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The Regatta is an open event for IRC and NHC cruiser/racer, Quarter Ton, sportsboat, dayboat, dinghy, sport catamaran and windsurfer classes. Registration for local and visiting boats, alike, is on the Jersey Regatta website. ‘Early birds’ signing up no later than Friday 20th August benefit from reduced fees; standard (modest) fees apply up to closing date, Friday 3rd September. Fees cover all aspects of the racing and shore-side programmes excepting the ticketed Regatta Party ...

Han Kun has advised and acted as the PRC counsel to Li Auto Inc., a company listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, on its listing on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Li Auto Inc. is an NEV (new energy passenger vehicles) automaker in China, which designs, develops, manufactures, and sells premium smart electric vehicles, providing families with safe and convenient products and services ...

The corporate team at leading UK law firm Shoosmiths have made a record-breaking start to the year, increasing its ranking to 3rd in the volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals made in the UK in the first half of 2021. The national team are on track for a record year, advising on over £4 billion worth of high profile and complex transactions in the last 6 months ...

HuntonAK Labor and Employment partnerJuan Enjamio has been recognized in the most recent publication of Florida Super Lawyers 2021. HuntonAK Labor and Employment associates Drei Munar and Katherine Sandberg were both recognized by Northern California Super Lawyers 2021 ...

A team led by Partners Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Michael Neises and Boris Dürr advises publicly listed Aves One AG on an investment agreement to secure growth financing and a voluntary public takeover offer by Swiss Life Asset Management and Vauban Infrastructure Partners. Aves One AG’s acquisition by Vauban and Swiss Life Asset Managers aims to guide Aves One AG into the next stage of its development, supported by access to equity and debt capital for further growth ...

Buchalter is pleased to announce that its Los Angeles office was ranked 9th in Los Angeles Business Journal‘s 2021 “Best Places to Work in LA’s,” Large Employer category. Best Places to Work is a joint project between the Los Angeles Business Journal and Best Companies Group. This county-wide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Los Angeles, California ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has today announced its move to a state-of-the-art office in the heart of the City of London.The firm’s commitment to London expansion is client-led, and the new office - based at No. 1 Bow Churchyard, EC4M- will provide the fast-growing firm the permanent base required to significantly increase its presence, support the firm’s strategic growth ambitions and enhance its client experience ...

We hereby inform that the Executive Branch issued Executive Decrees 9 and 10; the first one increases the minimum wage in the agricultural, fishing, coffee harvesting, sugar cane harvesting, and other agricultural activities sectors and the second one in the commerce, services, industry, textile and garment manufacturing, sugar mills, coffee processing, and other agro-industrial activities sectors, as well as for home workers working in all these areas ...

Chilean start-up gets US$230 million in debt and equity financing Emily Darby Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in Silicon Valley, Cuatrecasas (Chile) and San Francisco and Guerrero Olivos in Santiago have helped Chilean finance start-up Xepelin raise US$230 million from investors in debt and equity funding rounds. Chilean firm Aninat Abogados advised Chile Ventures Fondo de Inversión, which participated in the investment ...

<p>We are pleased to announce that our Intellectual Property department is ranked as a Top Tier firm in the “Patent Contentious”, “Patent Prosecution”, “Trade Mark Contentious” and “Trade Mark Prosecution” categories in Hong Kong by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) IP STARS for the fifth consecutive year ...

Shoosmiths specialist digital infrastructure team has advised Equitix, one of Europe’s leading infrastructure investors, on its £75m investment into Grain Connect Limited (a multi-brand ISP and fibre broadband operator) based in the north-west of England.Grain Connect is a leading provider of fibre-optic internet access services largely to new-builds as well as existing homes, working with developers in well over 100 locations across the UK ...

The Cyprus Eurasia Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Center (CEDRAC) was established to serve the needs of commercial parties involved in international disputes, and welcomes referrals of future or existing disputes. CEDRAC draws on the experience of diverse and experienced Court and case management staff, supporting and supervising its activities ...

A team led by Benedikt Raisch legally advised investment firm FairCap GmbH on the acquisition of German manufacturer S & P Federnwerk GmbH & Co. KG (S & P) from Lesjöfors, a subsidiary of Beijer Alma AB. Alongside FairCap, Tristan Becker, S & P’s current CEO, is acquiring a 20% stake in the company. S & P is a manufacturer of technical springs with its main customers operating in the agricultural and automotive sectors ...

