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Bradley is pleased to announce that the 2021 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" has awarded the firm Tier 1 national rankings for the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants. In addition, Bradley earned Tier 1 metropolitan rankings across 69 practice areas and in all 10 of its offices ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm was nationally ranked in 11 practice areas in the 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list, as well as receiving a total of 130 metropolitan rankings representing various areas of law. The U.S ...

October 26, 2020 By: Neil Haggerty Banks, PPP recipients caught in bind between two SBA rescue programs   Michael Flynn commented on whether Congress might consider including the amounts of SBA Emergency Disaster Injury Loan grants in the SBA Payroll Protection Plan loan amounts eligible for loan forgiveness. “Congress may have interest as a policy matter to do something similar to PPP forgiveness with the grant portion of EIDL ...

Buchalter is proud to announce it has been nationally ranked in 11 practice areas and regionally ranked in 46 practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” recognition is based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and a review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process ...

The fourth quarter has brought about an intense boost in the Venture Capital industry in Chile. Future Positive Invest in The Not Company The Future Positive company invested in the Chilean enterprise, The Not Company (NotCo), with an interesting figure of USD 85 million ...

Kochhar & Co. is partnering with the prestigious Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) for the 2nd edition of the IFCCI - CSR Conclave and Awards to be held on Friday, November 6, 2020 (over virtual platform). H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India is the Special Guest at the occasion. The event will showcase CSR activities of French & Indian companies along with a power-packed session "CEOs Forum" Our Chairman & Managing Partner, Mr ...

Effective January 1, 2021, Dr. Utz Andelewski (47) will join Heuking’s Berlin office as an Equity Partner. He will be joined by his team comprised of Dr. Christopher Wiencke (33), Salaried Partner, Dr. Christoph Fröb (31, Senior Associate), and Stephan Nakszynski (29, Associate). The entire team will further strengthen the employment law practice around the Berlin partners Astrid Reich and Joachim Littig ...

Advised by a team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by Dr. Marc Scheunemann, Dusseldorf, and Prof. Dr. Georg Streit, Munich, the international fashion group Esprit succeeded in taking an important step towards restructuring. Heuking developed and implemented a comprehensive restructuring concept with Esprit group, which was assisted by Detlef Specovius (Schultze & Braun) as general representative (CRO) and KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. The court-appointed custodian Dr ...

Buchalter is pleased to announce the establishment of the Kaufman Appellate Fellowship Program, named in honor of California Supreme Court Justice Marcus Kaufman, who founded the appellate practice at Buchalter upon his retirement from the bench thirty years ago. The Fellowship provides recent law school graduates with appellate advocacy experience early in their careers and is intended to serve as a launching pad into a judicial clerkship or an appellate career. The U.S ...

Dr. Götz G. Karrer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, legally advised Neste on expanding its commitment at SunFire in an additional funding round. Publicly listed Neste Oyi, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel fuel and sustainable aviation fuel and an expert in drop-in solutions for renewable chemicals, had already acquired a stake in German cleantech company SunFire in March 2020. SunFire is a leading developer of high temperature electrolysis processes ...

On the eve of its 25th anniversary Asters jointly with Tabletochki Fund initiated DobroRun ("dobro" means "goodness" in Ukrainian) charity race. DobroRun's principal feature was in its broad inclusivity: anybody could participate at any place and time worldwide ...

On October 29, 2020, Mergermarket, the world's leading M&A news provider, announced the winners of its China M&A Awards 2020. Han Kun was again honored as Technology, Media & Telecom M&A Legal Adviser of the Year, and the 58.com Inc. privatization deal advised by Han Kun was honored as Private Equity Deal of the Year. Technology, Media & Telecom M&A Legal Adviser of the Year Private Equity Deal of the Year - 58.com Inc. (Consortium for 58 ...

Han Kun's Hong Kong associated law firm acted as Hong Kong legal advisor to the joint sponsors and the underwriters in the initial public offering in Hong Kong and Regulation S offering by KWG Living Group Holdings Limited ("KWG Living", Stock Code: 3913). KWG Living offered an aggregate of 383,384,000 ordinary shares (prior to the exercise of the over-allotment option), which raised approximately HK$3.0 billion (US$390.3 million) in gross proceeds ...

<p>The guide <span data-color='#ff351b'>“Job Preservation & Restructuring”</span> was released in September 2020. The publication was created to help the companies in understanding the legislation changes in workforce management in different jurisdiction due to the COVID-19. The Pinsent Masons jointly with the law firms from 32 countries prepared this guide. ALRUD law firm represented Russia.</p> <p><a href="https://www.alrud ...

