Press Releases

May 20, 2020 – Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C., a leading Pacific Northwest law firm, has been recognized for excellence by Chambers & Partners in its 2021 rankings. This year, Schwabe joined the ranks of Washington Construction ranked firms, entering at Band 2 as a “well-regarded practice with notable capabilities in construction litigation ...

Beer and cider drinkers can enjoy their pints in the knowledge that they are doing their bit to combat climate change thanks to the Molson Coors Beverage Company (the brewers of Carling, Coors and Doom Bar among other iconic beers) signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply their UK operations with 100% green energy generated from the Tween Bridge wind farm in South Yorkshire ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has helped as one of the advisers on the management buyout (MBO) of a timber processor and distributor, Hawthorn Timber.Founded just under 70 years ago, Hawthorn Timber in Hull supports some of the highest quality machined softwood and sheet materials in the UK ...

Plesner has advised the Reconor Group in connection with a successful refinancing of the Group's existing debt and financing of the Group's strategic acquisition of Sten & Grus Prøvestenen A / S. The new financing is provided in the form of senior lending facilities as well as a super senior revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes. The Reconor Group is a leading Danish environmental company ...

Bradley attorney Dick Sayles was quoted in the Texas Lawbook on the accomplishments of Mark Shaw, Southwest Airlines' executive vice president, chief legal and regulatory officer. Mr. Shaw was featured in the article for his leadership through various crises, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the financial crises of 2008, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Sayles said Shaw "consistently exercises sound judgment ...

Bradley attorney Whitt Steineker was quoted in Marijuana Business Daily on Alabama becoming the latest state in the nation and second in the Deep South to legalize a medical cannabis market. Gov. Kay Ivey signed a legalization bill into law earlier this week that allows business license applications to start by Sept. 1, 2022 ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Lauren B. Jacques has been named managing partner of the firm’s Nashville office. She succeeds Lela M. Hollabaugh, who has served as the Nashville office managing partner since 2015. Ms. Hollabaugh will continue as a litigation partner in the Nashville office. “I am excited and honored to lead the attorneys and staff in our Nashville office as we continue our growth as a leading law firm in our market,” said Ms. Jacques ...

At the ninth LMG Life Sciences Awards, DORDA prevailed against very strong international competition and received the award as best Life Sciences Firm in Central Europe. At a virtual awards ceremony, LMG announced this year's winners of the annual Life Sciences Awards on 13 May ...

Four firms steer Banco del Estado de Chile debt tap Eloise Hardy Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Buenos Aires and Claro & Cía in Santiago have helped Banco del Estado de Chile issue unsecured notes for US$5 billion. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York and Carey in Santiago advised Deutsche Bank as dealer manager. The deal closed on 22 April ...

Carey and Cariola Díez in US-Canadian engineering acquisition Davide Montagner US investor Coplay Equity Partners has hired Carey in Santiago to acquire Canadian power and automation solutions provider Magna IV Engineering, giving it assets in Chile. Bennett Jones in Edmonton and Cariola, Díez, Pérez-Cotapos in Santiago advised Magna IV ...

Kudun and Partners represented B.Grimm Power Public Company Limited on a cross-border investment transaction on acquiring 100% shares in a project company that has obtained the right to develop the first-ever ground-mounted solar photovoltaics (PV) project in Cambodia with the power purchase agreement for 30 Megawatts with Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC) for a period of 20 years. B.Grimm is one of the oldest and largest infrastructure developers in Thailand ...

CLECSS recently announced Han Kun partner Qing Jing has been named as one of the CLECSS Top Ten Outstanding Young Lawyers for 2021. As a Han Kun partner, Ms. Jing focuses her practice on onshore and offshore fund formation and asset management. Ms. Jing has extensive experience in private investment fund formation and investment, having specialized for many years in advising on the formation of onshore and offshore funds and asset management. Ms ...

