Press Releases

We would like to present you with the fifth edition of our brochure “Doing Business in Russia” - a comprehensive guide for international companies operating in, or considering investment in, the Russian Federation ...

Bradley partner Aron Beezley was quoted in Law360’s series highlighting the top government contract cases to watch during the rest of the year. In one of those cases, the Federal Circuit will weigh in on the applicability of its Blue Gold waiver rule in a dispute between Harmonia Holdings Group LLC and a U.S. Customs and Broder Protection contract ...

BOYANOV & Co. acted as local counsel for NN Group on the sale of its Bulgarian pension and life insurance businesses to DZI – Life Insurance, part of KBC Group (the “Transactions”). BOYANOV & Co. advised on the deal structuring, negotiations, signing of the agreements, pre-closing, and closing support ...

This latest recognition for Carey Olsen in Asia follows in the footsteps of the Hong Kong office's improved practice area rankings in both the Financial and Corporate, and Investment Funds sections of IFLR1000's 2021 Asia-Pacific Rankings. Carey Olsen Hong Kong managing partner Michael Padarin said: "It is an honour to be on the shortlist for Offshore Firm of the Year at the Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Law Awards ...

Mainstream gets project finance for renewables in Chile Lily Squires Milbank in New York and Carey in Santiago have helped Irish company Mainstream Renewable Power obtain a US$178 million loan to complete a wind-solar project in Chile. CaixaBank, DNB Bank and KfW IPEX-Bank provided US$162 million of the financing. They enlisted Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York and Morales & Besa in Santiago. Scotiabank Chile lent the remaining US$16 million as a VAT facility ...

The take private transaction was effected by way of a merger which sees CCRC, a leading e-commerce and financial services business process outsourcing specialist in China, become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiying Group Ltd. It has also ceased to be publicly traded company on Nasdaq ...

"M&A at Mid-Year" Volume 21 Number 3 "Much of this activity springs from an urge to consolidate, long a force in M&A, says Peter Hogan, a shareholder in Buchalter’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice group, 'COVID has revved up this trend as smaller companies have been particularly vulnerable during the pandemic. Operators who are used to doing business on a larger scale will buy a smaller company to consolidate,' he says ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Elisha J. Kobre has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in the Government Enforcement and Investigations and Litigation practice groups. Mr. Kobre joins the firm after serving for more than a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, focusing his practice on securities and commodities fraud, complex fraud, and cybercrime ...

BOYANOV & Co. advised OTP Bank Plc (Hungary) and DSK Bank AD (its Bulgarian subsidiary) on a EUR 27.6 million club deal financing of MET Renewables AG (Switzerland) for the acquisition from Enel (Italy) of a 42MW wind park in Northeast Bulgaria (one of the first and largest wind power plants in Bulgaria) ...

BOYANOV & Co. acted as local counsel for NN Group on the sale of its Bulgarian pension and life insurance businesses to DZI – Life Insurance, part of KBC Group (the “Transactions”). BOYANOV & Co. advised on the deal structuring, negotiations, signing of the agreements, pre-closing, and closing support ...

Schwabe Promotes Three Staff to Senior Paralegal Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. is proud to share that Melissa Canich, Brandi Henley, and Cory Sabin have been promoted to the role of Senior Paralegal. These paralegals augment our ability to serve clients in our Intellectual Property and Litigation departments. “A key to the success of Schwabe is our talented staff ...

NNDKP successfully assisted and represented companies part of Efacec group, a supplier of solutions with presence in the energy, mobility and environment value chain, before the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania against Brăila County, a local administrative authority from Romania ...

Kudun and Partners represented Living Mobile Company Limited (FoodStory) with respect to Series B Funding led by Beacon VC, the venture capital arm of KASIKORNBANK PCL (KBank), with participation from JWD InfoLogistics PCL (JWD). The funds will be used for FoodStory to support product development in order to increase restaurant efficiency ...

China Law & Practice recently announced the finalists for the China Law & Practice Awards 2021 ...

BOYANOV & Co. advised J.P. Morgan AG (as Initial Mandated Lead Arranger), BNY Mellon Corporate Trustee Services Limited (as General Security Agent), and DSK Bank AD (as Bulgarian Security Agent) on EUR 360 million facilities to Eastern European Electric Company B.V ...

ALRUD Law Firm advised the French Automobile Educational Association ‘GNFA’ on the conclusion of a corporate dispute with a former minority shareholder, a Russian legal entity. Within this case, ALRUD specialists elaborated a comprehensive strategy to resolve the dispute. This related to the exclusion of the majority shareholder, our Client, from the Russian limited liability company ...

July 27 2021. Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of Shareholder David Balfour, and welcome him to the Firm’s San Diego office as a member of the Health Care practice group. Balfour joins with experienced health care litigator, Carol Salmacia, also based in San Diego ...

Heuking Partner Ariane Neubauer and Associate Shimon Merkel from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Berlin office comprehensively advised Next Big Thing AG (NBT) on its Series B financing round. As a leading venture studio, NBT offers a full range of services for establishing deep-tech startups. With its portfolio of startups in IoT, AI, Machine Economy, and DLT, NBT provides long-term support for B2B companies ...

July 27 2021. Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of Shareholder David Balfour, and welcome him to the Firm’s San Diego office as a member of the Health Care practice group. Balfour joins with experienced health care litigator, Carol Salmacia, also based in San Diego ...

<p>Congratulations to Partners of Intellectual Property practice group Annie Tsoi, Charmaine Koo and Catherine Zheng – who have retained their positions in World Trademark Review (WTR)’s Global Leaders for Hong Kong (Private practice), and congratulations to Partner Patsy Lau who has been recognised for the first time in the ranking this year ...

AT&T sells LatAm assets to Argentina’s Grupo Werthein Lily Squires Argentina’s Grupo Werthein has enlisted four Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP offices and Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi in Buenos Aires as lead Latin American counsel to acquire regional entertainment company Vrio from US telecommunications group AT&T. Bruchou coordinated the deal throughout the region with firms from multiple jurisdictions ...

On July 27, 2021, LEGALBAND, a well-known legal directory, published its list of "2021 LEGALBAND Client Choice: Top 15 Capital Markets Versatile Practitioners", recognizing the 15 lawyers that clients recommend most as capital markets versatile practitioners in mainland China. Han Kun partner Ms. Wang Jin has been recognized among the top 15. Reasons for Listing: Ms. Wang focuses her practice on investment and finance, mergers and acquisitions, and overseas IPOs ...

On July 22th, the joint event “Industrial BTS deals: key [legal/technical] aspects of site selection and contracting”, organized by the AEB Real Estate Committee and the AIP Industrial Construction Committee was held. Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner heading Real Estate and Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Practices, and Stanislav Veselov, ALRUD Senior Associate of Real Estate Practice, participated in the event ...

Effective July 26, 2021, the Stuttgart office of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is moving into new premises on Königstraße. After the office in Augustenstraße had become too small for the staff of 60 people, the new office area of 2,846 square meters on Königstraße offers more space and new possibilities. “Our site has seen a steady increase of team members in recent years. The move provides more room for us and our clients ...

We are delighted to announce that the Firm represented Glance InMobi Pte Ltd (Glance), part of SoftBank-backed InMobi Group, with investments from Google and Mithril Capital, on its acquisition of ‘Shop101’ (O (1) India Private Limited). Glance delivers artificial intelligence-driven personalised content to screen zero of smartphones ...