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A team lead by Dr. Anne de Boer assisted Hengst SE, a globally operating specialist for cutting-edge filtration solutions headquartered in Münster, in the acquisition of the DELBAG business from FläktGroup. DELBAG engineers, manufactures and markets air filters and air filtration systems for use in commercial, industrial and residential applications. DELBAG’s headquarter is in Herne / Germany and it has further locations in the Czech Republic, France, Poland and Austria ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Laura Lee Prather will receive the 2018 James Madison Award from the Freedom of Information (FOI) Foundation of Texas for serving as a champion of free speech and government transparency. The award honors those who demonstrate outstanding commitment to upholding the principles of the First Amendment and open government. Prather will receive the award Sept. 21 at an awards luncheon during the foundation’s Bernard and Audre Rapoport State Conference in Austin ...

A team led by Boris Dürr advised CANCOM SE on the acquisition of The Organised Group Ltd, parent company of UK-based IT solution provider OCSL. The total volume of the transaction is about EUR 32 million, of which some EUR 29 million will be paid in cash. For the remainder, OCSL executives who will continue to work for the company will receive 12.5% of the shares in the acquiring UK subsidiary of CANCOM SE ...

Dr. Rainer Herschlein and his team of lawyers advised WhiteGreyBlack GmbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in Radeberger Fleisch- und Wurstwaren Korch GmbH from the previous shareholders, the Korch family, and accompanied the transaction. SIB Innovations- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH became a minority shareholder as part of the transaction ...

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has appointed Arabella Bennett as an executive consultant in our top-tier banking and finance department in Cape Town. Arabella, who was an executive at the firm until 2014, has over 15 years’ experience and is a specialist in pension law, collective investments, insurance and reinsurance transactions, regulatory work and local and cross-border structured debt and hybrid debt transactions ...

A team led by Dr. Georg Streit, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Munich office, advised Ring International Holding AG on the acquisition of automotive supplier BOA Balg- und Kompensatoren-Technologie from its German insolvency administrator. Lead counsel on the transaction, carried out by transferring assets as well as shares in subsidiaries, was Austrian law firm Brandl & Talos Rechtsanwälte GmbH. Ring International Holding AG is headquartered in Vienna ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised leading stationary chain Office Outlet on its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), which has been announced today. As part of the CVA, Office Outlet proposes to close four stores this year, while keeping its online service and the remaining 95 stores open. Office Outlet was given legal advice by Shoosmiths corporate partner James Keates and senior associate Charles Williams. It is the seventh retail CVA Shoosmiths has advised on in under two years ...

Effective August 1, 2018, TRUMPF GmbH + Co KG acquired Swiss company Teufel Solutions AG. A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised the technology company on the transaction. With the acquisition of Teufel Solutions AG, TRUMPF strengthens its portfolio around digitally networked manufacturing. Teufel Solutions has expertise in areas including TruTops Fab and TruConnect, which complement TRUMPF’s Industry 4.0 activities ...

Best Lawyers, published by Woodward/White, Inc., has selected four Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers to its 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” report. Based on peer-review surveys, the legal guide designates a single top lawyer per practice specialty in each geographic region. Honorees received high praise for legal prowess, integrity and professionalism. The following Haynes and Boone lawyers were recognized this year as “Lawyers of the Year”: DALLAS Ernest Martin, Jr ...

Han Kun recently represented Everbright Holdings in jointly setting up the RMB 5.1 billion Hunan Everbright Holdings fund of funds with Hunan Caixin Financial Holdings Group Co., Ltd. ("Caixin Financial", which represents the Hunan Emerging Industry Guidance Fund). The fund of funds will focus on investing in emerging industries such as advanced manufacturing, information technology and biomedical science and health in Hunan Province ...

