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A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised PETCYCLE E.A.G. GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of PETCYCLE GmbH and LOGICYCLE GmbH to Genossenschaft Deutscher Brunnen e.G. (GDB). The transaction will bundle know-how and expertise in packaging and create synergies. Both companies’ employees will be retained. PETCYCLE GmbH operates closed, sustainable material cycles for PET beverage bottles. At almost 1 ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that its Pro Bono Counsel, Heidi Naasko, was selected to receive the State Bar of Michigan’s John W. Cummiskey Pro Bono Award for 2020. The award is typically presented at the State Bar of Michigan’s Annual Meeting, which is scheduled for Sept. 17, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Michigan ...

UK law firm Shoosmiths has grown its national real estate finance offering by hiring specialist senior lawyers in Manchester, Leeds and London, in line with the firm’s growth strategy. Debra Cooper has more than 14 years’ experience and joins Shoosmiths in Manchester as a real estate finance partner from Squire Patton Boggs, where she established and grew the firm’s real estate finance offering in the North, nationally and internationally ...

Asialaw Profiles, the world's renowned legal media publisher, recently released Client Service Excellence 2020, a guide which recognizes outstanding law firms and lawyers that are highly rated for client service. The guide names Han Kun and two firm partners, Zhihua (David) Tang and Sheng (Sean) Li ...

UK law firm Shoosmiths is trailblazing out of lock-down with its forward-looking initiative, ‘The New How’. Led by partners David Jackson and Tony Randle, ‘The New How’ focuses on how businesses could and should be working to perform optimally in the ‘new normal’. Shoosmiths has been listening to its clients, taking in what they need to work more efficiently and has developed a suite of products designed for smarter, faster and better working ...

Vouga Abogados assisted Tape Pora S.A. in a new issuance of bonds aimed at partially financing the works in connection with the construction, duplication and adaptation of Route No. 7 "Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia" located in the Pastoreo and Minga Guazú area. The total amount of the bonds placed was equal to 65 billion guaraníes (nearly US$ 10 million) and were entirely acquired by local investors ...

Jim Feeney, Bloomfield Hills-based Member in Dykema’s Litigation Department, was selected to join the Michigan lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame. As a member of the Hall of Fame’s class of 2020, Feeney will be honored on October 9, 2020, at the publication’s 2nd annual Hall of Fame luncheon and awards ceremony at the Detroit Marriott Troy ...

Bradley attorneys George Barber and David Pratt were featured in Texas Lawyer on the factors that led Barber to join Bradley. Barber said he moved to Bradley because the firm’s size and reach will help him serve clients better than at Johnston Clem. “In today’s marketplace, it does make sense to have access to a deeper bench in terms of other practice areas and your own practice area,” Barber said ...

Han Kun Law Offices acted as PRC legal advisor to the joint sponsors in connection with the secondary listing of JD.com, Inc. ("JD", Stock Code: 9618) on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. JD is a leading technology driven e-commerce company transforming to become a leading supply chain-based technology and service provider ...

We are pleased to announce that Deacons has been recognised in all three categories below once again in the IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2020 ...

Patterson Belknap scored an appellate win in a novel class action concerning the labeling of Hershey’s chocolates. The plaintiff alleged that Hershey’s product labeling violated Massachusetts consumer protection laws because it did not disclose that some cocoa may be indirectly sourced from regions in West Africa where child labor is used ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Dallas Managing Partner Richard A. (Dick) Sayles has earned some of the legal industry’s most prestigious honors in 2020 for his courtroom expertise and successful results on behalf of clients. Mr. Sayles is recognized in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA as a Band One trial attorney for his experience and expertise in commercial litigation. He is one of only 12 Texas trial lawyers to achieve the top ranking this year. In addition, Mr ...

It is our utmost pleasure to announce our newest Partner*, Franka Baica. Franka is an experienced attorney at law practicing in Croatia. She focuses her practice on domestic and cross-border M&A and real estate projects on the market, advising clients on all matters within share deal and asset deal transactions ...

