China
On September 17, Asialaw released its Asialaw Profiles 2022 directory for law firms and lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region. Han Kun was ranked in 15 industries/practice areas, multiple Han Kun partners were recognized as Leading Lawyers
Russia
Anton Karpenko, ALRUD attorney, wrote an article for the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance blog. The article is devoted to the theme of Landing of the International IT Companies in Russia. In recent years, Russian State authorities have been greatly concerned about the efficiency of enforcement measures, imposed on foreign companies which have no legal presence in Russia. In practice, the only available measure was blockage of the company’s web resources
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Stephanie Gaston was quoted in USA Today on the Biden administration’s new vaccine and testing mandates. Last week, President Biden signed a measure requiring employees of businesses with 100 or more workers be either vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing if they aren't working from home.
Although it’s been called a vaccine mandate, some of Gaston’s clients see the mandate not only as a vaccine mandate, but also as a testing mandate
Argentina
Buenos Aires, September 16th, 2021. The Argentine company Veritran, Inc., a leading global low-code software developer, obtained strategic investment from Trivest Growth Investment Fund II, a fund managed by US private equity company Trivest Partners LP. With this investment, the fintech reached a US$225 million valuation. The transaction closed in August 2021; Beccar Varela advised Trivest on all Argentine law-related matters involved
China
<p>We are proud to announce that our Financial Services Senior Associate Isabella Wong has won the “Finance Rising Star” at the Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Awards Asia 2021. The “Rising Star” category honours the brightest women lawyers as future leaders in their jurisdictions.</p>
<p>Deacons is committed to embracing a diverse culture. Female lawyers represent close to 50% of our partnership
Bermuda
An expert in cross border disputes and private international law, Claire is recognised as a leading figure in jurisdictional issues both in the public law and private client fields. Claire has extensive experience of private client practice including contentious trust and estates work and her practice has frequently extended to cross border disputes concerning trusts, estates, foreign succession and domicile
England
Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised national real estate fund manager Moorfield Group on the disposal of The Trilogy to Barings for approximately £53.5 million.The Trilogy is a build to rent asset based in Manchester featuring 232, one, two and three bed apartments, together with a range of onsite amenities, including a gym, 24 hour concierge, underground car parking for 75 vehicles, a communal courtyard garden and a residents’ lounge
Argentina
Buenos Aires, September 15th, 2021. Beccar Varela advised Agrofina S.A. on the constitution of Series XXV Financial Trust set up under the program Secuval II (the “Financial Trust”)
Chile
Moneda and Patria create LatAm investment platform
Lily Squires
Chile’s Moneda Asset Management has hired Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York, Barros & Errázuriz Abogados in Santiago and Uruguay's Guyer & Regules to join forces with Patria Investimentos to create a US$26 billion investment platform
Oregon, USA
SAN FRANCISCO (September 14, 2021) – Diversity Lab announced today that 118 leading law firms have achieved Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certification. The certified firms have completed a rigorous 12-month collaboration with Diversity Lab with built-in measurement, transparency and accountability. Through their participation, they have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and are making meaningful progress on diversifying law firm leadership
Bermuda
The prime office buildings, located at Admiral Park in St Peter Port, offer 10,564 sq m of Grade A office space.The sale to ARC Global, a subsidiary of Global Net Lease Inc, further progresses Stenprop's strategy to become a 100% UK multi-let industrial business by March 2022, and increases its multi-let industrial portfolio from 83% to 92% of its total portfolio
Italy
Rome, September 14, 2021 - International law firm Gianni & Origoni welcomes Fabio Baglivo to its Rome office, its latest partner hire to its administrative law department, already one of the most numerous and consolidated teams in the panorama of full-service law firms in Italy. With Fabio, the firm also welcomes fellow professional, Marta Bartoletti. Fabio has fifteen years of experience in the field of administrative law within prestigious Italian law firms
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Bruce Ely was featured in Tax Notes State discussing the Alabama Department of Revenue’s proposed rule implementing the state’s new elective “SALT cap workaround” using pass-through entities
Bermuda
A former student at The Berkeley Institute, Mahogany has obtained her LLM (Barristers) and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2019, having previously studied law with criminology at the University of Birmingham. Most recently, she has been working as a pupil barrister within the Government of Bermuda's Department of Public Prosecutions
Bermuda
The purchase of Massy United, a Barbados-based insurer with operations across the Caribbean, will significantly expand Coralisle Group's existing presence in the region with the addition of 14 new markets to its offering – Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Curacao, Aruba, Jamaica and Belize
Bermuda
The awards, which will be held virtually on Thursday 11 November, recognise and celebrate providers of services and solutions to the Asian hedge fund industry that have demonstrated exceptional innovation, customer service and business performance over the past year.The shortlisting is the latest recognition for the firm's Singapore and Hong Kong offices, and follows partners James Noble and View More
Russia
ALRUD Law Firm is advising Uber on the sale of shares in Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka, Yandex.Delivery, as well as in the Self-Driving Group businesses to Yandex. Partners of Uber and Yandex will continue to jointly develop services for ordering taxis, car sharing, and renting scooters, within the Yandex Taxi group of companies. The total value of the transaction is amounted to US$1bn. Uber will also sell Yandex a 4.5% stake in the joint venture
China
<p>We are delighted to announce that we have been recognised as “Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year” while our Financial Services practice, headed by our Partner Jeremy Lam, has been awarded “Investment Funds Law Firm of the Year” by the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Hong Kong Law Awards 2021. This marks our second Firm of the Year award Deacons had received in 2021, after the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards
West Virginia, USA
Roanoke, Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that partner Hugh B. Wellons was named on Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2021 "Leaders in the Law" list.
Now in its 16th year, this awards program recognizes the lawyers across the commonwealth who are setting the standard for other Virginia lawyers
Scotland
The Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) has elected Shepherd and Wedderburn Partner Joanna Boag-Thomson as its Chair. Joanna, a media and technology specialist, was first appointed to the SCDI Board in 2019 and was elected Vice Chair the following year. An acknowledged expert in intellectual property, Joanna’s key areas of expertise are technology transfer, collaborations and brand exploitation
Scotland
Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for the Scottish National Investment Bank (the Bank) in its equity investment into Nova Innovation, a leader in tidal energy. Nova Innovation manufactures and distributes innovative subsea tidal turbines, which transform the power of the sea into clean, predictable energy. The Bank provides patient capital investment to businesses, projects and communities as part of its mission to build a stronger, fairer, more sustainable Scotland
Scotland
Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for Clydeport Operations Limited (COL) in concluding an option agreement with the sustainable energy company XLCC to construct a facility at Hunterston Port to produce high voltage sub-sea cables for the transmission of renewable energy
Germany
A Heuking team led by Dr. Martin Imhof, Corporate/M&A Partner at the firm’s Düsseldorf office legally advised BHG Group AB on the acquisition of a 80% majority share in AH-Trading GmbH from the founders and a financial investor. Having its registered office in Xanten, Germany, AH-Trading is one of Germany’s leading e-commerce companies in garden furniture in the mid and premium segments
Germany
A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Lanco Assembly Systems, Inc., Maine, USA, on the divestment of its ownership of Lanco Integrated GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer of automation technology, to Private Assets AG. In the future, Lanco Integrated GmbH & Co. KG will again operate under the name “OKU Automation
Germany
On September 1, 2021, Rostock Higher Regional Court dismissed the motion of an Austrian competitor of Luca, so that the challenge also failed in the second and final instance. Dr. Martin Schellenberg and Marc Philip Greitens, both lawyers at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg, represented the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern also before the Higher Regional Court