Press Releases

This was a very good month for our firm. Our Senior Partner, Jorge Carey, was elected for the fourth consecutive year, as the most influential lawyer in Chile, based on a survey of 400 national leaders that was conducted by La Tercera newspaper and CADEM, a prestigious Chilean pollster company. We also received the Chilean Firm of the Year award from the prestigious legal guide, Chambers Latin America ...

Funds advised by PREMIUM Equity Partners sold 100 percent of the shares in ANTEBB Holding GmbH, the sole shareholder of Antennentechnik ABB Bad Blankenburg GmbH, to Huizhou Desay SV Automotive Co., Ltd. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised PREMIUM Equity Partners GmbH on the sale with a team led by Hamburg-based Partner Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack. The two companies intend to use the collaboration to increase the pace of innovation and to expand their business in China and Europe ...

Effective January 1, 2019, two female and five male Salaried Partners of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek will be admitted in the equity partnership. Astrid Reich (Berlin) is a lawyer, Certified Specialist Lawyer in Employment Law, and a member of the Employment Law Practice Group. Jörn Matuszewski (Düsseldorf) is a lawyer, tax advisor, and Graduate in Tax Administration (University of Applied Sciences) and advises in the fields of Tax Law and Private Clients ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, and Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP, a Chambers-ranked Washington, D.C., firm, today announced their strategic combination. The combination takes effect on January 1, 2019, and will double 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 existing Insurance Industry Group ...

Asters has been ranked No. 1 Law Firm in Ukraine according to the 50 Leading Law Firms annual rating published on 4 December 2018 by Legal Practice weekly. The research underlines the dynamic pace of the firm's development, its highest reputation among peers and involvement in the most essential transactions of 2018. In particular, Asters has been acknowledged by the market rivals as No. 1 Law Firm and as the best one in Antitrust and Corporate practices of law ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that its National Pro Bono and Diversity Counsel, Heidi A. Naasko, was selected to receive the 2018 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award by the United Community Housing Coalition (UCHC). She was recognized at the UCHC annual meeting in November. Naasko was selected for the honor in thanks for her support of the UCHC’s 36th District Court Eviction Defense Clinic ...

Atsumi & Sakai, the member firm for Japan, welcomes Mr. Nobuchika Mori, former Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the “JFSA”), as an adviser to the Firm. Mr ...

On November 29, 2018, FinanceAsia held its 2018 China Awards ceremony in Beijing. Han Kun was awarded "Best Domestic Law Firm" based on the firm's participation in complex cross-border and domestic M&A, capital markets and private equity transactions during the last 12 months ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Richard Y. Cheng, Dallas-based member of Dykema’s Health Care Practice Group, was selected to serve as an editor and co-author for a chapter of the Bloomberg BNA Health Care Program Compliance Guide ...

On November 29, 2018, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Asia-Pacific 2019 guide, as well as its 2019 rankings of PRC lawyers. Eight Han Kun practice areas were ranked this year, four of them were recognized as Band 1 and the other four were ranked Band 2. 14 Han Kun lawyers were highly recommended this year ...

On November 29, 2018, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers FinTech Guide 2019, which features rankings for four professional services in 22 jurisdictions in the sector. Han Kun is among the three law firms featured in the Spotlight Table for fintech-related legal services in China ...

36Kr recently released its WISE2018 Third-Party Organization Influencers List following a 2018 review of the new economy. Han Kun was ranked as one of the "Top 5 Most Influential Legal Service Providers in Venture Capital and Private Equity". 36Kr prepared the WISE2018 Third-party Organization Influencers List through data and questionnaire research for the period from January 1, 2018 to October 31, 2018. Comprehensive scores were derived based on the data of A-share, Hong Kong and U.S ...

We are proud to announce that Karanovic & Partners has joined Ius Laboris, the world's premier global network of human resources law firms. The Employment practice of Karanovic & Partners in Serbia joined this prestigious organisation to reinforce its international HR advisory services for domestic and international companies ...