The corporate restructuring and advisory team at UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised its client Hilco on the sale of Oasis and Warehouse to online retailer Boohoo. The team has worked on a number of high-profile retail administrations in recent weeks including Monsoon Accessorize, Oddbins, Cath Kidston and Axminster Carpets ...

Joaquim Shearman de Macedo is a new partner and co-head of PLMJ’s dispute resolution practice. Ten years after leaving PLMJ, where he started his career, Shearman de Macedo has re-joined the firm in the new cycle that began at the end of 2018. He comes in as co-head of the team together with Rita Samoreno Gomes and Pedro Metello de Nápoles ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that George Barber has joined the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group in Dallas. “We are pleased to have George join us in the Dallas office,” said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles. “His experience handling a wide variety of bankruptcy matters further expands the capabilities of our Dallas office and enhances the strengths of the firm nationally ...

IAM recently published the 2020 edition of IAM Patent 1000, which ranks Han Kun among "The World's Leading Patent Firms" in "litigation" and "prosecution", and ranks Han Kun partners Wang Yan, Wu Lili, and Luo Rui among "The World's Leading Patent Professionals". IAM undertook an extensive research process to identify outstanding firms and individuals across multiple jurisdictions ...

We are immensely proud to announce that our firm has won the ‘Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year’ award for Cyprus, by Benchmark Litigation. Our firm’s award was announced along with the other winners of Benchmark Litigation’s second annual European awards for the best firms, teams, lawyers and cases throughout Europe over the past 12 months ...

Four Bradley attorneys were named to the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” for 2020. Emily Bowman, Jay Hardcastle, Lela Hollabaugh and Tom Trent were all included in the annual list of Nashville’s top legal minds and leading corporate counsel. The complete list of the Nashville Business Journal’s 2020 “Best of the Bar” was announced on June 11, 2020 ...

Pleased to share that Kochhar & Co. is the Knowledge Partner for the upcoming webinar being organised by Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce, Swiss Business Hub India (Embassy of Switzerland in India) and European Business Group Federation ( EBG ) Topic : Partners in Growth: Opportunities for Indo-European / Swiss Cooperation and Investments - Demystifying Legal & Regulatory Framework. Date - Friday, June 5, 2020 at 1.30 pm CEST/ 5 pm IST ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed real estate partner Simon Meek as its new office head in Leeds as it continues to pursue its successful growth strategy in Yorkshire. Simon joined Shoosmiths in 2017 to develop a new real estate practice which he has grown into 35-strong team, including nine partners and two directors ...

On May 12, 2020, Dylan Wiseman (Sacramento/San Francisco), Robert Dato (Orange County) and Alisa Pleau-Fuller (Sacramento) obtained a ruling from the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District affirming an injunction in a trade secret customer dispute.  Our client, SWMH Insurance Services, Inc. (“Excelsure”) was awarded a temporary restraining followed by a preliminary injunction. Defendant ERM Insurance Brokers, Inc. appealed the preliminary injunction against it ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm’s Automotive Product Liability Litigation and Automotive Litigation practices have been ranked by the Legal 500 United States 2020 (The Legal 500). In addition to the practice rankings, 6 Dykema attorneys received individual recognition, including Terri Reiskin and Derek Whitefield being named “Leading Lawyers ...

Han Kun Law Offices has advised and acted as the PRC counsel to UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC. in its U.S. initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "UCL". UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC. is the world's first and leading mobile data traffic sharing marketplace ...

Southern California Super Lawyers has recognized nine Buchalter attorneys as 2020 “Rising Stars.” “Rising Stars” are top, up-and-coming attorneys who are either 40 years of age or under, or who have been practicing law for 10 or fewer years. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. Buchalter’s 2020 “Rising Stars” for the Southern California region include: Paul J. Fraidenburgh Julian Gurule Aaron M. Levine David E. Mark Mercedes O. Martin Damaris L ...