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The Karanović & Nikolić team, led by Senior PartnerMarjan Poljakand Senior Associates ⃰Ana StankovićandAna Luković, advisedZF Friedrichshafenon the project of opening an electric vehicle parts factory in Pančevo, Serbia. The German company, a global leader specialising in the design, research and development, and manufacturing activities in the automotive industry, laid the foundations and began construction on 21 June 2018 ...

How are start-ups in Israel supported? How can I do business in Israel? What do investors need to prepare for? These were just some of the questions we discussed with our peers at the Israeli law firm of Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co. (FBC) and interested attendees. Ronald Lehmann, Ute Klose-Goldstein, and Dr ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Finance Partner Albert Tan helped organize and lead a successful 2nd Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium in Hong Kong for the Fund Finance Association as a member of its steering and marketing committees. Tan was also part of a panel discussion titled: “Overview of Fund Finance in Asia ...

Han Kun advised and acted as PRC counsel to the joint bookrunners Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited and China Renaissance Securities (Hong Kong) Limited in Uxin Limited's U.S. initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Global Market under the stock symbol "UXIN"on June 27, 2018, Beijing Time ...

The Emergency Arbitrator Procedure was unknown in the Romanian arbitration practice until the beginning of 2018, when it was introduced in the New Procedural Rules of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR) ...

A team led by Dr. Daniela Hattenhauer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, successfully assisted Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH in the Europe-wide award procedure for rail vehicles worth hundreds of millions of euros. The winning bid was placed by Škoda Transportation a.s. The advice included the designing of the negotiation procedure, the drafting of the contract, the negotiation of financing, and the support of the procedure up to the contract award to the winning bidder ...

Law360 has ranked Haynes and Boone, LLP as a Top 10 law firm for minority attorneys and minority equity partners. The 2018 Diversity Snapshot surveyed more than 300 law firms and highlighted the firms who met or surpassed the national average of minority representation for their size brackets. Among firms of 300 to 599 lawyers, Haynes and Boone ranked 8 for having 10.43 percent minority equity partners. Additionally, the firm tied for 6th for its 19.5 percent of minority attorneys ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Associate Jason Jordan has received the Hershell L. Barnes Ambassador Award from the Texas Tech School of Law. He was recognized at the Texas Tech School of Law alumni reception during the annual State Bar of Texas meeting on June 21. The award is given to an outstanding alumnus who has served as a goodwill ambassador through demonstrating dedication and fellowship to the school and community ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP and seven of its partners, located coast-to-coast from California to Texas to Washington, D.C., were recognized in the 2018 edition of the independently-researched Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 legal directory. The IAM Patent 1000 is designed to shine a spotlight on the firms and individuals that are deemed outstanding in the patent practice ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP has significantly expanded its international arbitration and litigation capabilities with the addition of four lawyers who have experience handling disputes on behalf of clients in a wide range of industries, including energy, construction, hospitality and hotels. Melanie Willems joins as a partner and head of international arbitration in the London office ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP has joined 33 other major law firms that have pledged to help ensure representation for legitimate asylum seekers and to help reunify children in federal custody with their families. The 34 law firms will work with the legal services community to provide needed services. In a New York Times article, Brad S. Karp and Gary M. Wingens — writing on behalf of the 34 law firms — explained the firms’ commitment ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is reinforcing its Information Technology and Data Protection practices when IT and data protection lawyer Dr. Hans Markus Wulf (48) joins its Hamburg office as a salaried partner on July 1, 2018. Wulf has been an equity partner at SKW Schwarz since 2015, where he had expanded the IT & Digital Business department at the Hamburg site since 2013 ...

As part of the merger, Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft Hautau GmbH & Co. KG sold 75 percent of the shares in Hautau GmbH to Mayer & Co group and continues to hold a 25 percent interest in Hautau. With the partnership, both family-owned companies are expanding their program allowing them to serve their customers even better in the future. Management and contacts for customers of both companies will remain unchanged. It is also planned to keep the companies’ independent market presence ...

Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP is pleased to announce that the fifth edition of “The Law of Shipbuilding Contracts”, the only current English law textbook specifically concerning shipbuilding, will be published in December 2019. The book is a long established guide (the first edition was published in 1991) which is used by shipping industry participants and their commercial and legal advisers worldwide. The new edition will update and expand the current fourth edition, which was published in 2012 ...

The Women and the Law Section of the State Bar of Texas selected Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Lynne Liberato as the 2018 winner of the prestigious Louise B. Raggio Award. The award recognizes an attorney who has actively addressed the needs and issues of women in the legal profession and the community. Liberato received the award at the state bar’s annual meeting in Houston on June 21, 2018 ...

Shanghai, June 25, 2018 - International law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners opens in Shanghai, extending the reach of its Far East Hong Kong branch and confirming its international expansion strategy, particularly oriented towards the Chinese market ...

The Best Lawyers International, one of the most respected global peer-review surveys, released its 2019 edition pursuant to which Asters is the Law Firm of the Year in Ukraine in Competition/Antitrust and Corporate Law. Awards "Law Firm of the Year" are determined based on a handful of factors including lawyer ballot feedback, the firm's coverage and scope in the practice area, and the firm's reputation as an expert in this sphere ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP has received the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) Gold Standard Certification for the seventh year. The certification recognizes law firms that successfully demonstrate that women represent a meaningful percentage of the firm’s equity partners, highest leadership positions, governance and compensation committees, and of their most highly compensated partners ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP represented Alta Mesa Holdings, LP in a merger that Texas Lawyer has selected as one of the state’s top deals in 2017. Houston Partner Bill Nelson led the team that advised Alta Mesa, which on February 9 completed its $3.8 billion combination with Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II and Kingfisher Midstream LLC ...

A team led by Frankfurt-based real estate law specialist Dr. Thomas Nickel advised the shareholders of Dreiturm GmbH on the sale of all their shares. The buyers are investors led by entrepreneur and consumer goods specialist Lars Börgel. Lars Börgel has taken over the corporate succession at Dreiturm GmbH as General Manager and co-shareholder. The shares in the company, which is more than 190 years old, were previously held by a family via two Canadian companies and one private individual ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP represented Callon Petroleum Company as issuer’s counsel in its private offering of $400 million of 6.375 percent senior unsecured notes due 2026. The offering closed on June 7, 2018. Haynes and Boone also advised Callon in its previously announced public offering of 25,300,000 shares of its common stock. The offering closed May 30, 2018 and generated approximately $288 ...

The Manchester office of national law firm, Shoosmiths is growing its construction team, with the appointment of five legal advisors, all previously with Weightmans. The new hires come in response to increased client demand for expert construction advice and support in the region, and will bolster the existing construction team, working alongside Shoosmiths Manchester's award-winning real estate practice to deliver all construction related work for clients across the region ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that it is ranked as a Top 10 U.S. firm in Law360�s �The Best Firms For Minority Attorneys� report. Dykema was listed as the eighth-best U.S. firm in the 300-599 lawyer category when it comes to the racial and ethnic minority diversity of its attorneys. According to Law 360, the top firms in each of the ranked size categories boast diversity levels of at least 22 percent of all attorneys at the firm and more diverse nonpartner ranks ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that it is ranked as a top U.S. firm for diversity in The American Lawyer�s annual �Diversity Scorecard� report. With a Diversity Score of 25.9, Dykema ranks 96th out of all Am Law 200 and National Law Journal 250 law firms, up 21 spots from the firm�s previous ranking ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Associate David Clark has been named a Southern California Rising Star for Business Litigation in the 2018 Super Lawyers directory, published by Thomson Reuters. Clark is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group in the Orange County office of Haynes and Boone ...