Press Releases

Bradley is pleased to announce that nine of the firm’s partners have been named by Who’s Who Legal as among the world’s leading construction lawyers. The Bradley attorneys listed in the 2020 edition of Who’s Who Legal: Construction are Jim Archibald, Axel Bolvig, Ian P. Faria, Jon Paul Hoelscher, Douglas L. Patin, J. David Pugh, William R. Purdy, E. Mabry Rogers and Robert J. Symon. In addition, Mr ...

Rasul M. Raheem, Detroit-based senior counsel in Dykema’s Financial Services Litigation practice group, has been elected to serve as the first Chair of Wayne State University’s Black Law Alumni Council (BLAC). The BLAC was established in 2020 to provide meaningful support for Black alumni, faculty and students by building a community of law alumni who are engaged and committed to supporting the mission of Wayne Law ...

Buchalter is pleased to announce Shareholders, M.C. Sungaila and Damaris Medina were named Top Women in Business in Orange County nominees by the Orange County Business Journal. Ms. Sungaila is Chair of the Firm’s Appellate practice group and a highly regarded appellate attorney who has briefed and argued appeals raising cutting-edge and fundamental business issues for over two decades. Ms ...

Asters Partner Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi has been appointed as one of 12 members of Arbitration Council of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre, a leading dispute resolution institution in the Caucasus – Black Sea – Caspian Region. In September 2020, the GIAC Board unanimously adopted the renewed composition of GIAC Council consisting of renowned practitioners representing the world's leading law firms in International Arbitration ...

For the first time, Iberian Lawyer has drawn up a ranking of the 50 best lawyers on the Iberian Peninsula and the directory included senior partner Nuno Líbano Monteiro and Joaquim Shearman de Macedo, the partner who heads PLMJ’s Dispute Resolution practice among these leaders ...

On October 7, 2020, Hamburg’s oldest wooden ship returned to the port of Hamburg. A 137-year-old pilot schooner, No. 5 Elbe certainly had an eventful history, but its most exciting day came on June 8, 2019: After having just been lavishly restored at EUR 1.7 million with federal funding, pilot schooner No. 5 Elbe collided with a container feeder ship at around 3 p.m. Fortunately, a German Life Saving Association vessel was nearby so that all 43 passengers were saved ...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Beginning as an effort to educate the public about issues related to disabilities and employment, Congress declared the first week of each October “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week in 1945. In 1988, Congress expanded the week to a month, changing the name to National Disability Employment Awareness Month ...

Bradley attorney Aron Beezley was quoted in Law360 on an expansion in the U.S. Department of Defense’s use of streamlined agreements for rapidly acquiring prototype technology, which is looking like the beginning of a long-term growth for such deals ...

PLMJ hosted the conference on the Nudge principle – the architecture of choice, a theory which explores our economic and social decisions, and which is arousing interest in governments around the world. It is three days and three topics in an initiative organised by portuguese newspapper Expresso, PLMJ, Auchan Retail Portugal and Nudge Portugal ...

Robin H. Jung, Los Angeles-based member of Dykema’s Financial Services Litigation practice, has been named to the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s (NAPABA), “Best Lawyers Under 40” list ...

The firm continues to receive the highest Tier 1 ranking in all practice areas researched by the IFLR1000 in Bulgaria, Banking & finance, M&A, and Project development. Some of the client feedback for BOYANOV & Co. reads “The firm has always provided superb legal advice. They are hands on and cost sensitive. They offer a broad spectrum of legal expertise and also give support on strategic and business issues ...

In mid-September, billing service provider AvP Deutschland GmbH, advised by Heuking had filed for insolvency at Düsseldorf Local Court, which appointed Dr. Jan-Philipp Hoos as provisional insolvency administrator. At the end of September, additional companies of AvP group, AvP Dienstleistung GmbH and holding company AvP Service AG, filed for insolvency ...

Bradley attorney Mark Torian was quoted in The Texas Lawbook on the scandal surrounding Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Seven high ranking officials in Paxton’s office publicly claimed that Paxton misused his political position and possibly violated state and federal criminal laws, including prohibitions related to improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential offenses. Paxton’s office retaliated with a statement that he is actually investigating his accusers ...

