Press Releases

Bradley is pleased to announce that Michael Gordon has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, as a partner in its Banking and Financial Services Practice Group and as part of the firm’s Government Enforcement and Investigations Team. “We are very excited to welcome Mike to our D.C. office and our team of highly experienced and accomplished banking and financial services attorneys,” said Bradley Washington, D.C., Office Managing Partner Douglas Patin ...

A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Stuttgart, legally advised IPCOM group on the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Seidemann group. With the acquisition, IPCOM strengthens its existing position in the technical insulation sector and its presence in the German B2B market. Seidemann group’s former shareholder Jörg Seidemann will remain with the company as General Manager ...

Effective March 1, 2020, Sandra Pfister (48) will join Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Hamburg office as Equity Partner. The financing specialist joins the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she had been a Partner since 2016. Prior to that, she practiced at Kaye Scholer (now Arnold & Porter), Simmons & Simmons, and Shearman & Sterling ...

STEP, the global professional body of trust and estate professional advisors, has announced that O’Neal Webster Managing Partner Vanessa King has been elected to chair the STEP Caribbean and Latin America Region Committee for a three-year term. Ms. King (British Virgin Islands) assumes the leadership role from outgoing chair Ivan Hooper of Uruguay, and is joined on the executive council by newly elected Deputy Chair Natalie Glitzenhirn-Augustin (St. Lucia) and Secretary Rosa Restrepo (Panama) ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that James A. Collura, a partner in the firm’s Houston office, has been appointed to the executive committee of the Institute for Energy Law of the Center for American and International Law. He will serve a one-year term as chair of the Oilfield Services Committee ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, and Dunnam & Dunnam, a Waco-based law firm, teamed up to and successfully represented Neighborly Franchising LLC and ProTradeNet LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in Waco, which has quickly become a hotbed for IP filings. After a bench trial concluded in late October 2019, Judge Alan D. Albright issued his final judgment on February 19, 2020, finding in favor of Neighborly and ProTradeNet, including an award of more than $3 ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Jason P. Mehta, a partner in the firm’s Tampa office, has been selected as a 2020 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). “We congratulate Jason on his selection as a Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity,” said Bradley Director of Inclusion and Diversity George Medlock ...

Bradley attorney Todd Presnell was quoted in Law360 on a Pennsylvania professional conduct rule that requires corporate counsel to provide an Upjohn warning to individual corporate employees when their interests in a legal matter are conflicting ...

Bradley attorney Trey Hill was named to the “Influencers: People We’re Watching in 2020 List,” which is produced by The Business Journals and spotlights executives poised to be in the headlines locally and perhaps nationally in the months ahead. Hill was one of only three Birmingham leaders on the list of 100 professionals who were recognized for shaping the economy in 2020 ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn is the top-ranked Scottish-headquartered law firm in a new list of the UK’s top 25 legal employers for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. The firm is ranked 16th in the Top 25 in the Legal Sector listing, published by Stonewall and the InterLaw Diversity Forum as part of Stonewall’s annual Workplace Equality Index (WEI) ...

A team led by Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M., Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised FAKT AG on concluding a structured real estate financing project. The loan will be used by subsidiaries of FAKT AG to refinance the acquisition of commercial properties in the “Marler Stern” shopping center in Marl. The advice included drafting and negotiating the loan agreement and the collateral agreements. Frankfurt am Main-based ICF Bank AG acted as intermediary for the investors ...

Steve Dalgleish, Head of Technology at Shepherd and Wedderburn and Co-head of the firm’s Smarter Working unit, has become the first non-solicitor to be awarded Accredited Legal Technologist status by the Law Society of Scotland. Steve received the accreditation in recognition of his expertise and leadership role in developing and implementing technological infrastructure and solutions for legal services ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne-based capital market team led by Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Accentro Real Estate AG on issuing a bond with a volume of EUR 250 million. The new bond is an unsubordinated and unsecured Euro-denominated sub-benchmark bond. In advance, Accentro Real Estate AG made a cash offer to the holders of the EUR 100 million 2018/2021 bond to repurchase its outstanding principal amount ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Ann Peldo Cargile, a partner in the firm’s Nashville office, has been named by the Nashville Business Journal (NBJ) as one of its 2020 Women of Influence. Ms. Cargile is among 35 Nashville women named to the list of female leaders in business and the community. Nominees were evaluated by a panel of judges made up of past Women of Influence winners. The award is now in its 14th year ...

