Press Releases

The O’Neal Webster legal team of Paul Dennis, Q.C. and Nadine Whyte Laing successfully defended the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank against claims in excess of US $200m in total, brought by the depositors of two Anguillian “offshore” banks, National Bank of Anguilla (Private Banking and Trust) Limited and Caribbean Commercial Investment Bank Limited ...

Schwabe is thrilled to announce that our client, Seattle-based JTM Construction, has finalized its contract to serve as general contractor for the Avenue Bellevue project. When completed, this landmark development will include a 1.2 million square foot twin-tower mixed-use development with condominium estates, a luxury hotel, and plaza retail located in downtown Bellevue. Affiliates of Silverstein Capital Partners will provide financing for the project ...

Schwabe is thrilled to announce that our client, Seattle-based JTM Construction, has finalized its contract to serve as general contractor for the Avenue Bellevue project. When completed, this landmark development will include a 1.2 million square foot twin-tower mixed-use development with condominium estates, a luxury hotel, and plaza retail located in downtown Bellevue. Affiliates of Silverstein Capital Partners will provide financing for the project ...

LEĜA Abogados is pleased to announce the incorporation of six new partners as of April 1st, 2021. With this new addition, the firm brings its partners count to thirty. This newly promoted group of young professionals is formed by Rosa Caballero Perdomo, Andrés Mejía Barboza, Isabel Pestana, Fernando Sanquírico Pittevil, Elías Tarbay Reverón and Dubraska Zapiaín. Below is a brief biographical outline of each of these professionals ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that six attorneys in the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group have been appointed to leadership positions with the American Health Law Association (AHLA), beginning July 1. The firm’s attorneys newly appointed as AHLA leaders are Justin K. Brown, Alé Dalton, Amy S. Leopard, Russell B. Morgan, Janus Pan and Wendi Rogaliner ...

The promotions are across the firm’s divisions; corporate, real estate, personal advisory and business advisory. Shoosmiths’ new partners are: Real estate: Ellie Sandbach (litigation) Personal advisory: Lucy Taylor (wealth protection, Court of Protection) Corporate: Simon Procter Business advisory: Sarah Tedstone (commercial/privacy and data) In addition, Shoosmiths has promoted two to legal director and 13 to principal associate ...

With a team led by Boris Dürr, Partner at the Munich office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advises KATEK SE on its IPO in the Prime Standard of Frankfurt Stock Exchange. 3,948,042 shares at a price of EUR 23.00 per share were placed in the IPO, representing an issue volume in excess of EUR 90 million. The offering comprised 3,433,080 newly issued shares from a cash capital increase and 514,962 shares from the holdings of existing shareholders under a greenshoe option ...

Buenos Aires, May 4th, 2021. On April 6th, 2021, Tarjeta Naranja S.A. issued Class XLVII Notes, denominated, subscribed, and payable in U.S. Dollars, in the amount of US$8,500,000, which were issued to refinance part of the Class XXXVII Notes, in compliance with the provisions of BCRA Communications “A” 7106 and “A” 7230. Class XLVII Notes, which mature on April 28th, 2023, will accrue interest at a fixed rate of 7% n.a. and the principal will be amortized in a single payment on the due date ...

Schwabe is thrilled to announce that our client, Seattle-based JTM Construction, has finalized its contract to serve as general contractor for the Avenue Bellevue project. When completed, this landmark development will include a 1.2 million square foot twin-tower mixed-use development with condominium estates, a luxury hotel, and plaza retail located in downtown Bellevue. Affiliates of Silverstein Capital Partners will provide financing for the project ...

At the prestigious Europe Awards of the internationally recognised International Financial Law Review (IFLR), DORDA has received the award "Austrian law firm of the year". This is one of the most important awards for internationally active business law firms. With the Europe Awards, IFLR recognises the most innovative cross-border deals, teams and firms of the year. Decisive here are trend-setting solutions that shape the market and set new standards ...

A team led by private equity lawyer Dr. Andreas Lenz, Partner at the Cologne office, advised the shareholders of medtech company Acti-Med AG on the sale of all shares to an acquisition vehicle of private equity investor Gilde Healthcare. Acti-Med AG was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Freiensteinau ...

