Press Releases

Bradley’s Government Contracts Practice Group was featured in Law360 after being named a 2025 “Practice Group of the Year.” The recognition marks the third consecutive year and the fourth time overall that Bradley has earned this award, including in 2024, 2023, and 2021. The annual Law360 Practice Groups of the Year awards recognize the groups that worked on the largest deals or achieved the biggest wins in the most important cases over the past year ...

The venture capital (VC) team led by Düsseldorf-based HEUKING partner Dr. Patrick Müller provided legal advice to the HealthTech start-up hellomed Group GmbH in a successful Seed II financing round. hellomed raised a total of around €6 million, which will be used to expand its digital medication management solution (hellomedOS) ...

On February 3, 2026, Zonsen PepLib Biotech Inc. ("PepLib") announced that it has entered a global research and development (R&D) collaboration and license agreement with Eli Lilly and Company ("Lilly"). Under the agreement, both parties will jointly advance the development of novel peptide-based drug candidates leveraging PepLib's robust and diverse proprietary peptide libraries and discovery technology platforms ...

Han Kun Law Offices has served as the PRC legal counsel to the sole sponsor in relation to Shenzhen Han's CNC Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳市大族数控科技股份有限公司) ("Han's CNC", Stock Codes: 301200.SZ, 3200.HK) in its proposed public offering and listing of H shares on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.  Han Kun's PRC legal services contributed to Han's CNC becoming the first A+H PCB high-end specialized equipment manufacturer ...

Centre Testing International Group Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 300012, "CTI") has reached an agreement with the globally renowned investment institution, Carlyle Group, to complete the acquisition of 100% equity of Safety SA TopCo Proprietary Limited ("Safety SA"), a leading testing, inspection, certification and training (TICT) service provider in South Africa ...

Mech I Tronic S.r.l. ("MIT"), a world-leading Italian enterprise specializing in the design and production of customized mechatronic solutions for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and packaging industries, has completed the acquisition of Colamark Asia Limited, the Hong Kong holding company of the Guangdong-based automation equipment manufacturer Colamark Group ("Colamark") ...

Bradley partner Robert Maddox was recognized in the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Who’s Who in Banking” list for 2026. The annual list honors the leading banking professionals and executives in the Magic City who serve as the foundation of security and leadership in the banking sector ...

On February 5, 2026, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2026 Client Choice: Top 15 White-Collar Crime & Commercial Crime Lawyers".  The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional white collar and commercial crime lawyers in mainland China.  Han Kun partner Ms. Jolie Yan was named to the list.Reasons for selection: Ms ...

On February 5, 2026, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2026 Client Choice: Top 15 Investment Dispute Resolution Lawyers".  The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional investment dispute resolution lawyers in mainland China.  Han Kun partner Ms. Ying Zeng was named to the list.Lawyer's profile: Ms ...

On February 5, 2026, Everest Medicines (HKEX: 1952) announced that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Shaanxi Micot Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd.  ("Micot") to commercialize MT1013 in China and the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan). According to the agreement, Everest Medicines will pay Micot an upfront payment of RMB 200 million, as well as potential regulatory and commercial milestone payments of up to RMB 1.04 billion ...

Polina Perova, Advocate, MCIArb, took part in the winter conference "Escaping the Whiteout: Dealing with Off-Piste Risk Factors in Corporate/M&A and Corporate Litigation" of International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), held from January 14 to 17, 2026, at the foot of Mont Blanc – in Courmayeur, Italy ...

Pravo.ru has published the "Corporate Digest for December – January: Change of Domodedovo Owner and New Rules for Participatory Shares", where experts from law firms commented on high-profile cases and provided their recommendations ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) advised Holcim Romania on the acquisition of Uranus Pluton SRL, a granite quarry operator active since 2004 in Tulcea county.NNDKP assisted Holcim Romania at every stage of the transaction, from conducting due diligence on the target and its mining operations to advising on the negotiation of the share sale and purchase agreement, as well as drafting and reviewing the relevant contractual documentation ...

