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An increasing number of businesses are looking to reduce their emissions and become sustainable to align with the government’s net zero strategy. Setting targets is crucial for companies with complexity across sectors, technologies and business structures. However, this is often the easy part, according to the latest insight paper from Cornwall Insight and UK law firm Shoosmiths - Unlocking net zero strategies for businesses ...

Specialising in cross-border restructuring and insolvency as well as commercial dispute resolution in both the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, Kimberley has particular experience in applications for the appointment of 'soft touch' or 'light touch' provisional liquidators and offshore commercial litigation, having acted in a range of fraud, breaches of directors' duties, shareholder disputes, and minority dissent proceedings ...

Buchalter congratulates Shareholder, Marlene Williams, who was appointed to ODC’s Board of Directors. Founded in 1971 by Artistic Director Brenda Way, ODC is a groundbreaking contemporary arts institution. ODC has a world-class dance company (ODC/Dance), a theater with year-round presenting and mentorship programs (ODC Theater), a training school for dancers and movers of all levels (ODC School), and a fee-free, educational Healthy Dancers’ Clinic ...

During National Fertility Week from 1 to 5 November 2021, Fertility Matters at Work is launching its workplace education and policy programme to raise awareness of fertility issues and their impact in the workplace, supporting organisations in becoming “fertility friendly” – an important topic that relates to mental health, workplace wellness and women’s reproductive health ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has agreed to donate funds to End Youth Homelessness and Street League charities, awarding a total of £90,000 through the Shoosmiths Foundation.The Shoosmiths Foundation was launched earlier this year to build upon the law firm’s existing community investment programme, which supports local charity partners through staff fundraising and firm donations, staff volunteering and the provision of legal advice pro bono ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that J. Bradford Currier has joined the firm’s Montgomery, Alabama, office as a senior attorney. Mr. Currier will practice as part of the Governmental Affairs team. “We are pleased to welcome Brad to our Montgomery office,” said Bradley Montgomery Office Managing Partner Robert Emmett Poundstone IV. “He brings a wealth of knowledge to our Governmental Affairs group, and his experience will help advance the business interests of our clients ...

Bradley partner Dick Sayles and associate Lane Webster were featured in Texas Lawbook’s article on Encompass Health Corporation’s suit against former CEO April Anthony. The suit, filed by Bradley, alleges Anthony breached the non-competition and non-solicitation clauses of her employment contract and misappropriated trade secrets ...

Bradley associate Lane Webster was cited in a Law360 article on a False Claims Act qui tam case against a large hospital system. The hospital system agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law by requiring physician owners to satisfy a yearly patient contact quota in order to maintain ownership in the hospital. The original article, “Texas Hospital To Pay $48M To End False Claims Suit,” was published in Law360 on Dec ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised German renewables developer ABO Wind on the sale of a 50MW battery project located in Kells, Northern Ireland, to the energy storage fund of the Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners for an undisclosed price ...

Bradley attorney Stephanie Gaston was quoted in D Magazine on conflicting vaccine rules in Texas.  Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent executive order banned private entities from mandating vaccines for their employees. However, companies with more than 100 employees or those enforcing vaccination had to figure out if they would abide by President Biden’s order that all companies of that size vaccinate or follow the governor’s order ...

Shoosmiths scooped the double accolade of Court of Protection Team of the Year and Best Contentious Wills and Probate Team at this year’s British Wills and Probate Awards, organised by Today’s Wills and Probate magazine.Now in their fourth year, the awards recognise the work of those in the wills and probate sector, particularly when faced with the unprecedented challenges of the past 18 months ...

The Autumn Budget and spending review contained very few surprises, given that a number of measures were announced in advance: a rise in the minimum wage, an end to the public sector pay freeze, reducing the Universal Credit taper.More details of the government's long term ambitions were barely mentioned, nor was there much mention of flagship programmes such as Freeports while net zero ambitions and the levelling up agenda were often repeated mantras ...

