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A team led by Cologne-based Private Equity lawyer Dr. Andreas Lenz, Partner at the Cologne office, advised Lenbach Equity Opportunities I SCSp (LEO I), a Luxemburg-based PE fund, on the sale of MMC group in Cologne. MMC group was sold as part of a structured process, with Frankfurt am Main-based investment company NOVUM CAPITAL prevailing in the bidding process ...

The German states of Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia will invest in sustainable equities for their pension funds. They commissioned Stoxx Limited to design and subsequently maintain sustainable share indices for seven billion euros. Stoxx Limited will consider sustainability criteria and specifications such as CO2 intensity, no nuclear power generation, no production of controversial weapons ...

A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe assisted DEAG Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft in the successful EUR 5 million increase of its corporate bond originally issued in the fall of 2018. The bond was increased by means of an institutional private placement, raising the volume to EUR 25 million. The private placement was managed by IKB Deutsche Industriebank and was oversubscribed several times ...

Buenos Aires, July 1st, 2019. Beccar Varela won the Gold Award for “Best Latin American Law Firm” in Corporate Law at the 12th edition of the “International Legal Alliance Summit and Awards”, held on June 27th at the Marriott Essex House, in New York City, USA. This is the second consecutive year the firm has won this award. At the Awards Ceremony, the firm was represented by Horacio E. Beccar Varela, Roberto A. Fortunati and Emilio Beccar Varela ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, represented the Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter and Associated General Contractors of America Apprenticeship Program Trust (AGC) in securing a preliminary injunction in the Superior Court of California, San Diego County, precluding the City from applying conditions disallowed by a San Diego Ordinance ...

UK law firm Shoosmiths is celebrating after winning the award for the National Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2019 held last night. Chairman Peter Duff and CEO Simon Boss accepted the award on behalf of Shoosmiths at a glittering ceremony that took place at Grosvenor House Hotel in London, hosted by Sandi Toksvig, TV personality and writer ...

The corporate team at UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised August Equity LLP on its sale of supported living specialist Aspirations group to Elysian Capital II LP. Aspirations is a specialist provider of supported living services for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs, with revenue of over £22 million to March 2019. Aspirations has grown significantly since its inception in 2011, and now provides support to over 650 adults across the UK and employs more than 950 staff ...

The leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe Mid Europa Partners sold Bambi, the leading Serbian biscuit and confectionary maker, to Coca-Cola HBC. The sale was completed on 18 June, and Bambi, one of the most recognisable brands in Serbia, will continue its development under Coca-Cola HBC ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. Li Huhuan has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Li works primarily in the firm's Shanghai office. Mr. Li Huhuan focuses his practice on asset securitization, insurance fund management, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Han Kun, Mr. Li practiced with several well-known PRC law firms for more than eleven years. Mr ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. Li Baofu, an expert in civil and commercial dispute resolution, has recently joined the firm. Mr. Li has more than 30 years of judicial experience. He is familiar with the adjudication of civil and commercial cases, and is well-versed in judicial practice in China. Mr ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s corporate team advised the US investor S2G Ventures in the Series A funding round into Scottish vertical farming company, Intelligent Growth Solutions. Chicago-based S2G Ventures led on the funding round into the Invergowrie-based company, which is developing large-scale, indoor agriculture methods ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that its Taxation Practice Group has launched the Dykema Opportunity Zone Resource Center (“OZ Center”) to help its clients and interested parties better understand the rules for investing in qualified opportunity zones, which offer a number of tax incentives to investors. The qualified opportunity zones incentives program may be the hottest topic in the real estate and investing industries. The 2017 Tax Act (Pub. L. No ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Timothy J. McCarthy to its Commercial Litigation Practice Group as a Senior Counsel in the firm’s Dallas office. He joins Dykema after two decades of practicing at various firms in New York City, including Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, White & Case, and most recently, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP ...

Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), the leading IP magazine, has recently published its "2019 IP Star" rankings. Han Kun partner Wu Lili was again recognized as an IP Star. The MIP "2019 IP Star" rankings were determined based on in-depth research into thousands of IP firms and practitioners across the world. Factors considered in the rankings include expertise, workload, market reputation/track record, outcomes achieved for clients, and unique strengths in a given practice area ...

IAM recently published the 2019 edition of IAM Patent 1000, which ranks Han Kun among "The World's Leading Patent Firms" in "litigation" and "prosecution", and ranks three Han Kun partners, Wang Yan, Wu Lili and Luo Rui among "The World's Leading Patent Professionals". IAM undertook an exhaustive research project to identify outstanding firms and individuals across multiple jurisdictions ...

A leader on the car industry market, the German company ZF opens its factory in Pančevo within the first phase of the EUR 160 million investment. The factory will start producing machines, generators for hybrid and electric drives, gearshift switches and microswitches in the first half of June ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, represented Kia Motors America Inc. and Kia Motors Corp. in its Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals class action settlement victory on June 6, 2019. In July 2018, the Court granted Dykema’s petition for en banc review of a three-judge panel's split controversial decision, throwing out the nationwide class-action settlement claiming that fuel efficiency estimates in advertisements and car window stickers for certain vehicle models were overstated ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn advised on the management buyout of Scottish cyber security specialist Adarma. The Glasgow headquartered company, previously known as ECS Security, has an extensive client roster that includes market-leading brands and FTSE 250 organisations. The private management buyout was led by Nathan Dornbrook and David Calder, with capital from mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge and debt from Bank of Scotland ...

Dykema's Insurance Industry Group has announced the launch of Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments, a blog providing thoughtful and concise analysis of emerging issues in the insurance industry. The Blog provides a broad discussion of issues of interest to professionals engaged in the insurance industry who are eager to stay abreast of legal developments ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle announced that <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/christopher_green/details">Christopher M. Green</a> has joined the law firm as Counsel in its Charleston office.<br /> <br /> Green's primary area of practice is litigation with an emphasis on federal black lung ...

Rome, June 10 2019 – International law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners has appointed Giampietro Castano as Of Counsel. A long-time consultant to the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), where he led the Business Crisis Management Unit for 11 years (2007 to 2019), Giampietro is unanimously recognized as one of the leading experts in industrial and social relations management ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that it served as legal counsel to McDonald’s in the sale of the company’s former corporate world headquarters, an 80-acre site located in Oak Brook, Ill. The property, which featured a 331,630-square-foot headquarters building, a 130,484-square-foot building (Hamburger University) and a 218-room Hyatt hotel, was sold to John Paul DeJoria, CEO and co-founder of Paul Mitchell hair care products ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm in dental services, is proud to announce that its Dental Service Organizations (DSO) Industry Group provided legal representation to Bain Capital Double Impact, the impact investing business of Bain Capital, in its investment in Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics, a premier group-practice provider of specialty dental services to families throughout the state of Texas ...

A multi-disciplinary Shepherd and Wedderburn team completed the acquisition of the Loch Lomond Distillery Group (LLG) on behalf of new Chinese private equity firm, Hillhouse Capital Management, Ltd. Hillhouse again approached Shepherd and Wedderburn to act on the transaction, having previously been interested in a smaller distillery last autumn, though LLG is a significantly larger transaction. The price is confidential but very substantial ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn has unveiled a prestigious line-up of industry speakers for Property 2019, Scotland’s premiere property conference ...