Dawning of a New Era: China's PE/VC Sector in 2021", co-authored by Han Kun partners Zaiguang Lu and Charles Wu of Han Kun's associated law firm. This is the third consecutive year the two partners have been invited by the magazine to prepare an annual review of the PRC's PE/VC sector ...

Recently, Han Kun partner Charles Li was recognized among ALB Dealmakers of Asia 2021, released by Asian Legal Business ("ALB"). This is the second time for Mr. Li to receive the honor following his being named in ALB's 2020 rankings. Mr. Li specializes in PRC and non-PRC listings and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investment, foreign investment, and intellectual property protection ...

Milan, 21 January 2022 - International law firm Gianni & Origoni strengthens its Wealth and Trust team with the arrival of new Counsel Valentina Ottani Sconza. Valentina has over fifteen years of experience in the field of Private Wealth, with a focus on family strategy and heritage engineering. She offers private clients complete solutions in terms of transmission, protection and destination of assets ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has advised Henkel UK Operations on an £8.5m sale of three industrial units, located at Winsford Industrial Estate in Cheshire.The deal sees Henkel UK Operations, which owns brands including Loctite, UniBond and Sellotape, sell the properties to Pitalia Real Estate. Pitalia is partnering with Harlex Property to refurbish and reposition two units that are currently vacant ...

Buchalter recently represented FundThrough in connection with its acquisition of BlueVine’s factoring portfolio. FundThrough is a financial technology platform that solves cash flow challenges for growing businesses through fast invoice payments. The acquisition fast tracks the company’s strategic focus on embedded finance and its expansion efforts in the U.S. market. The Buchalter team was led by Shareholder Benjamin Heuer and Of Counsel Paul Tobin. For more information, please see here ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that 26 attorneys have joined the firm’s offices in Birmingham, Ala.; Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas, Tex.; Houston, Tex.; Huntsville, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Tampa, Fla ...

Bradley partner Henry Su was quoted in Law360 on Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard. The agreement should receive heavy scrutiny from U.S. antitrust and competition regulators, but the transaction is unlikely to be blocked because it doesn't contain obvious anti-competitive implications. There's no question that this is the type of deal the FTC and DOJ will investigate extensively, and authorities outside the U.S. may also probe the transaction ...

Bradley partner Natalie Adams was interviewed by News4Jax about a federal investigation of a rapid COVID-19 testing site in Jacksonville. Sites performing rapid tests don’t have to process the samples in a licensed laboratory, but they do need a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waiver. But oversight is lax ...

Bradley attorney Stephanie Hoffmann was quoted in Relias Media on the No Surprises Act, which took effect on January 1, 2022. Hoffmann said, “Under the No Surprises Act, ‘emergency services’ subject to the law’s protections include any additional services rendered after a patient is stabilized that are related to the emergency visit ...

The Series D means Checkout.com has more than doubled its valuation since its Series C in early 2021, during which time the company has tripled the volume of transactions it processed for the third year in a row and opened new offices in six countries across four continents to cater for the surging merchant demand ...

It is the third year in a row that Russell has been named on the list, and he remains the only Guernsey-based lawyer to be included.Russell, who heads up the trusts and private wealth practice for Carey Olsen in Guernsey, specialises in both contentious and non-contentious trust matters and advising private clients on succession, estate planning and family governance ...

Nedgroup Trust has a team of 70 staff across the Channel Islands and supports a significant international client base of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, family offices and owner-managed businesses, including a substantial proportion based in South Africa. The transaction relates solely to the ownership of the fiduciary operations in Jersey and Guernsey. Nedgroup Trust in South Africa is unaffected ...

Law firm Shoosmiths and its London office continue an ambitious corporate growth strategy with the appointment of Chris Mills as banking partner. Chris brings significant experience of the London banking market to the team, with particular expertise in real estate finance. His experience includes advising institutional lenders as well as advising borrower clients – in relation to both investment and development deals ...

