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Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Laura Lee Prather participated in a panel discussion on June 8 at the American Bar Association’s 2018 Paris Sessions. The ABA event commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and featured discussions on a range of topics, including legal issues related to cybersecurity, climate change, and cross-border investigations ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Bonnie Kirkland, San Antonio-based senior attorney in the firm�s Litigation Department, began her term as President of the San Antonio Young Lawyer�s Association (SAYLA) earlier this month. Before taking over as President, Kirkland served SAYLA in a variety of positions in the past, including treasurer and board member ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Bonnie Kirkland, San Antonio-based senior attorney in the firm�s Litigation Department, began her term as President of the San Antonio Young Lawyer�s Association (SAYLA) earlier this month. Before taking over as President, Kirkland served SAYLA in a variety of positions in the past, including treasurer and board member ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP has appointed Jacqueline Moore to lead a new immigration department to support clients in the run-up to Brexit and beyond. Jacqueline will advise businesses and individuals in the UK and overseas on matters ranging from right to work, sponsor licenses, family and personal visas and British citizenship applications ...

Han Kun has acted as PRC counsel to the joint bookrunners Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Haitong International Securities Company Limited and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited in advising on Puxin Limited's U.S. initial public offering (NYSE: NEW). Puxin Limited is a leading consolidator of the after-school education industry and after-school education service provider in China ...

Han Kun has advised the sponsors on the listing of Huifu Payment Limited (Stock Code: 1806.HK) on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Huifu Payment Limited is a leading independent third-party payment service provider in China, focusing on merchant payment and fintech enabling services ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Van Lindberg, San Antonio-based member in the firm's Intellectual Property Group, was recognized as one of the world's pre-eminent IP practitioners in the 2018 edition of the IAM Strategy 300 � The World's Leading IP Strategists. According to IAM, those listed have shown to possess world-class skills in the development and roll-out of strategies that maximize the value of patents, copyright, trademarks and other IP rights ...

Milan, June 14, 2018 - The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners was a winner at the 2018 Legalcommunity Corporate Awards. Senior Partner Francesco Gianni took home most prestigious individual award of the evening: �Lawyer of the Year�. The prize was awarded by a jury which included general and legal counsel of leading Italian and international companies, main players of the corporate sector as well as representatives of the communication field ...

Buenos Aires, June 12, 2018. Beccar Varela advised ACON Bios Investors LP, in partnership with Humus Capital Partners LLC, on the acquisition and investment in Biosidus S.A. (Biosidus). In this acquisition, M. & M. Bomchil and Estudio Rosso Alba, Francia & Asociados advised the Sellers. The closing took place on June 5, 2018. Biosidus is dedicated to the research and development, formulation, manufacture and commercialization of biosimilar pharmaceutical products ...

Following Hessian Regional Labor Court‘s March 15, 2018 ruling (9 Sa 1399/16) that no employment relationship exists between Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (DFB) and Dr. Dittrich, the grounds for the judgement were issued today. The Regional Labor Court held that the agreement between the DFB and the soccer referees is not an employment relationship ...

Today, China Business Law Journal released its 2018 capital markets report, which ranks the top IPO advisers and recognizes representative IPO cases from April 2017 to March 2018 in China's capital markets. Han Kun was ranked as a top three Hong Kong IPO (Chinese Issuers) PRC Legal Adviser ...

A team led by Private Equity lawyer Dr. Andreas Lenz, Partner at the Cologne office, advised Lenbach Equity Opportunities I SCSp, Luxemburg, on the acquisition of the business operations of Karl Miller GmbH & Co KG, Kirchberg. Karl Miller GmbH & Co KG, Kirchberg, has been operating in the field of metal processing and laser forming ...

​Rastko Petaković, managing partner at Karanović & Nikolić, held a presentation of the latest private equity trends CEE region on the 2018 Balkans M&A and Private Equity Forum. Organized by Mergermarket, a leading media company that provides specialist news, research, analysis and data on financial markets, this is the second year this conference was held in Belgrade ...

