Press Releases

Buenos Aires, November 1st, 2018. Martínez de Hoz & Rueda (Argentina) and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (USA) assisted Cordillera Solar I S.A. -in its capacity as borrower-, a vehicle of JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm was nationally ranked in 12 practice areas in the 2019 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list, as well as receiving a total of 127 metropolitan rankings representing various areas of law. The U.S ...

Asters is pleased to announce that Oleksii Reznikov has joined the team as a partner focusing on alternative dispute resolution practice as of 1 November 2018. Oleksii Reznikov has extensive experience in business consulting including his 20 years track record as a partner in the top Ukrainian law firms. In 2014 Oleksii put his law practice on hold while focusing on public service as the Kyiv City Council Secretary and Deputy Head of Kyiv City State Administration. Mr ...

According to the latest report on mergers and acquisitions in 2017 prepared by the British publication Latin Lawyer, Carey was the Chilean law firm with the best participation. From the deals that were informed, Carey led both the table by volume of operations, with USD10,114 million worth of transactions, as well as the table by quantity, with 40 deals, almost doubling its closest competitor ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek legally advised Döhler Ventures on the seed C funding round of Waterdrop Microdrink GmbH. As part of the funding round, several investors made total payments that are well into the seven-digit range. Döhler Ventures is an investor in nutrition & technology start-ups with numerous holdings in Europe and the USA. Waterdrop Microdrink GmbH is a Vienna-based start-up whose ‘waterdrop Microdrink’ brand has been the subject of extensive media coverage ...

Ricardo Pellerano, managing partner of Pellerano & Herrera, has been chosen by Revista Mercado in the special edition for its 25th anniversary, among the most outstanding leaders of the Dominican Republic, with exceptional trajectories of power and success in the last 25 years. Ricardo appears on the cover and editorial of the magazine along with renowned personalities in the fields of government, business and entertainment. He is the only figure of the legal industry to appear in this list ...

Han Kun, as the PRC legal counsel to the issuer, has advised Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Stock Code: 1801) on its global offering on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Innovent Biologics, Inc. aims to create a world-class China-based biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes high quality drugs that are affordable to ordinary people ...

Shoosmiths has advised Allied London on a £300m long-term funding partnership with Aviva Investors designed to create Enterprise City at the new St Johns neighbourhood in Manchester. The multi-million pound investment will allow Allied London to deliver more than one million sq. ft. of commercial and leisure space, including TV and film studios, hotel/leisure and various property infrastructure across ten buildings ...

The Danish financial newsletter "Økonomisk Ugebrev" has once again named Plesner 'unofficial Danish champion'. This recognition of Plesner is based on ratings from the three leading international rating agencies The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, and IFLR1000 ...

The Cologne-based capital market team led by Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Integrata AG on a squeeze-out under stock corporation law. The shares of the remaining shareholders were transferred to Qualification Star 2 GmbH, which holds 97.97% of Integrata AG’s share capital, against cash compensation. Integrata AG is a member of Cegos Group and a full-service provider of qualification projects, qualification processes, training logistics, and seminars ...

As sole lead manager, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG accompanied the successful placement of a EUR 20 million corporate bond of Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft (DEAG). A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, legally advised the bank. Offering an annual coupon of 6%, the bond is listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Open Market. The bond was placed with a wide range of institutional investors primarily from Germany, but also from Luxemburg and Switzerland ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Benchmark Litigation 2019 named the firm as one of only six "Highly Recommended" firms for litigation in the state of Michigan. Benchmark Litigation also named five of Dykema's attorneys “local litigation stars,” as well as listing four of the firm's attorneys as “future stars.” Benchmark Litigation is the only publication to focus exclusively on U.S. litigation ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Kenneth J. Sachs to its Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group as a Member of the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. Sachs joins Dykema after practicing in the Troy, Mich., office of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., for more than a decade. In his practice, Sachs has extensive experience advising clients regarding employee benefit plans, executive benefit programs and business planning ...