Bradley attorney Amy Leopard was quoted in Bloomberg Law on the coordinated ransomware attack that hit multiple hospitals this week. The attack, which seemed to be financially motivated, resulted in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI, and Department of Health and Human Services issuing an advisory warning the health care industry of the “increased and imminent” threat of ransomware attacks, which lock up computers until a ransom is paid for a decryption key ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that nine attorneys in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office were named to the 2019 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll. Lee-Ann Brown, Greg Marshall, Patrick Quigley and Jessica Zurlo each received High Honors for performing 100 or more hours of pro bono service. In addition, Joshua Dhyani, Anna Lashley, Marc Nardone, Andrew Narod and John Parker Sweeney received Honors for completing 50 or more hours of pro bono service ...

Magdalena Brandstetter, attorney at DORDA and expert for real estate and tenancy law, supported The Ascott Limited (Ascott), one of the leading international lodging owner-operators, together with associate Markus Buchleitner in its market entry in Austria. The advice covered the negotiation of a contract for 223 units, which will be operated under the brand Citadines ...

Bradley attorneys Tiffany deGruy and Jimmy Long were named honorees in the Birmingham Business Journal's 2020 NextGenBHM: Law Awards, which recognizes up-and-coming leaders in the legal field. Honorees were chosen based on their contributions to their firms and their potential to shape the industry, and the Magic City’s legal world, moving forward. The full list of honorees for the 2020 NextGenBHM: Law Awards was published in the Birmingham Business Journal on October 29, 2020 ...

A team led by Dr. Frank Baßler, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Stuttgart office, successfully advised WW Barrierefreies Wohnen GmbH & Co. KG aA (BAWOAG) on the acquisition of a property at Lake Seilersee in Iserlohn from Wohninvest group in an asset deal. The site extends over 50,000 square meters and comprises a four-star hotel, a multi-story parking lot, residential buildings, office buildings, several riding halls, stables, and development areas ...

PLMJ lawyers Isaque Ramos and Eliana Bernardo have been named among the 40 best lawyers on the Iberian Peninsula under the age of 40 in the categories of best lawyers of the year in tax and life sciences respectively. PLMJ has also received two awards for best team in the areas of M&A and Insurance. With these results, PLMJ has achieved the highest number of awards from Iberian Lawyer in this year's edition. The firm was also in the top five of votes in 18 other individual and team categories ...

We are delighted to announce the addition of Mr. Pradeep Ratnam who joins Kochhar & Co. (‘Firm’) as Senior Partner and the Co-Chair of the Infrastructure, Banking and Finance Practice of the Firm. Pradeep and his long-time colleague Ms. Parul Verma who accompanies him into the Firm as a Partner, will both be based out of the Firm’s New Delhi office. Mr. Pradeep Ratnam : Pradeep obtained his Bachelor’s degree in law (B.A., LL.B. (Hons ...

Kochhar & Co. (the Firm) is pleased to announce the joining of Ms. Richa Chaturvedi as a Partner in the Singapore office of the Firm. Richa is an Indian qualified lawyer, admitted as an advocate with the Bar Council of India and registered as a foreign lawyer with the Ministry of Law, Singapore. She holds a Master’s Degree in International Business Law from the National University of Singapore, and is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (AML) ...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and just a year after tempering expectations for deal-making, respondents to Dykema’s 16th Annual M&A Outlook Survey are the most optimistic they have been in the 16-year history of the survey. Seventy-one percent of respondents expect the M&A market to strengthen over the next 12 months, up from 33 percent in 2019, and 87 percent believe M&A activity will increase in the same time frame ...

SALTO Systems, co-advised by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, has acquired GANTNER Electronic Group, a pioneer in contactless electronic access management and time recording systems, from the private investment house Ardian. The Spanish SALTO Systems is a global leader in the development and manufacture of cutting-edge electronic access control solutions, particularly in security critical sectors ...

A team led by financing law partner Michael Neises advised AHG GRUPPE GmbH on negotiating and concluding a syndicated loan agreement to redesign its financing structure. In addition to refinancing existing loans, the consortium, consisting of various savings banks, provides in particular funds under the syndicated loan agreement for AHG GRUPPE’s continued expansion. At more than 40 companies, AHG GRUPPE, based in Horb am Neckar, is one of Germany’s largest car dealerships ...