Press Releases

Buenos Aires, June 6, 2019. On May 9, the operation through which YPF Ventures obtained a strategic stake in Sustentator S.A. closed. YPF Ventures is a YPF vehicle which seeks to diversify the company’s energy-related businesses and boost its local innovation. YPF Ventures will position itself in a new field for YPF, as a tool to generate innovation, either by incorporating already-proven global technology or developing at start-up level ...

Panama, May 28, 2019. Morgan & Morgan acted as counsel to Cirsa Enterprises S.L.U. in connection with the offering of €390,000,000 4.750% senior secured notes due 2025, issued by Cirsa Finance International S.à.r.l., and to be guaranteed by the Cirsa Enterprises S.L.U. and, among others, Gaming & Services de Panama, S.A ...

Han Kun advised and acted as the PRC counsel to the Joint Bookrunners on GSX Techedu Inc.'s U.S. initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GSX". GSX is a leading online K-12 large-class after-school tutoring service provider in China. The company also provides foreign language, professional and interest courses ...

Rome, June 5, 2019 – International law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners announces the creation of a focus team dedicated to sports law. The new focus team aims to offer Italian and international clients - such as institutions, companies, sports attorneys, athletes - comprehensive and integrated services across the sports industry ...

Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, announced today the agreement to sell its shares in Knjaz Miloš to a joint venture between Karlovarské Minerální Vody (KMV) and PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo). The transaction is currently subject to customary regulatory approval and is expected to close in Q3 2019. Karanović & Partners acted as local counsel for Mid Europa Partners in this transaction, working closely with White & Case as international counsel ...

A team led by Kristina Schneider advised Magellan Netzwerke GmbH, a member of FERNAO group, on the acquisition of SOLIT SYSTEMS GmbH and the subsequent reorganization of the group. SOLIT SYSTEMS GmbH is an IT service company specializing in IT security, data protection, and compliance, which has bundled its comprehensive experience in market-driven and innovative managed security services. The target group ranges from medium-sized companies to large corporate groups ...

Our firm celebrated a very special night on May 16th ...

For the fourth year running, Ellex has been named the top law firm in the Baltics by the independent Swedish market research company Kantar Sifo that has just announced its "Tier 1 Law Firm Review 2019". Ellex Valiunas has been also named as Tier 1 law firm in Lithuania by overall performance, legal competence and market standing. The survey "Tier 1 Law Firm Review" ranked the largest law firms in the Baltics and each Baltic country separately ...

Pellerano & Herrera received the award as the most innovative law firm in financial deals in the Dominican Republic for the 3d consecutive year. The prestigious publication, International Financial Law Review (IFLR), honored Pellerano & Herrera as the Dominican Republic’s “Most Innovative Firm of the Year”, during the 2019 IFLR Americas Awards ceremony held on Thursday, May 16th at Essex Hotel in New York ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that four of its Los Angeles-based attorneys have been named 2019 Rising Stars in the Southern California edition of Super Lawyers. The Rising Star 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 ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Eric S. Klein, a member in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office, has been appointed as Leader of Dykema’s Health Care Practice Group ...

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 2019 (The Legal 500) as some of the best Automotive Industry-related legal practices in the nation. In addition to the practice rankings, nine of Dykema's Automotive Industry Group attorneys received individual recognition, including Terri Reiskin and Derek Whitefield being named “Leading Lawyers ...

On May 30, 2019, Asialaw Regional Awards 2019 was held in Hong Kong. Han Kun won the following three awards at the event: 1. China Firm of the Year 2. Client Service Award: China 3. Outstanding Practitioner: China - Charles Li The Asialaw Regional Awards is one of the most significant honors in the legal profession, recognizing outstanding regional law firms across Asia ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Lauren E. Quigley to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as a senior counsel in the firm’s Chicago office. Quigley, who previously worked as an associate with Dykema in 2013-2014, rejoins the firm after practicing at Buckley Sandler LLP ...

NNDKP has assisted Globalworth, the largest office investor in Romania and Poland, in the transaction targeting the partnership with Global Vision, one of the largest construction and industrial parks management company in Romania in the development of a logistic project in Chitila (Ilfov County) on a 136.000-sqm land. The logistics project will be built on an investment of EUR 35.5 million ...

QIL+4 Abogados, with the participation of José Quiñones and Santiago Granados, acted as local counsel representing the Republic of Guatemala as issuer on the US$500,000,000 4.900% Notes Due 2030 and on the US$700,000,000 6.125% Notes Due 2050. This sovereign bond offering is the largest offering ever for the republic of Guatemala in the international capital markets under Rule 144A and Regulations S. Citigroup global Markets Inc. acted as initial purchaser of the Notes ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm has hired Mary Beth Walsh as its Director of Lateral Recruiting. Prior to joining Dykema, Walsh served as Director of Attorney Recruitment & Development at the Chicago-based firm Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP ...

On May 20, 2019, Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced its 2019 ALB China IP Rankings. Han Kun's intellectual property practice ranked in both "Patents" and "Copyright/Trademark" for the third consecutive year, owing to our outstanding performance and client satisfaction in the field. ALB is an influential legal journal owned by Thomson Reuters whose rankings cover China, Japan, and most other Asian countries such as Singapore and South Korea ...

Ricardo Pellerano announces the creation of the new independent firm that will operate under the leadership of Ana Isabel Messina, expert in the Dominican Republic in intellectual property matters with over 35 years of experience ...

A team of members from various offices led by Stuttgart-based partner Dr. Peter Ladwig advised Marondo Capital, headquartered in Munich and Stuttgart, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Oxid eSales AG, based in Freiburg im Breisgau, and supported the transaction. By acquiring the simple majority of the shares, Marondo Capital intends to assist Oxid eSales AG in expanding its lucrative software and cloud business and in establishing itself abroad in the coming years ...

With a team of legal professionals from several offices led by Frankfurt-based partner Dr. Günther M. Bredow, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised investment firm fronttrail Equity Partners on the acquisition of a strong minority stake in Aachen-based software specialist aixigo AG. The stake was acquired from the existing shareholders by way of a combination of share purchase and capital increase in the tens of millions of euros ...

With a team of legal professionals from several offices led by Frankfurt-based partner Dr. Günther M. Bredow, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised investment firm fronttrail Equity Partners on the acquisition of a strong minority stake in Aachen-based software specialist aixigo AG. The stake was acquired from the existing shareholders by way of a combination of share purchase and capital increase in the tens of millions of euros ...

Kochhar & Co. is pleased to share that our founding member & managing partner, Mr. Rohit Kochhar has been conferred the prestigious Bharat Shiromani Award 2019 for “Excellence in the field of Corporate Law and Legal Entrepreneurship”. The other recipients of the Bharat Shiromani Award this year include Lord Swraj Paul who was felicitated with the lifetime achievement award and Mr. Rikhipal Singh Thakral, the leading Indian entrepreneur in Singapore ...

Rome, May 17, 2019 – International law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners is pleased to announce the arrival of a team of 15 professionals led by Partners Antonio Segni and Andrea Mazziotti. The new team members, who will be based in the firm's offices in Rome and Milan, include, among others, the non-equity Partners Ruggero Gambarota, Federico Loizzo, Livia Caldarola, Stefano Cirino Pomicino and Antonio Amoroso ...

The international legal directory, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) presented Consortium Legal with seven regional awards at its annual gala held in New York City on Thursday, May 16. The gala gathered the law firms with the best legal talent in the continent to highlight their achievements in 2018’s most innovative cross-border transactions, along with the teams and attorneys who participated in those transactions ...