Karanovic & Partners, together with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, held the Competition and Data Protection conference at the Hilton Belgrade hotel. This traditional yearly conference – now in its' 13th year, gathered more than 120 experts from the business and legal community, as well as key regulators and stakeholders, to discuss the most important current issues in the fields of competition law and data protection ...

Hamburg-based Partner Dr. Søren Pietzcker has been elected member of the Executive Committee of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA). As of 2019, he will hold the office of President EMEA and will be responsible for supporting the members in the EMEA region (Europe - Middle East - Africa). The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) is an alliance of lawyers located in over 100 countries ...

A team comprised of members of several offices led by Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Peter Ladwig comprehensively advised diconium group GmbH and its managing shareholders on the sale of a 49% stake in diconium digital GmbH to Volkswagen AG and accompanied the transaction. The relevant agreements were signed on November 21, 2018. The sale is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities ...

<p>On 28 November, within a day, the ALRUD Private Clients Practice, together with Gasser Partner Rechtsanwalte, held two workshops in Vaduz (Liechtenstein). The speakers of the seminar from ALRUD were Maxim Alekseyev, Senior Partner and Kira Egorova, Private Clients Practice Counsel.</p> <p>The audience of the first seminar included members of The Liechtenstein Institute of Professional Trustees and Fiduciaries ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed Gemma Napper, head of legal UK & Sweden at Opel Vauxhall Finance, to partner in its national financial services team. This strategic appointment will bolster Shoosmiths’ market-leading financial services capability, further building on the firm’s national growth ambition in this area. Gemma completed her training contract at Shoosmiths in 2004, qualifying into a corporate role, later specialising as a financial services lawyer ...

Asters has acted as local Ukrainian counsel to JSC Oschadbank, one of the largest financial institutions in the country, in connection with its claim against the Russian Federation for recovery of compensation as a result of the total loss of its investments in Crimea, with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP acting as the lead counsel. On 26 November 2018 an international arbitral tribunal issued its final award sustaining Oschadbank's claims in full. The amount to be recovered is USD 1 ...

Rome, November 27, 2018 - The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners was a winner at the Rome TopLegal Awards, the annual event that recognizes and celebrates top professionals in the legal sector. During the evening, the Firm was awarded “Firm of the Year- Antitrust” ...

Triton Smaller Mid-Cap Fund (TSM), a fund focusing on medium-sized companies advised by Triton, acquired a majority stake in NORRES Group. With a team led by Dr. Pär Johansson, Partner at the firm’s Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Triton on the legal aspects of the acquisition. The partnership aims at promoting NORRES Group’s expansion strategy. Headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, NORRES is a manufacturer of industrial hoses with production sites in Germany, China, and the U.S ...

Carolina León and Alessandra Di Carlo, senior lawyers of Pellerano & Herrera were selected in Revista Mercado's 40 Under 40 Ranking. Carolina was selected among the top business talents under 40 years and Alessandra was recognized among the "Supers to Watch" ...

Dykema is proud to announce that Lance Boldrey, Lansing-based leader of Dykema’s Cannabis Law practice and member of the firm’s Government Policy practice, was presented with the Pioneer Award by the Marijuana Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Boldrey was honored at the Section’s Annual Conference, titled “The Changing World of Michigan Marijuana Law—CBD, Hemp, & Recreational Use,” which was held at the Grand Traverse Resort near Traverse City, Michigan ...

Han Kun advised and acted as the PRC counsel to the joint bookrunners on TuanChe Limited's U.S. initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "TC." TuanChe Limited is a leading omni-channel automotive marketplace in China ...

Buenos Aires, 20 November 2018. Beccar Varela advised Tarjeta Naranja S.A. and Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.U. in Tarjeta Naranja’s Class XLI notes issuance, carried out in two series under the company’s global program for the issuance of short, medium and long-term notes for a maximum nominal value of up to US$1,000 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). Series I notes were issued at a nominal value of AR$854,102,222 and Series II notes at a nominal value of AR$343,555,000 ...