Press Releases

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 ...

The Head of our Arbitration Practice Group at ǼLEX, Mrs. Funke Adekoya, SAN was featured in the latest issue of the Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) / Oil Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) Newsletter. The article is titled ‘Is International Arbitration Truly International? - The Role of Diversity’ ...

Judgment was delivered on 22 October 2018 by Hon. Justice Olaterogun of the Federal High Court in favour of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) (the Plaintiff) against a body that described itself as The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Nigeria) Ltd/Gte (the Defendant). The Plaintiff instituted the action in passing-off against the Defendant as it was using the Plaintiff’s name, logo and membership grades. The Defendant on the other hand, counterclaimed against the Plaintiff ...

The Energy Sustainability Conference 2018 held on 11th of October at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos (Nigeria). It featured panel discussions and specialist sessions on the various segments of the Nigerian energy sector. Mr Soji Awogbade, a founding partner in the firm of ǼLEX which has a major energy practice, chaired two sessions namely; ‘Energy Policy & Security – Demand and Supply Outlook for Nigeria’ involving Engr ...

Business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek successfully represented several companies of Sprengnetter group (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler), which is operating in the real estate valuation sector, in a multi-year legal dispute over copyrights, in particular database rights. In the summer of 2016, several companies of Sprengnetter group had received warnings for the alleged infringement of third-party rights, in particular copyrights and rights of the database producer ...

Buenos Aires, December 19th, 2018. On October 25th, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires (GCBA), together with the social investors group formed by Banco Ciudad, Banco Galicia, IDB FOMIN, IRSA, Organización Román and a private investor, launched Argentina’s first Social Impact Bond (SIB) that will aim to finance the program “Proyectá tu futuro” ...

Han Kun, as PRC legal counsel to the issuer, has advised AsiaInfo Technologies Limited (Stock Code: 1675) on its global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. AsiaInfo Technologies is the largest telecom software product and related service provider in China and also the largest BSS software product and related service provider in the telecom industry in China ...