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Morgan & Morgan´s Panama office, and fifteen attorneys of the firm were recognized in the Chambers Global 2019, guide of the best lawyers and law firms across the world. The firm has been ranked in the areas of Corporate/Commercial, Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Offshore, Shipping and Shipping Litigation ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn advised Gatehouse Financial Group on a multi-million pound Shariah-compliant deal to acquire The Mint office building in Leeds ...

The award-winning real estate team at UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised South Somerset District Council on its purchase of Unit D1, Christchurch Business Park for more than £7 million. South Somerset District Council serves a large, rural area of 370 square miles, with borders ranging from Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset to the Somerset Levels ...

After 20 years of negotiations, the MERCOSUR and the European Union has signed a Strategic Association Agreement ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Michael Carey and Kristina Kaluza, both from the firm's Minneapolis office, have each been recognized as 2019 "Rising Stars" in the Minnesota edition of Super Lawyers. The "Rising Stars" designation by Super Lawyers are for those 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 ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn has achieved record financial results in its 250th year, with revenue and profits rising 4% and 3.6% respectively in the year to 30 April 2019. Through sustained investment in people and technology, and a high level of client activity despite ongoing Brexit uncertainty, the largest Scottish-headquartered UK law firm saw all its divisions deliver year-on-year growth. Revenues for the year totalled £55.7 million, up from £53 ...

Bloomberg, an international financial news agency, has released its 1H 2019 Global M&A Market Review. According to the results, Ellex holds the dominant position in the Eastern European mergers and acquisitions market by having advised on a total number of 18 deals valued USD 846 million. In addition, Ellex is the only Baltic law firm ranked in the Nordic region deal table, indicating the most active mergers and acquisitions legal market players ...

For the sixth consecutive year, Morgan & Morgan has received the “Leading Lights” recognition in Latin America for the Pro Bono program that the firm executes. This distinction was granted by the publication Latin Lawyer, who together with the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice conducted an annual survey with regards to institutionalization of the practice, high standards in this area and active participation of the lawyers ...

Clare Foster, Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Head of Clean Energy, has been appointed to the Board of industry body RenewableUK. Clare’s appointment recognises her market-leading renewable energy finance expertise across multiple clean energy technologies. She joins eight other senior industry leaders elected by RenewableUK members or ‘co-opted’ by invitation for their specific skillsets and expertise ...

Dr. Sebastian Jungemeyer of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Hamburg office advised insurance group HUK-COBURG Haftpflicht-Unterstützungs-Kasse kraftfahrender Beamten Deutschlands a.G. on placing a telematics sensor on the market. The client was advised on issues relating to requirements for electrical devices under product law and the regulatory requirements associated with placing the sensor on the market (including product booklet and packaging) ...

The Dutch property manager MVGM and the international real estate professional services firm Jones Lang LaSalle have reached an agreement for MVGM to acquire JLL’s continental European property management business and intend to enter into an alliance partnership. A team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by the Düsseldorf based partner Dr. Martin Imhof advised MVGM jointly with the Dutch law firm BarentsKrans in this transaction ...

We are very proud of the recognitions we received last month. We were awarded Best Chilean Firm by the "Americas Women in Business Awards", which highlights the best initiatives and firms by country and region. The awards are organized by the international publication Euromoney Legal Media Group, and this year, the ceremony was held at Essex House in New York, where the best firms, work teams and individual lawyers were recognized ...

Han Kun, as PRC legal counsel to the issuer, has advised Homeland Interactive Technology Ltd. (Stock Code: 3798) on its global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Homeland Interactive is a leading localized mobile card and board game developer and operator in China with a special focus on localized Mahjong and poker games ...

<p><img src="/upload/medialibrary/077/407A3220.jpg" alt="407A3220.jpg" title="407A3220.jpg" /></p> <p>On June 27, 2019, the conference <strong>"Market Power, Competition and Antitrust Regulation in Russia: #15yearschallenge"</strong> was held in Moscow.</p> <p>The conference participants discussed the development of antitrust regulation, market power, digital markets, the fight against cartels practices, public procurement ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s corporate team acted for Machine Labs in an £800,000 equity funding round. Machine Labs, which is developing a suite of machine learning products to optimise database marketing and advertising activities, plans to recruit eight new staff in Edinburgh and expand internationally ...

A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Benedikt Raisch advised VR Equitypartner GmbH on its acquisition of a majority stake in SIGNON Österreich GmbH. The complex cross-border transaction was managed jointly with Austrian law firm DORDA (team led by Dr. Bernhard Rieder). Antitrust clearance is still pending. SIGNON Austria’s management team will continue to hold a significant stake in the company ...

A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised 7C Solarparken AG on a capital increase with a gross issue volume of EUR 15.2 million. The transaction was significantly oversubscribed. The solar power plant operator intends to use the proceeds to finance its 2018-2020 strategic plan, which provides for increasing the group’s portfolio to 220 MWp by the end of 2020 ...

Effective July 1, 2019, the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek appointed Dr. Leonie Schwarzmeier, LL.M. (35) and Michael Below (43) as Salaried Partners. Dr. Leonie Schwarzmeier joined the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Düsseldorf in October 2011. After a brief move to another major law firm in 2014, Schwarzmeier returned to Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Berlin office as Senior Associate in March 2016. She advises in the fields of Private Clients and Real Estate ...

A consortium of investors advised by Deutsche Invest Mittelstand (DIM) has acquired Babcock & Wilcox Loibl GmbH (Loibl), a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., as part of a carve-out. A team led by Private Equity lawyer Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten, Partner at the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised DIM on the transaction. Loibl is one of Germany’s leading providers and manufacturers of customized transport solutions for bulk goods ...

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 ...