Bradley attorney Aron Beezley was quoted in Law360 on the government’s decision to waive federal procurement laws to speed up construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is waiving procurement laws because of the high levels of unauthorized border crossings and drug trafficking. This decision will expedite wall building projects in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Christopher C. Lam, managing partner of the firm’s Charlotte office, has been named by the Charlotte Business Journal (CBJ) as one of Charlotte’s 2020 “Most Admired CEOs.” The awards recognize established local leaders who have a strong vision for their companies, have shown commitment to culture in the workplace, and made significant contributions to the Charlotte community ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Robert Ford, a partner in the firm’s Houston office, has received the 2019 Standing Ovation Award from the TexasBarCLE for his exceptional contributions to the state bar’s continuing legal education (CLE) efforts. Mr. Ford is one of four volunteer lawyers to receive the award from the TexasBarCLE, which is the State Bar of Texas’ nonprofit division that provides bar-sponsored CLE events ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, successfully defended Kia Motors America, Kia Motors Corporation, and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (collectively, “KIA”) in a product liability case in the Superior Court of Los Angeles. After a 17-day trial, and after deliberating for just 90 minutes, on February 13, 2020, a jury returned a defense verdict in favor of KIA. Plaintiffs were seeking more than $87M in damages ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Washington, D.C.-based attorneys Eric Fingerhut, Jennifer Fraser and Marsha Gentner, all from the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group, were each ranked in World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR 1000 2020) in the United States: DC Metro Area category. This marks the ninth consecutive year that both Fingerhut and Fraser have been recognized as top practitioners, while it is Gentner's first time appearing on the list ...

We are delighted to announce that Deacons has won the China Business Law Journal ‘Deal of the Year 2019’ award for the ‘People's Bank of China’s renminbi bill issuances in Hong Kong’ in the ‘Overseas Deals: Capital Markets’ category. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) issued a total of RMB160 billion of bills in Hong Kong commencing from November 2018 through the Central Moneymarkets Unit of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ...

Deacons' Intellectual Property department is off to a strong start in 2020, winning two prestigious accolades in the 2020 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR1000). Deacons has been ranked as a Gold Tier law firm for both ‘enforcement and litigation’, and ‘prosecution and strategy’. Six partners also achieved stellar individual rankings, claiming the highest number of ranked individuals from any law firm in the Hong Kong chapter ...

A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg, advised Bad Vilbel WV Energie AG, on the sale of PSG Group, Lohmar, with its German and Swiss subsidiaries. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. PSG is the pioneer and market leader in the outsourcing of procurement services via online platforms and tools within the German-speaking market ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. Yuan Shiye has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Yuan focuses his practice on tax, including tax optimization for private equity and venture capital, tax risk management and minimization for mergers and acquisitions and tax optimization for wealthy individuals. Before joining Han Kun, Mr. Yuan previously worked in Big 4 accounting firms and served as an M&A tax partner. Mr ...

Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, recently released its Chambers Global 2020 guide, as well as its global rankings of lawyers and law firms. Multiple Han Kun lawyers and practice areas have been ranked. Ranked practice areas: Aviation: Finance Capital Markets: Hong Kong & Overseas Issuances Corporate/M&A International & Cross Border Capabilities "From my perspective, I think they are among the best ...

China Business Law Journal recently announced its "Deals of the Year 2019". Five Han Kun-advised deals were recognized as "Deals of the Year 2019". They are: - Aihuishou acquires JD Paipai KEY POINTS: In June 2019, Aihuishou, a Chinese electronic product recycling platform, acquired JD Group's secondhand merchandise trading platform Paipai. JD also invested in Aihuishou more than US$500 million. Once the acquisition was completed, Aihuishou and JD agreed on a strategic co-operation ...