By creating the SMS Alliance division, the organization seeks to continue expanding its influence outside of Latin America to meet the needs of its clients globally and increase the volume of investments from other continents in the region. SMS Latinoamérica, an international organization specializing in auditing, tax advisory and consulting services for companies, announced a cooperation agreement with the Haggag & Partners firm, in the city of Cairo, Egypt ...

Bradley attorneys Emily Bowman and Tom Trent were selected for the Nashville Business Journal's 2021 Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Leadership Awards. Ms. Bowman and Mr. Trent were each named "CRE Attorney of the Year" and were two of only four lawyers honored in the issue. Ms. Bowman and Mr. Trent were recognized for their significant contributions to Nashville's real estate industry ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that four attorneys in the firm’s Charlotte office have been named to the 2020 class of the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society. Corby C. Anderson, Matthew S. DeAntonio, Erin Jane Illman, and Jonathan E. Schulz each provided 50 or more hours of pro bono legal services in 2020 to North Carolinians who are unable to pay ...

Bradley attorney Andrew Narod was featured in a two-part series with Local ABC 24 in Memphis on the difficulty of cracking down on robocalls. Robocalls are the number one source of complaint to the FTC and FCC, and those in the Mid-South are among the worst hit. Reports show more than 4 billion robocalls were placed in April 2021. “It’s frustrating that we don’t have harsher penalties or better abilities to identify calls," said Narod ...

DORDA, together with King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), advises PINOVA Capital as well as further shareholders of Deurowood Holding GmbH on the sale of Deurowood to Freudenberg Chemical Specialities (FCS), a German manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemical products based in Munich. For years, Deurowood has been considered one of the world's leading suppliers of additives for the paper impregnation industry and special expertise in the application field of engineered wood ...

NNDKP successfully assisted AAylex Group, one of the leading Romanian players in the food industry, controlled by entrepreneur Bogdan Stanca as majority shareholder, in securing the funds necessary for the Group’s expansion in Romania through the acquisition of Banvit Foods Romania ...

Stephen Dawson, head of financial services sector at leading UK law firm, Shoosmiths, has been asked to take a place on the Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport, which launches today ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has joined a new group which has been launched to support the growth of the clean hydrogen economy in Northern Ireland as a founding member. Hydrogen NI has been established to represent organisations with an interest in developing NI’s clean hydrogen economy. Other early members include Phoenix Natural Gas, B9 Energy Storage, Solo Renewables, Green Energy Hub and Evermore Group ...

The Manchester Corporate team at leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has made a record-breaking start to the year by advising on more than a dozen deals worth over £1bn in the last three months ...

The contract awarded to the operator of the Luca app for an electronic contact tracking system was lawful. This is the decision issued by the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Procurement Chamber last week (May 4, 2021.). Dr. Martin Schellenberg and Marc Philip Greitens, both lawyers at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg, represented the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the review proceedings ...

A team led by Michael Below, lawyer at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, won a partial victory against corona-related restrictions before Greifswald Higher Administrative Court on behalf of textile chain Ernsting’s family. The court suspended a provision that restricted non-residents‘ access to retail stores, but also, for example, to zoos, museums, sports facilities, and libraries ...

May 12, 2021- Buchalter is pleased to announce new additions to its Board of Directors - Damaris Medina, a Los Angeles and Orange County-based Shareholder, who is also the first Hispanic female in this position, Kevin Lytle, Shareholder in the Phoenix/Scottsdale office, and Matthew Covington, Shareholder in the San Francisco office ...

Bradley attorney Stevie Rushing was named president-elect of the Jackson Young Lawyers Association (JYL) for 2021-2022. Ms. Rushing will serve as president for 2022-2023. Founded in 1936, JYL strives to strengthen the bond between attorneys in the Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area by emphasizing community, education, and service.  As JYL president, Ms. Rushing will lead the organization's 10-member Executive Committee and oversee the operations of its ten committees ...