A team led by Boris Dürr, M&A Partner at the Munich office, legally advised CANCOM SE, admitted to the M-Dax of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, on the sale of CANCOM Ltd. including all its subsidiaries to a subsidiary of Spanish Telefónica S.A. With this transaction, CANCOM is selling its entire business activities in the UK and Ireland. The transaction was sad to be completed in the third quarter of this year ...

The plaintiffs had asserted prospectus liability claims in connection with a bond issued by Scholz AG in 2012 and 2013 with a total issue volume of EUR 182.5 million. Scholz AG was a well-established family-owned company that was operating worldwide in recycling and scrap metal trading; it is now a member of a Chinese group. The lawsuits were directed against Scholz AG’s former management board members, shareholders, and its legal successor, Scholz Holding GmbH ...

Shoosmiths has advised Kortext, the Bournemouth-based university-focussed digital teaching and learning platform, in securing a £15m series B investment from DMG Ventures, the venture capital arm of Daily Mail and General Trust plc, that has previously backed companies including Cazoo and Zoopla.Kortext has been a Shoosmiths client since its founding by James Gray in 2013. The firm has acted for Kortext in all its prior funding rounds, raising £19m since it began trading ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that partners Leigh Anne Hodge, Lela M. Hollabaugh and Kimberly B. Martin have been named to the 2021 Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation list. “Leigh Anne, Lela and Kim continue to demonstrate superior skill and client success in their litigation practices, and we are proud to see them recognized once again in this prestigious list,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters ...

August 04, 2021. Buchalter is thrilled to welcome new Corporate Law Shareholder Jenni Krengel as Chair of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group. She will work out of both the Firm’s San Francisco and Sacramento offices. Krengel advises clients on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation, including the design, compliance, and operation of qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and nonqualified plans ...

Justice Raj Parker refused to strike out the winding-up petition brought by BVI investment holding company Red Wolf Resources against Rasia after rejecting the Cayman mutual fund's argument that Red Wolf Resources had ceased to be its shareholder ...

Buenos Aires, August 3rd, 2021. On July 29th, Petroagro S.A. issued Class III Notes, simple, not convertible into shares, not guaranteed, denominated in US Dollars and to be integrated and payable in Pesos, for a nominal value of US$5,187,007. The issuance was carried out within the framework of the Global Program of up to US$30,000,000. Class III Notes will mature on October 29th, 2023, and will accrue interest at a fixed annual nominal rate of 6.25% ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Chandler Combest has rejoined the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Most recently, Mr. Combest served as senior vice president and general counsel for the Frazer Lanier Company. “We are thrilled to welcome Chandler back to the firm, where his commitment to excellence will be a benefit to our team and to our clients,” said Bradley Birmingham Office Managing Partner Dawn Helms Sharff. Mr ...

Bradley attorney Jason Mehta was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on the importance of patient testimonies in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes, the founder of Theranos Inc., has pleaded not guilty in a closely watched criminal fraud trial. Prosecutors hope patient testimonies will show Theranos failed at critical moments and that Holmes continued touting the tests as reliable despite knowing of bad results. "The most powerful evidence often comes from patients themselves," explained Mehta ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has taken strides towards its goal for its operations to reach net zero by 2025 with the release of its 20/21 carbon footprint.Shoosmiths is committed to a net zero emissions future with a target for its operations to achieve net zero emissions by 2025 and a commitment made to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to set science-based emissions reduction targets across the entire value chain that are consistent with limiting global warming to 1 ...

Buenos Aires, August 3rd, 2021. On April 9th, 2021, World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Pantaleon Group’s Nicaraguan subsidiary, Monte Rosa S.A., signed an agreement by means of which IFC granted the company a US$15 million revolving credit facility – renewable yearly for up to 4 years– and a US$10 million long-term A-Loan. In this matter, Beccar Varela acted as inter-jurisdictional counsel to IFC, while Arias advised the same organization at the local level ...

In a period in which Chile will be marked by the constitutional debate, which should lead to the approval of a new Constitution, the Chilean leading law firm Carey, hired prominent constitutionalist expert, Patricio Zapata, to lead its Public Law practice group. Patricio Zapata holds a Master's degree in Law from Harvard University as well as a Master's degree in Political Science from Universidad Católica de Chile ...