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The Birmingham-based real estate team at UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised its long-standing client whg on its multi-million pound 400-home development in Walsall. The project, which will be delivered alongside project partner Keepmoat Homes, will consist of 407 homes in the Goscote area of Walsall. 102 of these homes will be for social rent with a further 24 for affordable rent. Work is expected to start later this year ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that a total of 16 attorneys from the firm’s Chicago office, and from multiple practice areas, were named to the 2019 Super Lawyers list by Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine. Additionally, four of the firm’s Illinois-based attorneys were named to the 2019 Illinois Rising Stars list as well ...

Alison Ashmore, Dallas-based member in Dykema's Litigation Department, was named among D Magazine’s “Best Lawyers Under 40” for 2019. This marks the second consecutive year Ashmore made this list. D Magazine is a monthly publication that covers a range of topics local to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including politics, business, food, fashion, and lifestyle. This is only the second year the magazine published its "Best Lawyers Under 40” list ...

Nicolas Bouveret Partner Investment Management, Private Equity & Real Estate Nicolas Bouveret is a Partner in the Investment Management and Private Equity & Real Estate practices of Arendt & Medernach. He advises global asset managers and institutional clients on the structuring, formation and marketing of Luxembourg investment funds ...

The corporate team at UK law firm Shoosmiths has beaten stiff competition to win the corporate and commercial firm (specialism) of the year (venture capital) at this year’s The Legal 500 UK Awards 2019. The awards recognises and rewards the best in-house and private practice teams and individuals over the past 12 months and was conducted as part of The Legal 500’s exhaustive 50,000-interview research project ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised largest real estate service provider in the Netherlands, MVGM-Group, on the acquisition of PropertyFirst GmbH from RGM-Group with effect from 1 January 2019. Bochum-based PropertyFirst GmbH operates at 12 locations and offers any commercial and technical property management services. It manages rental space of approx. 3 million m² and administers numerous rental apartments and owner communities. A team led by the Düsseldorf-based partner Dr ...

Panama, January 5, 2019. Morgan & Morgan is pleased to announce the promotion of attorneys Roberto Vidal and Kharla Aizpurua Olmos to the partnership of the firm. The designations of Mr. Vidal and Mrs. Aizpurua Olmos reinforces the firm´s already robust Corporate Law practice. Mr ...

Panama, January 5, 2019. Morgan & Morgan is pleased to announce the promotion of attorney Luis G. Raven to the partnership of the firm. The designation of Mr. Raven reinforces the firm´s already robust Shipping and Admiralty Litigation practice. With more than 10 years of experience, Mr. Raven advises in all aspects of maritime dispute resolution and claims including collision, cargo, oil spill pollution, charter party disputes, and ship mortgage executions, among others ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that its Executive Board elected nine new members to the firm effective January 1, 2019. John C. Dulske – Government Policy & Practice, San Antonio Dulske’s practice focuses primarily on representing federal and state government contractors with a concentration on procurement litigation, contract administration, claims litigation, and bid protest work ...

The Banking & Project Finance practice at Wardyński & Partners has advised a consortium of banks (Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas SA, Bank Millennium SA, Santander Bank Polska SA and PKO Bank Polski SA) in connection with restructuring of the debt of the Work Service SA group ...

Han Kun Law Offices is delighted to announce that, effective January 1, 2019, Yi Ding, Shijia Li, Jiaxin Liu, Zaiguang Lu, and Kaiying Wu (names listed in alphabetical order) have been promoted to partner. Mr. Yi Ding's practice focuses on asset and structured finance matters where he regularly advises airlines, leasing companies, financial institutions and arrangers on a wide variety of asset financing and structured financing transactions ...

Han Kun Law Offices is delighted to announce that, effective January 1, 2019, Arong, Kevin Cao, Florine Gu, Reese Huang, Yipu Li, Lu Ran, Vincent Song, Wei Song, Tracy Tang, Qimin Zhu (listed in alphabetical order) and Charles Wu (from Han Kun's Hong Kong associated firm) have been promoted to counsel. Ms. Arong specializes in venture capital and private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and foreign direct investment. Ms ...