The partners of BOYANOV & Co. are glad to announce that as of 1 October 2020 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikolay Kolev becomes Partner at the law firm. Dr. Kolev has more than 15 years of practical experience at BOYANOV & Co. He has gained extensive knowledge and specialisation advising clients on various legal matters in local and cross-border M&A transactions, energy and mining projects and complex commercial disputes and administrative/regulatory litigations. Dr ...

Krogerus advised Hartwall Capital, the largest shareholder of Konecranes, on the EUR 4.3 billion merger of Konecranes and Cargotec. The combined company will be a customer-focused global leader in sustainable material flow. Its illustrative combined annual sales are approximately EUR 7.0 billion and comparable operating profit is approximately EUR 565 million, based on financial year 2019 figures ...

<p>ALRUD <a href="https://www.alrud.com/services/BankingFinance/" title="Banking & Finance">Banking & Finance</a> experts prepared an overview of legislative requirements and law enforcement practice with respect to Banking Regulation in Russia for <span data-color='#ff351b'>Thomson Reuters: The Banking Regulation Global Guide on Practical Law</span>.</p> <p>Partner <a href="https://www.alrud ...

<p>ALRUD has once again taken high positions in M&A, Banking, Capital Markets, Restructuring and Insolvency, Project Finance and Project Development (Mining, Power, PPP/PFI) in the international ranking of law firms <span data-color='#ff351b'>IFLR1000</span> of the International Financial Law Review.</p> <p>ALRUD has improved its results and moved up in Restructuring and Insolvency and Project Development: Mining ...

On September 14th, 2020, the renowned publication Environmental Finance, focused on sustainable practices, awarded Argentina’s first Social Impact Bond (SIB) in the category “Investment of the year / Education”, at the “Environmental Finance Awards Impact 2020”, an annual awards ceremony to globally recognize the work of impact investors, as well as highlight best sustainable practices ...

Bradley attorney Riley Key was quoted in Auto Finance News on social media as a new underwriting tool. Auto lenders can use social media to identify the credit risk of borrowers with limited credit histories, but must be aware of the risks, Key explained. “[Social media] has become particularly useful in the insurance industry ...

Winston-Salem, N.C. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that member attorney Matthew W. Georgitis recently was inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) as a Fellow. The LCA is an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society. Membership is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers, and is highly selective ...

New California Law Aims to Protect Financial Entities Serving the Legal Cannabis Industry September 30, 2020 By Katherine Proctor "Richard Ormond, a shareholder at Buchalter Law Firm in Los Angeles whose practice areas include cannabis and banking, said in an email that the bill's impact on the industry "will be nominal at this time without clearer guidelines and regulations from the federal government ...

A team led by Dirk W. Kolvenbach and Michael Pauli has provided legal advice to MarketAxess on the acquisition of the Regulatory Reporting Hub of Deutsche Börse Group. MarketAxess is acquiring the business via its wholly owned subsidiary in the Netherlands, Trax NL B.V ...

In an off-market transaction and on behalf of a Dutch family office, DERECO sold a nursing home in Velbert-Langenberg including the neighboring hotel to one of Patrizia AG’s healthcare funds. A team led by Dr. Sönke Görgens, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised on the transaction. DERECO had acquired the two properties in the historic center of Velbert-Langenberg on a turnkey basis from Hochtief in 2010 and has since held them in its asset management portfolio ...

A team led by Dr. Mathias Schröder, Partner at law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Munich office, advised Curavas GmbH on establishing the company and on its first funding round. As part of a capital increase, several well-known investors took out holdings in Curavas GmbH in the funding round ...

With a team led by partner and capital market expert Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised BluGreen Company Limited as bidder in the public takeover bid for S&O Beteiligungen AG. BluGreen had gained control of S&O Beteiligungen and thus published a bid document approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on September 18. The acquisition is part of an overall transaction in which BluGreen incorporates Enapter group into S&O Beteiligungen AG ...