The multi-million pound investment will allow TRI to further enhance its core risk-based monitoring technology platform. Shoosmiths corporate partner Alastair Peet led on the deal, with senior associate Alistair Hammerton, associate Helen Burnell, as well as employment senior associate Nick Vernon, tax partner Tom Wilde, and banking partner Rebecca Mauleverer and associate Charlotte Thomas ...

A team led by Düsseldorf-based Partner Dr. Michael Alberts advised two Swiss stock corporations on behalf of Swiss-based Procimmo AG on the acquisition of a site in Hanau where several building halls with a special real estate concept for “light industrial” are to be developed. The modular concept allows for flexible division and use of the individual building parts that is novel in Germany ...

A team led by Michael Neises, Partner at the Frankfurt office, advised the seller on the sale of M.E.D. Medical Products GmbH (M.E.D.) to Vision Ophthalmology Group (VOG). By acquiring M.E.D., VOG is expanding its range of services, strengthening its value chain, and continuing its expansion. M.E.D. will continue to operate as an independent business. M.E.D. is a specialist producer of customized procedure packs and disposable products used in ophthalmic surgery ...

Buenos Aires, 24 October 2018. Beccar Varela advised CAF-Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina on the granting of a loan worth US$50,000,000 to YPF S.A. The company will use the loan proceeds to finance one of its investment plans, which consists of the execution of midstream gas projects within the territory of Argentina. Legal counsel to the borrower In-house counsels: Fernando Gomez Zanou and Francisco Gáspari ...

Buenos Aires, 24 October 2018. Beccar Varela advised Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (“Banco Ciudad”) on its latest debt securities issuance worth AR$2.05 billion (US$55 million), which was carried out in two securities classes under the entity’s global program for short, medium and long-term securities for a maximum nominal value of up to US$1,500,000,000 or its equivalent in other currencies. In this issuance Banco Ciudad acted as issuer, organizer and placement agent ...

Jeanne M. Whalen, Bloomfield Hills-based member in Dykema’s Corporate Finance practice, was named one of 30 “Up & Coming Lawyers” for 2018 by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. A luncheon celebrating the honorees will be held December 13 at the Detroit Marriott in Troy, Michigan ...

A TEAM of private equity experts at national law firm Shoosmiths have advised world leading GeoPrediction software and consulting services business, Ikon Science Limited (Ikon Science), on its sale to Boston-based Private Equity company, Great Hill Partners (GHP) ...

Following the largest merger ever between two leading Ukrainian law firms, Asters is pleased to announce the launch of its representative office in Brussels in November 2018. This launch and a recently established Washington DC office is an organic addition for the 150-lawyer strong Ukrainian firm and is in line with Asters stated strategy of establishing a presence in the most important foreign jurisdictions for the Ukrainian market ...

A team led by Cologne-based Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Accentro Real Estate AG and its joint bookrunners Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Quirin Privatbank AG on a cash capital increase as transaction counsel. Within a short period, 2,120,000 shares were placed, so that the capital increase was increased from up to EUR 1.6 million to EUR 2.12 million due to the high demand ...

Panama, October 12, 2018. Morgan & Morgan was the only Panamanian law firm ranked in the first version of the “Top Companies with the Best Corporate Reputation in Panama”. Likewise, Juan David Morgan G., CEO of the company, and Carlos Ernesto González Ramírez, partner of the firm, were selected within the “Top Corporate Leaders”, as part of the 100 businessmen and executives with the best professional reputation in the country ...

A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack advised funds advised by PREMIUM Equity Partners, Frankfurt/Main, on the sale of all shares in weka group to Dutch Outdoor Life Group (OLG). weka, headquartered in Neubrandenburg, employs some 140 people and generates sales in excess of EUR 30 million. The group works in two concept worlds: The garden world segment includes garden houses, terrace roofing, children’s play equipment, swimming pools, and carports ...

A team led by Dr. Peter Zimmermann advised 6B47 Germany GmbH on the acquisition of a high-rise construction site of about 2,800 square meters in Offenbach Harbor. The company plans to erect an office building with a height of up to 70 meters referred to as the “Mainhafentower” on the eastern edge of the Offenbach Harbor development. An invitation to bid in an architectural competition with five applicants will be issued by the spring of 2019 ...