A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised DATAGROUP SE on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in dna Gesellschaft für IT Services mbH. DATAGROUP intends to use the acquisition to complement its existing activities in the field of IT services for the financial services sector. The parties agreed not to disclose the acquisition price. Hamburg-based dna Gesellschaft für IT Services mbH specializes in services for IT infrastructures and IT applications ...

A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, successfully advised Northern Data AG on placing a capital increase with gross proceeds of EUR 60.7 million. The company intends to use the net proceeds to strengthen its balance sheet and to expand its shareholder structure. Furthermore, the proceeds will be used to accelerate the growth of existing business activities as well as for general corporate purposes ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Los Angeles-based Member Ashley R. Fickel has been appointed to serve as Leader of the firm’s Financial Services Litigation Practice Group. In his practice, Fickel represents financial institutions, manufacturers, and a diverse group of businesses and individuals in complex legal disputes. He has significant trial experience with trials ranging from complex business disputes to catastrophic injury cases ...

Han Kun has acted as PRC counsel to Meituan (Stock Code 3690) in its placement of shares and issuance of convertible bonds, raising funds of approximately US$9.6 billion. Meituan is China's leading e-commerce platform for services. The net proceeds from this transaction are intended to be used for technology innovations, including the research and development of autonomous delivery vehicles, drones delivery, and other cutting-edge technology, and general corporate purposes ...

On April 29, 2021, Legalband, a well-known legal directory, announced its "2021 Client Choice: Top 15 Rising Partners". Han Kun partner Liu Jiaxin was ranked among the top 15. Reasons for the award: As one of Han Kun's outstanding rising partners, Mr. Liu Jiaxin focuses his practices on venture capital and private equity investment, onshore and offshore capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions ...

On April 29, 2021, Legalband, a well-known legal directory, announced its "2021 Client Choice: Top 15 IP Versatile Practitioners". Han Kun partner Kevin Duan was ranked among the top 15 ...

Bradley attorneys Jim Murphy and Tom Trent were featured in the Nashville Business Journal for their work with Oracle Corp. on its proposed $1.2 billion waterfront campus on the East Bank of the Cumberland River. Should Metro Council approve an incentives plan for Oracle at its May 4 meeting, Oracle aims to employ 2,500 people there by the end of 2027, a headcount that would soar to 8,500 within four years after that ...

Kudun and Partners represented Nex Point Public Company Limited (NEX), in connection with its investment and penetration into the electric vehicle business focusing on public bus through the acquisitions of partial equity interest from the existing shareholders in two target companies with a total acquisition value of THB 478.2 million (USD 15 ...

<p>In 2021 a new composition of tthe Bar, in the RFBA Ethics and Standards Committee was approved. <a href="https://www.alrud.com/people/VassilyRudomino/" title="Vassily Rudomino">Vassily Rudomino</a>, ALRUD Senior Partner and advocate, has become a new member of the Committee. The Committee is established for a four-year period and is composed of 16 members.</p> <p>The Ethics and Standards Committee is a collegiate body of the Russian Federal Bar Association ...

Bradley attorney Jim Murphy was quoted in the Nashville Business Journal on Oracle Corp.'s waterfront tech campus they aim to build in Nashville. Murphy, who is representing Oracle, joined company executives for a virtual meeting to present Oracle's proposal to build a 1.2 million-square-foot office campus on the East Bank of the Cumberland River and hire 8,500 employees within the next decade. The company expects to spend $1 ...

Rome, April 22, 2021 - International law firm Gianni & Origoni announces the hire of new partner Stefano Mele who joins the Rome office with two associates. Stefano will lead a practice dedicated to Cybersecurity ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that nine attorneys in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office have been named Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers or Rising Stars for 2021. “We congratulate our accomplished D.C. attorneys who have been named as among the best in the region by Super Lawyers for their excellence and success in their practices,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters. Bradley attorneys honored by Washington, D.C ...

We are delighted to share that Kochhar & Co. (“Firm”) has been featured in FORBES India Legal Powerlist 2020 as India’s “Top Law firm” across several practice areas and Mr ...

Ellex continues to receive a series of significant achievements! The most recent one is being recognized as the Baltic-wide Law Firm of the Year 2021 at the Chambers Europe awards. The online ceremony was held on Thursday, April 22. This award acknowledges the significant work by the integrated team of more than 200 Ellex experts and affirms our industry-leading legal services across the Baltics ...