Schwabe provides law counsel to real estate, construction, and retail businesses as well as tribal entities to help them achieve self-governance and meet economic development goals while protecting tribal lands. Sarah Roubidoux Lawson, Of Counsel at Schwabe, assisted with the land lease between Puyallup Tribe, Panattoni Development, and Amazon for the new 520,000 square-foot sorting center and warehouse at Fife ...

Schwabe provides law counsel to real estate, construction, and retail businesses as well as tribal entities to help them achieve self-governance and meet economic development goals while protecting tribal lands. Sarah Roubidoux Lawson, Of Counsel at Schwabe, assisted with the land lease between Puyallup Tribe, Panattoni Development, and Amazon for the new 520,000 square-foot sorting center and warehouse at Fife ...

On October 26, 2021, Asian Legal Business (ALB) released the shortlist for its ALB China Regional Law Awards 2021: The Coastal Areas (i.e., Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan). The awards are grouped into two categories – Local (practitioners headquartered in the Coastal Areas) and Non-local (practitioners headquartered in other provinces with branches/offices in the Coastal Areas) ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths was named Belfast Chamber’s Green Champion at its 2021 Business Awards.. Co-heads of Shoosmiths’ Belfast office, Gillian Crotty and Mark Blair, accepting the Green Champion award. The awards recognise businesses in Northern Ireland, with Shoosmiths picking up an accolade for its environmental strategy, including its engagement with staff and the legal support provided to clients ...

Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I announced yesterday the closing of its IPO of 20,000,000 units (upsized from 15,000,000 units), which includes 2,500,000 units issued upon the exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment option, at a public offering price of US$10.00 per unit. The total gross proceeds of the IPO amounts to US$200,000,000 ...

ADP III, which has exceeded its US$800 million target, held a final close at roughly US$900 million, with an additional US$250 million of dedicated co-investment capital secured. The fund will invest in established and growing companies in industries that benefit from Africa's fast-growing middle class and the increasing digital transformation of the continent. All investments will uphold the highest standards of impact and environmental, social and governance (ESG) work ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Brian M. Gillett has joined the firm’s Dallas, TX, office as a senior attorney. Mr. Gillett will practice as part of the Litigation team. “Brian is a highly skilled litigator, and we are pleased to welcome him to our Dallas office and the firm’s nationally recognized group of litigation attorneys,” said Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles. Mr ...

 Bradley partner Jason Mehta was quoted in a Time Magazine article discussing the rise in telemedicine fraud during COVID-19.   The loosening of telemedicine regulations due to the pandemic has made it difficult for some people to distinguish legitimate businesses from scam artists. Mehta says the number of alleged fraud cases Bradley is handling has almost quadrupled ...

A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe and Christopher Görtz from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office advised KlickOwn AG (of which the iFunded platform is an affiliate) on a strategic investment by PlanetHome Group GmbH. As part of a capital increase in kind of KlickOwn AG, PlanetHome Group will contribute various licenses to brands of PlanetHome Group GmbH. It also undertakes to subscribe to a cash capital increase of about EUR 1.5 million ...

With a team led by Partner Dr. Sönke Görgens, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH on the acquisition of a multi-use neighborhood retail center in Espelkamp in eastern Westphalia from aik Immobilien-Investmentgesellschaft ...

A team led by Dr. Marc Scheunemann and Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten advised the technology growth investor Digital+ Partners on its EUR 15 million investment in the software provider FTAPI Software GmbH. The investment may be increased by more than EUR 5 million in a second tranche and will serve to strengthen the company’s further growth ...

A Haynes and Boone, LLP deal team led by Simin Sun and Jeff Wolfson is representing Strides Pharma Science Limited in a $24 million acquisition announced Aug. 6, 2021. Strides announced that its wholly owned subsidiaries have entered into definitive agreements with subsidiaries of Endo International to acquire its manufacturing facility in New York and various Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) ...

Those recommended as global leaders comprised partners Sam Dawson (Cayman Islands), Jan Golaszewski (London), Jeremy Lightfoot (Hong Kong) and consultant John Greenfield (Guernsey). Jeremy was also identified as a 'Future Leader (Partner)' among Asia-Pacific lawyers ...