Press Releases

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has today launched The Shoosmiths Foundation, a grant making body working to help address societal issues, empower sustainable change and improve the lives of the people and the environment in the UK.The Shoosmiths Foundation builds on Shoosmiths’ existing community investment programme which continues to support local charity partners through staff fundraising and firm donations, staff volunteering and provision of legal advice pro bono ...

On 31 May 2021 the sale of the Bulgarian subsidiary of EnerSys Holdings (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. – EnerSys AD, to Recocycling EOOD was completed. BOYANOV & Co. provided comprehensive legal advice and full legal support and assistance to the seller on all aspects of the deal, including legal due diligence support, drafting and negotiation of the transaction documentation and complete legal assistance for the successful closing of the transaction. EnerSys Holdings (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l ...

<p>Hong Kong – 7 June 2021 – Deacons, Hong Kong’s own world-class law firm, has strengthened its corporate finance practice with the hire of Erica Wong, an experienced banking and finance lawyer, as Partner.</p> <p>Erica joins Deacons from Ogier, where she focused her practice on complex cross-border banking and financing transactions ...

The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of real estate law in Thailand. This guide provides information about the current issues affecting real estate in Thailand and addresses topics such as ownership proof, due diligence, taxes, planning and zoning restrictions, mortgages and environmental contamination as well as insight and opinion on the most common issues in their respective country ...

A team led by Michael Neises, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Frankfurt office, advised Shareholder Value Beteiligungen AG on the preparation and execution of its voluntary public share buyback offer to its shareholders. Frankfurt-based Shareholder Value Beteiligungen AG (ISIN: DE000A168205) is a company listed on the Open Market of Frankfurt Stock Exchange specializing in value investing for its own account in SMEs in German-speaking countries ...

ALRUD Law Firm provided comprehensive legal support to the manufacturer of the popular Schogetten chocolate brand: Ludwig Chocolade GmbH & Co. KG, on the issues of countering the import of counterfeit products, into the territory of the Russian Federation, and parallel imports ...

As a response to its clients' needs, Basham, Ringe y Correa strengthened its already strong Labour, Employment and Social Security practice group with the addition of David Eugenio Puente Tostado as partner in the firm's Monterrey office ...

Buchalter recently represented VEP Healthcare Inc. in its merger with US Acute Care Solutions. Together, the companies form the largest physician-owned provider of integrated acute care medicine and the third-largest provider of emergency medicine services in the U.S., serving more than seven million patients annually in approximately 300 hospital-based locations ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Ryan P. Robichaux, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office, has been elected as an Alabama State Bar (ASB) commissioner for the 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 8. He begins his three-year term on July 1. “We congratulate Ryan on his election as a commissioner for the Alabama State Bar,” said Bradley Birmingham Office Managing Partner Dawn Helms Sharff ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, serves as counsel and represented Henry Ford Village, Inc. (HFV), one of the nation’s largest independently operated nonprofit Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC), in accomplishing entry of a sale order approving the sale for substantially all of HFV’s assets for $76.3 million. The sale order was entered by the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Michigan on May 25, 2021 ...

June 02, 2021.  Buchalter is pleased to announce the arrival of new Shareholder John Clough, and welcome him to our Los Angeles Office. Clough is the newest member of the Litigation Practice Group. A seasoned trial lawyer, Clough focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm and four partners were nationally ranked for Product Liability & Mass Torts by Chambers and Partners in the 2021 edition of the prestigious and independent Chambers USA legal industry referral guide. Chambers USA ranked Bradley as one of only seven firms in the country as “Tier 1 - Highly Regarded” for its Product Liability & Mass Torts practice ...

The Foundation was established to honor the memory of Eduardo Morgan Alvarez (1902-1988), founder of Morgan & Morgan, a self-taught lawyer by vocation who dedicated his life to the successful exercise of the law, to procure an equal access to justice and to serve his country. Panama, June 1, 2021 ...