A programme to support students from under-represented backgrounds towards a career in law has been launched by Aston University in partnership with leading law firm Shoosmiths.The Pathways to Law will launch in September 2022 with up to 30 Year 12 students taking part in an 18-month programme of activities to give academically-able, disadvantaged students the chance to develop important key skills in preparing to study a law degree ...

BLP has advised Cementos Progreso Holdings, S.L. on the $335 million acquisition of assets from Cemex, S.A.B of C.V. in Costa Rica and El Salvador. Our international teams performed due diligence and provided local legal advice on the signing of an agreement by Cementos Progreso Holdings S.L. (“Cementos Progreso”) to acquire the Costa Rican and Salvadoran subsidiaries of the business group CEMEX, S.A.B. of C.V. (“CEMEX”) ...

Published on annual basis by wealth, business, culture and lifestyle publication Spear's Magazine, the Spear's 500 identifies the world's top private client advisers, wealth managers, lawyers and service providers for high net worth individuals.Bernadette, Russell, Siobhan and Keith have each been identified as 'Top Recommended Offshore Experts' within the Tax & Offshore index, with their specialisms covering litigation, offshore services, private client and trusts ...

Dr. Anne de Boer from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek together with a team led by Damian Maloney of Beauchamps have assisted the German company Schütz GmbH & Co KGaA in the acquisition of GEM Plastics Limited, an Irish company which is a specialist manufacturer of jerrycans and drums. Schütz GmbH & Co KGaA is a leading manufacturer of high-quality transport packaging ...

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP today announced the launch of Securities Litigation Insider, a blog covering a wide range of topics relevant to securities litigation, including notable developments such as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement, SEC rulemaking, securities class actions, and developments in blockchain and crypto-asset regulation, among other areas ...

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is pleased to announce that, effective January 1, 2022, Douglas L. Tang, Amy N. Vegari, and Timothy A. Waters will become partners of the Firm, and Susan M. Vignola, Lisa Wang, and Justin Zaremby will become counsel. Douglas L ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm’s Government Contracts Practice Group was named among Law360’s 2021 Practice Groups of the Year. Bradley is one of only six firms in the nation to receive this honor. Law360’s annual Practice Groups of the Year awards honor law firm practice groups that have accomplished the most significant litigation wins or deals over the past year. The 2021 honorees were selected from nearly 900 submissions ...

With a team led by Dr. Henrik Lay, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Union Investment on matters of tax law relating to its acquisition of the Hanse Trio building complex in Rostock’s “Am neuen Werftdreieck” district from project developer LIST Develop Commercial. The acquisition with a purchase price in the mid double-digit million euro range was made on behalf of open-ended mutual property fund immofonds 1, which is exclusively distributed in Austria ...

Tiffy, who joined Carey Olsen last year, specialises in commercial and corporate finance transactions, including Hong Kong and US-based initial public offerings, SPACs and de-SPACs, secondary securities offerings, restructurings (including schemes of arrangement), mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investments, fundraising and fund finance transactions for both public and private companies ...

Recently, Asia IP, a renowned intellectual property directory in Asia, has announced the 2021 ranking of its Top 100 China IP Experts. Han Kun partner Lili Wu was honored in the ranking, owing to her years of diligent and outstanding achievements in the IP domain and having earned accolades and recommendations from high-profile Chinese and international clients ...

The world's leading legal directory Chambers and Partners recently published its first Technology M&A Global Practice Guide (2022) (the "Guide"). Han Kun exclusively contributed the Law and Practice part of the Guide's China chapter. The contributors include Sean Li, Shijia Li, Shiye Yuan, Angus Xie, Kevin Duan, and Will Huang ...

BLP has advised IDB Invest on its combined long-term and medium-term loan of up to US$23 million to Grupo Desarrollador de Parques Industriales S.A to develop the Green Park Industrial Park in the Coyol area on the outskirts of Alajuela. The financing will be used for the construction of several industrial buildings within the Green Park Industrial Park, which will increase the availability of industrial facilities in Costa Rica ...