Han Kun Law Offices and its Hong Kong associated law firm, as the PRC and Hong Kong legal counsel to the issuer, respectively, have advised Weigang Environmental Technology Holding Group Limited (Stock Code: 1845) on its global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Weigang Environmental Technology is a leading comprehensive hazardous waste incineration turnkey solution provider in China ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, and Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP, a Chambers-ranked Washington, D.C., law firm have combined. The combination doubles each firm’s Washington, D.C., presence. The depth and experience of Loss, Judge & Ward’s nationally-recognized complex commercial insurance practice complements and strengthens Dykema’s Insurance Industry Group ...

With a Frankfurt-based team led by Partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised HF Private Debt on funding Finexx’s acquisition of GSE Vertrieb group. The financing volume was not disclosed. Finexx acquired GSE Vertrieb Biologische Nahrungsergänzung & Heilmittel GmbH, headquartered in Saarbrücken, as part of a succession plan ...

We are honoured and delighted to announce that Karanovic & Partners won the Stanton Chase Talent Management Award in the Most Innovative Locally Developed Talent Programme category. These prestigious accolades are organized by Stanton Chase, the leading international retained executive search and consulting firm and are now in their fifth year. The idea behind the Awards is to raise awareness concerning the significance of talent management processes in companies ...

Buenos Aires, December 21st, 2018. Beccar Varela and Tavarone, Rovelli, Salim & Miani advised on the issuance of Roch S.A.’s Class 4 Notes, carried out on December 18th, for a nominal value of US$5,215,570. In this issuance, Puente Hnos. S.A. acted as organizer and placement agent. Class 4 Notes have an expiration term of 18 months from their issue date, to be exact, on June 18th, 2020. They will accrue interest at an annual fixed rate of 9 ...

With a team led by Dr. Pär Johansson from its Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised investment firm Odewald KMU II on the acquisition of a majority stake in GIATA GmbH. As a leading provider of non-bookable content, GIATA has been supporting its customers from the tourism industry since 1996, continually setting new standards in hotel content processing and distribution. Its modular product range allows GIATA to offer complete solutions tailored to individual customers ...

Buenos Aires, December 21st, 2018. International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), member of the World Bank Group, granted a credit facility to BIND Banco Industrial for a total amount of US$55,000,000. BIND Banco Industrial will use the loan funding to expand its lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina. Through this financing, BIND will offer SMEs longer-term financing than currently available in the local market ...

Buenos Aires, December 21st, 2018. International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), member of the World Bank Group, granted a credit facility to Banco Itaú Argentina for a total amount of US$50,000,000. Banco Itaú Argentina will use 70% of the loan funds to finance “green” initiatives, expecting annual savings in greenhouse gas emissions by more than 35,000 tons of CO2. These sustainable energy initiatives will be certified under the “Green Loan Principles” ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that the firm’s Public Finance Practice Group served as counsel for the underwriters on the Michigan Finance Authority $288.6 million bond sale that was named The Bond Buyer’s Midwest Deal of the Year for 2018. The transaction was recognized at The Bond Buyer’s 17th Annual Deal of the Year Awards gala in New York ...

Buenos Aires, December 20th, 2018. Beccar Varela advised Tarjeta Naranja S.A. on the issuance of Class XLII Notes, carried out on December 17th under the company’s global program for the issuance of short, medium and long-term notes, for a maximum amount of up to US$1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies). Class XLII Notes were issued in the local market for a nominal value of AR$1,263,303,300 ...

Zijin Mining, one of China's biggest gold producers and the second biggest producer of copper ore, became a major shareholder of the Serbia's sole copper complex RTB Bor. The Chinese company pledged to invest USD 1.46 billion in return for a 63% stake. Karanovic & Partners advised Zijin Mining in this privatisation procedure ...

A cross section of our Partners were recognised by Who's Who legal (WWL) for their outstanding performance in various practice areas over the years ...

We are proud to announce that several of our lawyers were recognized by IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms - rankings for 2019. Onyinyechi Iwuoha (Associate) and Ngozi Efobi (MCIArb) (Senior Associate) were recognized as "rising stars". Four of our partners,Soji Awogbade, Theophilus Emuwa, Lawrence Fubara Anga and Sina Sipasi were also recognized under the "highly regarded" category ...