Press Releases

LOS ANGELES, Calif., November 20, 2020 - – Buchalter is pleased to announce the promotions of Northern California based Benjamin H. Heuer, and Scottsdale based Shaleen D. Brewer and Renee M. Shprecher to Shareholder. “We are excited to share the news of these well-deserved promotions - Ben, Shaleen, and Renee represent Buchalter exceptionally well,” said Adam J. Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer ...

Tier 1 Law Firm Review, the independent annual survey of law firms by the Swedish company Kantar Sifo, has showed that Lithuania’s business leaders consider the strategic and legal competences of Ellex Valiunas as unparalleled. Based on the latest data, the firm has placed at the top in the categories of Strategic Speaking Partner and Legal Competence ...

Buenos Aires, 19 November 2020. On October 27th, Quintana Energy Fund transferred 100% of the assets of the local companies Quintana WellPro S.A. and Transportes Águila S.A. to petroleum engineer Thomas Berry Murphy. In this deal, Beccar Varela advised the seller, while Estudio Garrido counseled the buyer. Quintana WellPro is an Argentine company dedicated to providing high-quality oil drilling, workover, and pulling services ...

MasterCard has acquired the leading American Fintech company - Finicity Corporation along with its wholly owned subsidiaries in India and Australia. The Kochhar & Co. team led by its Mumbai Resident Head & Senior Partner, Rajarshi Chakraborty and Corporate Partner, Sameena Jahangir, advised Finicity on the Indian leg of the global transaction and assisted in all pre closing, closing and post-closing formalities ...

Asters successfully defended Globus shopping center in a dispute with the tax authority over VAT and corporate profit tax adjustments totaling to UAH 300 million (including penalties) ...

PingCAP, the enterprise-grade open-source distributed database provider, announced its Series D financing with a financing amount of USD 270 million, establishing a new milestone in the history of databases on a global scale. This round of financing was jointly led by GGV Capital, Access Technology Ventures, Anatole Investment, Jeneration Capital and 5Y Capital ...

<p>In October 2020, the review <span data-color='#ff351b'>'How we make things at home: artisanal categories in food law'</span> was published, by The Food Lawyers' Network. The Network is a unique international association of lawyers in the food industry. This book details recent amendment and changes, as well as the legal risks involved in using the natural, traditional and pure origin of food products as an instrument for PR and consumer engagement ...

As of 1 January 2021, Vanessa Liem (1979) and Steven Sterk (1980) are appointed partners of Van Doorne. Both were already associated with the firm. With the addition of Vanessa and Steven, the firm will continue its earlier partner growth and strengthen its position within the regulatory, transactional and procedural law practice ...

Asters acts as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with its financing to Kormotech Group. Kormotech is one of the top three market players in the Ukrainian pet food market and the first and largest Ukrainian producer of high-quality pet food for cats and dogs. The company exports its production to over 30 countries. The loan available in EUR (up to 3 ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Jason Walters, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office, was elected as the 2021 secretary-treasurer of the Association of Life Insurance Counsel (ALIC), serving in the position for the fifth consecutive year. “We are extremely proud of Jason for his election as secretary-treasurer of ALIC,” said Birmingham Office Managing Partner Dawn Helms Sharff ...

A team led by Boris Dürr, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised private equity investor AUCTUS on taking out a majority stake in Berlin-based Mirabelle Holding GmbH. AUCTUS had founded Mirabelle Holding GmbH jointly with two co-investors with sector experience to establish a supra-regional nursing home group. In the course of the investment, Mirabelle Holding GmbH concluded contracts for six new nursing homes in Magdeburg, Bad Harzburg, Meiningen, Kassel, Eisenach, and Leuna ...

NNDKP assisted CTP, the largest developer and long-term manager of industrial and logistics parks in Romania and Central and Eastern Europe in the transaction that involved the acquisition of a 95.000 sqm area of buildings from the Australian group, Cromwell Property. “We are happy to have completed this acquisition, which was aimed at increasing CTP’s presence in the area of km 13, a key logistics location with direct access to the A1 highway ...

Mesoamerica buys remaining stake in Chilean food chain operator Eloise Hardy Carey has helped private equity investor Mesoamerica acquire the remaining 25% stake in Chilean food chain operator Unifood, becoming its sole stakeholder. Gamboa, Fuenzalida, Sanfeliú y Ugarte Abogados advised Unifood. The deal closed on 21 October for an undisclosed value. Mesoamerica already owned a 75% interest in Unifood, after buying the stake back in 2016 ...