Finalists have recently been announced in the Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2018. Han Kun has been shortlisted as "Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year", and six Han Kun-advised deals have been shortlisted for "Deal of the Year". The deals are: 1. Equity Market Deal of the Year - China Literature's IPO 2. Equity Market Deal of the Year - China Unicom's Mixed Ownership Reform 3. Equity Market Deal of the Year - iQIYI's IPO 4 ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan has been ranked by IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2018 as a Recommended Firm. SyCipLaw IP department head Enrique T. Manuel and partner Vida M. Panganiban-Alindogan are also ranked as leading individuals. Released in June 2018 with an online edition available at www.IAM1000.com, IAM Patent 1000 identifies the world's leading patent services providers and top patent professionals ...

Silverlake Real Estate Group GmbH acquired a portfolio of 104 residential units with a total area of some 10,000 square meters in Hagen in the Ruhr area. A team led by Düsseldorf-based partner Dr. Peter Vocke advised Silverlake on the transaction. The seller is a local private portfolio holder. The 13 multi-family houses date from 1971 to 1998 and are fully rented. This year, Silverlake has spent EUR 35 million on acquisitions to date. The annual target is EUR 50 million ...

With a team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised PREMIUM Equity Partners GmbH on taking out a majority stake in Dresden-based mechanical engineering company KAMA GmbH. Investment firm ARCUS Capital AG is the seller. The two managing shareholders will continue to hold shares in KAMA. The acquisition was made via the “Mittelstand” fund managed by PREMIUM Equity. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 113 of its attorneys, in multiple practice areas and markets, have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America� 2019 guide. Additionally, 13 of the firm�s practitioners have been named Best Lawyers 2019 �Lawyer of the Year,� a special distinction conferred upon a single lawyer within a practice area and metropolitan market. The Best Lawyers in America� is the pre-eminent national listing of outstanding attorneys ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Scott R. Fryzel to its Financial Industry Group as a Member in the firm�s Chicago office. Fryzel joins Dykema after practicing at Chapman and Cutler in Chicago for more than 13 years. He previously served as in-house counsel at LaSalle Bank/ABN AMRO and prior to that at BMO Harris ...

Nine of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan's lawyers are included in the Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2018. The list features the leading lawyers in 18 practice areas in 24 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region. Results are based on an extensive survey of in-house counsel and private practitioners. The SyCipLaw lawyers featured in the list are: - Hector M. De Leon, Jr., managing partner - Market-leading Lawyer for Corporate, and M&A - Emmanuel M ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as counsel to Cirsa Gaming Corporation, S.A. (Cirsa) in connection with the offering of �663,000,000 6.250% senior secured notes due 2023, �425,000,000 floating rate senior secured notes due 2023, U.S. $550,000,000 7.875% senior secured notes due 2023, issued by LHMC Finco S.a.r.l. (Issuer), and to be guaranteed by the Issuer and, among others, Gaming & Services de Panama, S.A ...

The real estate team at the Manchester office of leading national law firm Shoosmiths has advised Allied London on one of the biggest office pre-lets in the city in almost 20 years. Shoosmiths acted for Allied London on the pre-let of 222,000 sqft of space at Manchester Goods Yard, which forms part of Allied London's Enterprise City tech campus. Booking ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that 66 of the firm's attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in <em>The Best Lawyers in America </em>2019 directory of leading attorneys.<br /> <br /> <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em>, published by Woodward White, Inc., is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 55,000 leading attorneys cast more than 6 ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> —Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that ten of the firm's attorneys were named 2019 “Lawyers of the Year” by <em>The</em> <em>Best Lawyers in America</em>. Only a single attorney is recognized as such for each practice area in each community.<br /> <br /> <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em>, published by Woodward White, Inc ...

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Herbst Kinsky and Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek legally advised Russmedia International AG on its investment in PaulCamper GmbH. As lead investor, Russmedia International AG invested some EUR 3.7 million as part of the funding round. Russmedia International AG is an internationally operating investment firm that invests in digital marketplaces and aggregators as well as SaaS solutions in Europe, acting both as a financial investor and a strategic investor ...

David Ammons, a commercial litigator board certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a litigation partner in the Houston office ...

The Manchester office of leading national law firm, Shoosmiths has reported strong growth for its conveyancing team against challenging market conditions. Just 15 months after launching, with the appointment of partner, Lisa Gibbs, the Manchester conveyancing team has grown to incorporate nine specialists ...