We are pleased to announce that Karanović & Nikolić has won the 2017 Deal of the Year Award for Serbia for the EBRD and IFC financing of Vetrolektrane Balkana - Čibuk 1 Windfarm. Organized by the renowned CEE Legal Matters magazine, this is the first year that these awards were held and they are a way of recognizing the biggest and most important deals by leading law firms in Central and Eastern European jurisdictions ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that eight of its Los Angeles-based attorneys have been named 2018 Rising Stars in the Southern California edition of Super Lawyers. The Rising Star list is the result of an exhaustive, multi-phase selection process that mirrors the patented methodology used to assemble the Super Lawyers list. Attorneys designated as Rising Stars are up-and-coming attorneys who are 40 years of age or younger and have practiced law for 10 years or less ...

The London-based leading legal publisher Law Business Research recently published the 2018 (7th) edition of The Global Private Equity Review. James Yong Wang was commissioned by LBR to author the China Fundraising Chapter of this global review for the fifth time. Han Kun is the only PRC-headquartered law firm contributor to this global review ...

Taxify, a ride-hailing startup born in Estonia closed $175 million in new funding that takes it valuation to the $1 billion mark. Daimler, the German automotive giant which owns Mercedes-Benz among other things, led the round. COBALT Estonia advised Taxify&s shareholder, the world’s leading ride-hailing platform DiDi Chuxing in relation with an investment round of Taxify led by Daimler ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that four of the firm�s Intellectual Property group attorneys were listed as 2018 IP STARS by Managing Intellectual Property (Managing IP). In addition, Dykema�s entire IP practice was named a recommended firm in Michigan all three ranked categories; Patent Contentious, Patent Prosecution and Trade Mark ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Nicholas Wittner was inducted as a Life Member of the American Law Institute (ALI). He is Of Counsel to the firm and is located in its Bloomfield Hills office. ALI bestows the honor on members who have devoted 25 years of service, contributing to ALI�s pivotal projects that have shaped the law. Wittner received the honor at the May ALI Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., where U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G Roberts, Jr ...

One of the UK�s leading law firms has launched a new private client advisory service to manage the affairs of professionals and entrepreneurs in sport, media and entertainment. National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed the former Head of Player Liaison at Manchester City, Haydn Roberts, to lead the company�s new Elite Advisory team. The new service will draw expertise from across Shoosmiths and other specialist firms to meet the needs of elite clients ...

Dr. Rainer Herschlein and his team of lawyers comprehensively advised Frankfurt-based investment company VR Equitypartner GmbH and the other shareholders of vohtec Qualitätssicherung GmbH – BÖLLINGER GROUP Holding GmbH and the company’s two managing shareholders – on the sale of their shares to ELEMENT Materials Technology Herne GmbH and accompanied the transaction. The relevant agreements were signed on June 1, 2018. The sale is subject to antitrust approval ...

Carey has appointed Juan Carlos Riesco as a new partner to lead the litigation and arbitration practice along with partners Gonzalo Fern�ndez, Ricardo Reveco and Aldo Molinari. Carey now has 32 partners, six counsels, two directors of tax and audit and more than 250 associates. Mr. Riesco focuses his practice mainly on civil and commercial litigation, antitrust and regulatory litigation, as well as national and international arbitration. Mr ...

Carey advised Tianqi Lithium Corporation (Tianqi) on the agreement to acquire a 24% stake of Sociedad Qu�mica y Minera de Chile (SQM) for approximately USD4.07 billion. Tianqi agreed to buy approximately 62.6 million Class A shares in SQM for USD65 each payable in cash. Closing is subject to regulatory and other customary authorizations in this type of transactions ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP is opening an office in The Woodlands, a fast-growing corporate hub near Houston. The new office, the firm's 16th worldwide, will allow Haynes and Boone to better serve its clients, including those with offices in The Woodlands, which is home to many major energy and oilfield services companies. Haynes and Boone joins only a handful of the nation's largest law firms with an office in The Woodlands ...

Han Kun advised and acted as PRC counsel to the sole sponsor, South China Capital Limited, and joint bookrunner and joint lead manager, South China Securities Limited, on Niche-Tech Group Limited's initial public offering and listing on the GEM Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under stock code 8490.HK on May 30, 2018. Niche-Tech Group Limited is a well-known semiconductor packaging materials manufacturer in China ...