USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that seven attorneys across the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices have been named by Super Lawyers as Texas Rising Stars for 2020 for their work in a wide range of practice areas.
“It is an honor for our Texas attorneys to be recognized by Super Lawyers as among the top up-and-coming attorneys in the nation,” said Bradley Houston Office Managing Partner Ian P. Faria.
Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A
Texas, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 12 of its Texas-based attorneys have been named 2020 Rising Stars in the Texas edition of Super Lawyers Magazine. The Rising Stars list is the result of an exhaustive, multi-phase selection process that mirrors the patented methodology used to assemble the Super Lawyers list. Attorneys designated as Rising Stars are up-and-coming attorneys who are 40 years of age or younger and have practiced law for 10 years or less. No more than 2
USA
Bradley attorney Chris Lam was featured in a Q&A with Business North Carolina on the firm’s 150th anniversary and success in the Charlotte market.
Business North Carolina: What prompted the Charlotte office to open in 2004?
Lam: Our firm’s board helps implement strategic plans voted on by our partnership and they identified Charlotte as a place we needed to be. The office started with a small construction law specialty
USA
Bradley attorney Mike Denniston was quoted in Bloomberg Law on tech companies using antitrust as a defense in patent cases. Intel Corp. and Apple Inc. are claiming that Fortress Investment Group LLC aggregation of electronics patents into a massive portfolio hurts competition
USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that it has secured a favorable settlement agreement for its hospice provider client AseraCare with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over a Qui Tam lawsuit that began in 2008.
Under terms of the agreement, AseraCare will pay $1 million to the DOJ, which had sought more than $200 million worth of claims under the False Claims Act
Dominican Republic
Pellerano & Herrera acted as local counsel to the underwriters in a €2.8 billion bond offering of Altice Financing, S.A.. The legal team was led by partner Carolina León and senior associate María Montero. The firm’s work included the review of the purchase agreement, Offering Memorandum Disclosures, relevant diligence documents, and Indenture, as well as general legal assistance for the closing of the local deal. In this transaction, Altice Europe N.V. successfully priced and allocated €2
Panama
Morgan & Morgan acted as legal counsel of Empresas Galindo, a group of companies dedicated to the production, commercialization and distribution of corrugated packages and similar products, with respect to the buy-out of minorities shareholders in certain group entities. This was a cross border transaction involving entities from Guatemala and Panama. Partner Inocencio Galindo and senior associate Pablo Epifanio participated in this transaction
Germany
A team comprised of members from several offices led by Ulf Christiani and Dr. Isabel Langenbach legally advised Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) comprehensively on the procurement and financing of eleven battery-operated Coradia Continental trains from Alstom. The electric trains will be able to operate the Chemnitz to Leipzig route, although the tracks have not yet been electrified
South Africa
ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has made two key executive appointments in its tax department, further fortifying the firm’s tax capability. Kazi Mbangeleli and Mark Badenhorst have joined ENSafrica’s team of some 50-strong tax specialists, including 18 tax executives. Kazi specialises in M&A-related international tax and financial services tax. Kazi’s deep expertise includes the tax aspects of structured investments and disinvestments, M&A and offshore expansions
Germany
Fiscal 2019 saw business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek once again significantly increase its revenue. 2019 annual revenue amounted to EUR 194.7 million, an increase of EUR 17.7 million over the previous year. With 2018 revenue standing at EUR 177 million, growth of exactly ten percent was recorded. “We are able to look back on a successful business year again and are very satisfied with the development of our firm and our client relationships,” said Dr
Romania
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) announced today the 2020 class of promotions
Chile
We are very proud to announce that our partner, Jaime Carey, has been recognized as “Law Firm Leader of the Year” by the international publication, Latin Lawyer. “Jaime Carey leads the Chilean powerhouse that has dominated the Chilean legal market for decades. He has steered Chile’s largest firm from success to success, pushing it to innovate and invest heavily in technology to constantly break new ground in its legal service offering”, says Latin Lawyer
USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that Benchmark Litigation has named the firm its 2020 Tennessee Litigation Firm of the Year. The firm was honored Feb. 27 at the annual awards dinner in New York.
Bradley was one of three finalists for the award, which recognizes litigation firms in each state based on the significance of their representations. The firm also was a finalist for Alabama and Mississippi Litigation Firm of the Year. The state honors are part of the eighth annual Benchmark Litigation U
South Africa
ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has made two key executive appointments in its tax department, further fortifying the firm’s tax capability.Kazi MbangeleliandMark Badenhorsthave joined ENSafrica’s team of some 50-strong tax specialists, including 18 tax executives.Kazispecialises in M&A-related international tax and financial services tax
South Africa
We are pleased to inform you that ENSafrica’s IP team has received remarkable rankings in World Trademark Review’s prestigiousWTR 1000, which through extensive research and client testimony, aims to spotlight firms and individuals that are deemed outstanding in this critical area of practice
USA
Shandra Wright, director of eDiscovery and paralegal services at Bradley, was featured in a Q&A with Lighthouse Global for its International Women’s Day campaign. The campaign features female leaders within the eDiscovery industry who actively choose to challenge stereotypes, fight bias, broaden perceptions, improve situations, and celebrate women’s achievements
USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that L. Justin Burney has joined the firm’s Huntsville office as a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Justin to our Huntsville office,” said Bradley Huntsville Office Managing Partner Frank M. Caprio. “Justin brings more than a decade of experience practicing corporate law in Alabama for major clients across many industries.”
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Germany
A team led by Dr. Sönke Görgens, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised UBM Development Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of the FAZ Tower project development company. UBM Development Deutschland (75 percent) and Paulus Immobilien Group (25 percent) are now developing the new headquarters of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and a hotel with 350 rooms in Frankfurt’s Europaviertel
Germany
With a team led by Dr. Frank Baßler and Klaus Weinand-Härer, both Partners at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, ILG Capital GmbH acquired two retail centers on behalf of an institutional fund. The properties are located in Waldkraiburg and Kaiserslautern and were part of the “Silver” portfolio. The sellers are two special purpose vehicles held by a joint venture between RDI and Menora Mivtachim
Scotland
Shepherd and Wedderburn’s corporate finance team advised on deals with an aggregate value of £6.03 billion in 2019. The team, which was named Corporate and Commercial Team of the Year at the 2019 Scottish Legal Awards, advised on 85 deals globally in the year to December 2019, including a number of notable clean energy and technology-led transactions. Clean energy deals included: • Acting for BayWa r.e
USA
Bradley attorney Jack Selden was quoted in Law360 after securing a favorable settlement for his client, AseraCare, in its lengthy dispute with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The settlement requires AseraCare to pay $1 million to the DOJ, which originally sought more than $200 million worth of claims under the False Claims Act.
“When a case settles for $1 million where the claims have been for over $200 million, I think that speaks for itself,” Selden said
USA
Deacons advises the sole sponsor Lego Corporate Finance Limited and underwriters in relation to the Main Board IPO of Jiu Zun Digital Interactive Entertainment Group Holdings Limited.
The company is a digital entertainment content provider in the PRC with a diversified content portfolio comprising (i) mobile games mainly played on android operating system, (ii) e-magazines, and (iii) other digital media content such as comics and music
USA
Bradley attorney Bruce Ely was quoted in Bloomberg Tax on new guidance proposed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The rules explain that business meals at sports or entertainment venues are still eligible for a 50% tax deduction if receipts documenting the separate costs between events and food are provided.
That gives attorneys assurance that clients will still receive a write-off for meals that occur during a fancy event, said Ely