Shoosmiths has advised Five Arrows Principal Investments (Rothschild & Co) in the creation of a global company to be headquartered in Milton Keynes formed by the acquisition of White Clarke Group by IDS (a leader in enterprise mission-critical solutions for secured finance) in conjunction with private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which invests mainly in software and technology companies.The deal is multi-million in value, but full financial terms were not disclosed ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths LLP and national collections, recoveries and enforcement business, Chartsbridge, have today launched ‘Equivo’, a new dedicated recoveries business providing end-to-end collections, legal and enforcement services.The new company is a dedicated recoveries business majority owned by Shoosmiths and born out of the former Chartsbridge business ...

On June 1, 2021, LEGALBAND, a well-known legal directory, announced its "Power List: Top 15 Transaction Lawyers", recognizing the most outstanding and highly recommended transaction lawyers in mainland China. Han Kun partner Li Wei is selected as one of the Top 15. Reasons for the award: Mr. Li has been active for many years in the fields of venture capital and private equity investment, TMT and capital markets ...

BOYANOV & Co. advised Mondelez International (MDLZ) on all Bulgarian law aspects in the acquisition of the Greek snacking company Chipita S.A. for approximately USD 2 billion (press release). MDLZ selling snack food and beverage products, plans to fund the deal with existing cash and new debt issuance. Chipita produces and markets savoury and sweet snacks. The company’s portfolio of croissant and baked snack brands includes 7Days, Chipicao and Fineti ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Imelda A. Manguiat, a senior partner of the firm, as the new head of its Corporate Services (CS) Department, effective on June 1, 2021. Ms. Manguiat will succeed Mr. Simeon Ken R. Ferrer as department head following Mr. Ferrer’s retirement as a senior partner at the end of May 2021. Mr. Ferrer will be of counsel of the firm starting June 1, 2021 ...

"Biden’s Capital Gains Hike Could Sweeten This Trump Tax Break" Bloomberg Law By: Noah Buhayar and Ben Steverman "Other changes Biden is proposing -- such as new limits on a popular break used by property investors -- could drive more money to opportunity zone funds, said Michael Williamson, chair of the real estate practice group at law firm Buchalter in Los Angeles. But he worries that Democrats might also target the incentives themselves, making them more complex or unattractive ...

The London corporate team at leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has experienced an exceptional and sustained busy deal period over the last twelve months, as the country has adapted to the continued disruption caused by the pandemic.Throughout 2020, whilst the team have all had to embrace remote working, the appetite of investors and business owners to consider, negotiate and close deals did not abate ...

Han Kun Law Offices has provided legal services in connection with JD Logistics, Inc.'s (Stock Code: 2618) listing and public offering on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as the PRC counsel to the joint sponsors and the underwriters ...

Kudun and Partners represented a group of high-net-worth buyers on the 69.18% share acquisition transaction including preparing Tender Offer for all shares of One to One Contacts Public Company Limited (“OTO”) from Samart Engineering Company Limited and Samart Corporation Public Company Limited in the total amount of THB 464,880,000 (USD 15.5 million). Part of the transaction include our firm providing escrow services for the buyer and the seller ...

A team led by Boris Dürr and Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, both Partners at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, successfully advised mic AG on a cash capital increase. The company intends to use the gross issue proceeds of EUR 10,868,475 million to finance its acquisition of Pyramid Computer GmbH. About 48 percent of the 3,622,825 new shares issued at EUR 3 per share, were subscribed under the indirect subscription rights of shareholders ...

HuntonAK’s Labor and Employment practice has been recognized as leaders by Chambers USA 2021 rankings. Chambers USA ranks leading firms and lawyers in an extensive range of practice areas throughout America. The research is in-depth, and client-focused and the guide is read by industry-leading companies and organizations throughout the US and worldwide ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Janet L. Conigliaro to its Products, Class Actions and Professional Liability Practice Group as a Member in the firm’s Detroit, office. Conigliaro, who previously practiced at Dykema from 2012-2019, rejoins the firm after serving as Director, Legal Regulatory Counsel at ZF Group, a global technology supplier for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology ...