China
China Business Law Journal recently announced its "Deals of the Year 2020", recognizing multiple Han Kun-advised deals as Deals of the Year. They are: ■ 58.com's privatisation ■ Baidu acquires YY Live ■ Guazi.com series D financing ■ JD
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorneys Carly Miller and Brooke Vinson have been selected for the third annual class of Momentum’s Upward Early-Career program. Upward was launched for executive women with five to 10 years of professional experience, and leverages Momentum’s expertise and alumnae network to develop the next generation of talented leadership
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that nine attorneys in the firm’s Nashville office have been recognized by the Tennessee Supreme Court as 2020 “Attorneys for Justice.” The firm’s honorees are Kimberly M. Ingram, Alexandra C. Lynn, Erin Malone-Smolla, Casey L. Miller, Peter C. Sales, Edmund S. Sauer, Jeffrey W. Sheehan, Fritz Spainhour, David K. Taylor
Scotland
Shepherd and Wedderburn, the largest Scottish-headquartered UK law firm, has committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and signed the Edinburgh Climate Compact. The firm, which has been at the forefront of innovation in the clean energy sector for almost three decades, has adopted an enhanced sustainability strategy, underpinned by a ‘route map’ focused on reducing its Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Reporting Standard
Ukraine
Asters has successfully defended Dr. Anders Aslund, a well-known Swedish-American economist, diplomat and leading international expert on Ukraine's economy issues, in a defamation dispute with Igor Kolomoisky, former co-owner of PrivatBank, in the Kyiv Court of Appeal. The claimant asked Court to compel Dr. Anders Aslund to retract public statements reported by him, on alleged fraudulent actions of Igor Kolomoisky leading to billions in losses for PrivatBank
Oregon, USA
Schwabe is proud to share that Sarah Roubidoux Lawson has been elected to the National Native American Bar Association’s (NNABA) Board of Directors. NNABA is made up of attorneys who are both U.S. citizens and citizens of their respective Tribal nations, and it works to protect the governmental sovereignty of the more than 560 independent Native American tribal governments in the United States
Germany
A team led by Dr. Michael Sörgel, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Düsseldorf office, legally advised Böhme & Weihs GmbH Industrieholding’s shareholders, Prof. Dr. Norbert Böhme, Rüdiger Weihs, Norbert Seeliger, and Joachim Wendel, on the sale of a majority stake to proALPHA. Prof. Dr. Norbert Böhme and Rüdiger Weihs will continue to hold shares in the company and to manage the company jointly with Christian Zoll
Germany
Ariane Neubauer will reinforce the Venture Capital practice in Berlin as an Equity Partner – Gesine Dechow increases the number of notaries working at Berlin’s office to five Effective February 1, 2021, Ariane Neubauer will reinforce the Corporate and Venture Capital practice at Heuking’s Berlin office. Ariane Neubauer (36) joins Heuking as an Equity Partner from Noerr, where she started her career ten years ago and practiced as an Associated Partner most recently
Scotland
Dentons’ Scottish private client team is joining Shepherd and Wedderburn, creating one of Scotland’s largest private client practices and expanding the specialist asset protection, personal tax planning, trusts, executries and succession planning support available to clients. The arrival of the 20-strong team, led by partners Eleanor Kerr and Alexis Graham, both of whom are regarded as leaders in their field, will increase the size of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s private client practice to 46
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Mike Gordon was quoted in Bankrate on the changes mortgage firms can expect under the new administration. As the coronavirus crisis continues there’s new evidence that lenders didn’t perform flawlessly as they rolled out forbearance programs. David Uejio, acting director of the CFPB, said some mortgage servicers failed to follow the law and misinterpreted the lenient guidelines in the CARES Act
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that Ladd Hirsch has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group.
“I have known and respected Ladd throughout his career, he is an outstanding lawyer, and I am pleased to become his partner and add his talents in our strong and growing Dallas office,” said Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles. Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M
Cyprus
The long running battle between HALLOUMI and BBQloumi started in 2014, when a Bulgarian dairy company filed an application for the registration of a figurative mark containing the verbal element BBQloumi as a European trademark. This application was opposed by the Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi (hereafter the “Foundation”), on the basis of its earlier European collective trademark over HALLOUMI
Cyprus
Our firm’s founder and Chairman, Dr. Kypros Chrysostomides, was the recipient of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry award in the category ‘Business Leader for the Financial and Professional Services Sector’, at the annual KEBE Business Leader Awards, held at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre. Dr. Chrysostomides’ long-standing contribution to the financial and professional services sector was recognised, his legal career spanning over more than five decades
Cyprus
Our firm acted as legal counsel to European Crop Products 2 S.À.R.L., the ultimate owner of Rovensa S.A., for the acquisition of leading provider of environmentally friendly biocontrol solutions, Oro Agri. Our competition law team advised the companies with respect to the merger control regime in Cyprus and prepared and submitted, on their behalf, the required notification to the Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition
Bulgaria
BOYANOV & Co.’s team led by partners Kina Chuturkova and Raina Dimitrova and associate Trayan Targov defended the interests of the European airline Wizz Air in a landmark appeal before the Supreme Administrative Court, involving “unjust discrimination” challenge to the terminal charges set by Sofia Airport. Since 2017, BOYANOV & Co
Chile
Chilean telecoms group WOM gets financing ahead of 5G trial
Emily Darby
Guerrero Olivos in Santiago has helped Chilean telecoms group WOM obtain a US$450 million financing, the proceeds of which it will use to bid for local telecoms contracts as Chile goes ahead with Latin America’s first 5G test zone.
The money was raised by Luxembourg-based Kenbourne Invest, which subsequently provided the amount as a loan to WOM
China
Beijing QingCloud Technology Co., Ltd. ("QingCloud Tech"), a PRC-based company primarily engaging in the business of providing cloud computing products and services, recently obtained registration consent from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for its initial public offering on the SSE STAR Market. Han Kun is advising QingCloud Tech as its legal counsel for the initial public offering
Czech Republic
On 1 February 2021, Petr Kasík became the new managing partner of Kocián Šolc Balaštík, taking over the role from Dagmar Dubecká. “It will definitely not be easy to fill Dagmar’s shoes as the firm’s managing partner, but I believe that with the help of my colleagues Pavel Dejl and Jiří Horník, who are the other members of KŠB’s managing team, we will succeed” says Petr
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Bruce Ely was quoted in the Birmingham Business Journal on the Alabama Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Task Force bill that has been filed in the Alabama Legislature (HB 170) addressing the taxability of coronavirus-related funds, among other things
England
Notwithstanding the pandemic, February marks LGBT History Month; an annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history. It is important that the progress we have made to date is not only recognised but celebrated
Malta
Top-tier law firm Mamo TCV Advocates recently strengthened its financial crime compliance team with the arrival of Antonio Ghirlando, who joined the firm as a Senior Advisor. Mr Ghirlando is a seasoned compliance specialist with a specific focus on financial crime compliance, including the prevention of money laundering, countering the funding of terrorism, combatting proliferation finance, sanctions, anti-bribery & corruption, and fraud
Illinois, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that a total of 12 attorneys from the firm’s Chicago office, and from multiple practice areas, were named to the 2021 Super Lawyers list by Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine. Additionally, three of the firm’s Illinois-based attorneys were also named to the 2021 Illinois Rising Stars list as well
California, USA
Buchalter is pleased to announce that seventeen attorneys in the Firm’s Los Angeles & Orange County offices were named 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers. These attorneys have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Buchalter’s 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers include:
William S. Brody
Harry W. R. Chamberlain II
Efrat M. Cogan
Mark T. Cramer
Robert M. Dato
Julian Gurule
Dana Hobart
John L. Hosack
Carol K. Lucas
Joshua Mizrahi
Terese A
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm scored a 90 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), which is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees.
“We are extremely proud to be so highly recognized in our first ranking on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index,” said Partner and Director of Inclusion and Diversity George Medlock