<p><a href="https://www.alrud.com/partner/GermanZakharov" title="German Zakharov">German Zakharov</a>, ALRUD Partner, will act as a moderator at the 12th IBA Annual Conference 'Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia and CIS'. This will be held from December 1st–3rd, 2020, in the online format. German's own session will focus on regulatory issues of foreign investments in strategic companies ...

AmCham Bulgaria presents the congratulatory video on the occasion of AmCham Bulgaria’s 25th Anniversary of Borislav Boyanov, Managing partner at BOYANOV & Co. He led AmCham Bulgaria from 2006 – 2008 in a period of Bulgaria’s EU accession and removing of double taxation with the U.S. Those and other highlights of this period are part of Mr. Boyanov’s words to remember. Mr ...

Chilean financial cooperative makes US$1 billion global issuance Eloise Hardy Clifford Chance LLP in London and Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile) have helped Chilean financial cooperative Coopeuch issue notes for US$1 billion. Linklaters in New York and London and Chile’s Carey advised the underwriters. The deal closed on 13 October ...

Who’s Who Legal, one of the most authoritative international legal reviews, awarded Asters with Ukraine Firm of the Year for 2020. Due to the pandemic, the list of the winning law firms from over 80 jurisdictions was announced online on 12 November 2020. According to Who’s Who Legal official announcement, "this award is in recognition of the exceptional calibre of your firm’s work in your country over the past year ...

Bradley attorney Casey L. Miller was elected treasurer of the 2021 Executive Committee for the Nashville Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (YLD). The purpose of the YLD is to promote a better understanding of the law and the legal profession to the general public, to sponsor community, educational, and professional programs for the general public and the legal profession, and to encourage fellowship among the young lawyers of Davidson County, Tennessee ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Clarence Webster III, counsel in the firm’s Jackson office, has been appointed to the Mississippi Bar Complaint Tribunal. Appointed by the Mississippi Supreme Court, Mr. Webster will begin serving a three-year term on January 1, 2021. “We congratulate Clarence on his appointment to the Mississippi Bar Complaint Tribunal,” said Bradley Jackson Office Managing Partner Margaret Oertling Cupples ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Connie Lewis Lensing, counsel in the firm’s Nashville office, has been named the 2020 Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Memphis Chapter. “We congratulate Connie on her recognition as the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser by AFP Memphis,” said Bradley Nashville Office Managing Partner Lela M. Hollabaugh ...

Gillian Carty has been elected Chair of Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, the largest Scottish-headquartered UK law firm. She will chair Shepherd and Wedderburn’s board, working closely with her fellow partners and Andrew Blain, Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Managing Partner, to chart the firm’s strategic direction over the next three years. Gillian joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a trainee solicitor in 1993 and was assumed as a partner in 2001 ...

Buenos Aires, 16 November 2020. On October 22nd, Mirgor acquired the local assets of the US company Brightstar, manufacturer of LG and Samsung cell phones. With this important acquisition, Argentine company Mirgor, a leader in the cellular phone production sector, will control 100% of Brightstar Argentina S.A. and Brightstar Fueguina S.A ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Christopher C. Lam, managing partner of the firm’s Charlotte office, is serving as chair of the 2021 Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy and Legal Aid of North Carolina – Charlotte Access to Justice Campaign. The Access to Justice Campaign raises critical funds for legal services to low-income residents of Mecklenburg County from members of the Mecklenburg County Bar and community supporters ...

BOYANOV & Co. advised Ideal Standard Vidima on a syndicated (club deal) EUR 65 million financing, provided by DSK Bank (EUR 45 million) and United Bulgarian Bank (EUR 25 million). The loan was secured mainly by a pledge of Ideal Standard Vidima’s going concern ...

Bradley attorney Bruce Ely was quoted in Tax Notes State on the surprise IRS Notice approving state passthrough entity workarounds to the controversial SALT cap enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The guidance allows a workaround to the $10,000 cap on the state ad local tax deduction first adopted by Connecticut. The strategy involves a state imposing entity-level tax on passthroughs and creating an offset individual income tax credit for the entity's member ...