Basham, Ringe y Correa, Mexican law firm Basham, Ringe y Correa has announced the renewal of its Executive Committee following an internal election process carried out in accordance with the firm’s governance rules and long-standing institutional practices. As a result of this process, Amílcar Peredo has been appointed Managing Partner (Socio Administrador), while Juan Carlos Serra has been elected as Co-Managing Partner (Socio Administrador Adjunto) ...

Margarita Egiazarova, PhD in Law, Partner and Head of the Labour Practice at ALRUD, has published an analytical article in the journal Labour Disputes, focusing on current judicial trends in disputes related to employee-initiated termination. The article examines the latest approaches of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to assessing whether an employee’s resignation was genuinely voluntary ...

Han Kun has served as the PRC legal counsel to China International Capital Corporation Limited as independent financial advisor to Zhejiang Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 002761) in the company's share issuance for asset acquisition and concurrent fundraising project.  The transaction price for this deal was RMB 1.283 billion, with a total of RMB 450 million raised in supporting funds.Zhejiang Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd ...

In its ruling of January 12, 2026, the Regional Court of Düsseldorf ruled in the first instance that two companies of the Supratec Group and five managing directors infringed the German part of European patent EP 2 473 258 B1. The defendants have appealed against the ruling of the Regional Court. A decision on the patent nullity action filed by Supratec with the Federal Patent Court in Munich is still pending ...

Bradley’s Christy W. Hancock has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers (ACCFSL). The new class of fellows will be recognized in Atlanta at the ACCFSL’s annual dinner on April 18, 2026, held in conjunction with the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee Spring Meeting. Ms ...

Bradley associate Kelsi A. Long has been named a recipient of the 18 Under 31 Young Alumni Awards by the University of Alabama National Alumni Association. The annual awards recognize young alumni who have made notable contributions to their industry, field or community. The 18 Under 31 Class of 2026 was recognized at a reception on January 30. Ms ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Paul Ney has joined its Government Enforcement & Investigations and Defense & National Security teams as a partner in the firm’s Nashville and Washington, D.C. offices. Before joining Bradley, Mr. Ney notably served as the legal advisor to the National Security Council (NSC), the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense and as acting general counsel for the U.S. Department of the Navy. As Pentagon general counsel, Mr ...

On February 2, 2026, China Securities Credit Information Technology Co., Ltd. ("CSCI DMI") officially announced the results of its 2025 "CSCI DMI Annual Chinese Institutions Offshore Bonds Awards".  With outstanding performance and remarkable achievements in the field of offshore bond legal services over the past year, Han Kun was awarded "Best Legal Counsel (CN)", and three transactions Han Kun handled won "Best IG Deal" and "Best Dim Sum Bond Deal" of the year, respectively ...

Arctic Vision, a global ophthalmic company, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the innovative ophthalmic device business of MDCO Technology, a Hangzhou-based ophthalmic medical-device company. The proposed transaction will bring MDCO's premium intraocular lens (IOL), implantable contact lens (Phakic Lens), and refractive-device platforms into Arctic Vision's global ophthalmic innovation framework ...

Winston-Salem, N.C. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that Annalee N. Blanks has joined the law firm as an Associate in its North Carolina office. Blanks focuses her practice on litigation, with particular emphasis on commercial and construction litigation, fiduciary disputes, and commercial collections. She represents clients across a wide range of litigation matters and regularly advises businesses on risk management and pre-litigation strategy ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has won the Future Lawyers Programme of the Year award at the 2025 Legal Benchmarking Group Social Impact Awards, for its programmes dedicated to future generations of legal professionals ...

On January 30, 2026, renowned legal directory LegalOne announced its "Blue Ribbon 2025 (China): Highly Recommended 15 for Construction and Real Estate Disputes" to recognize lawyers who have achieved outstanding success in key and prominent areas of the local legal services market over the past year.  Han Kun partner Ms. Yan Zhang was named to the list.Ms. Zhang began practicing law more than ten years ago ...