China
Han Kun recently represented Spiral Exchange in the company's Series Pre-A equity financing round. Spiral Exchange is a crypto exchange established in Hong Kong by experienced quantitative traders, tech entrepreneurs and pioneers in blockchain and cryptocurrency. Han Kun primarily assisted in designing the transaction structure, preparing transaction documents, participating in the negotiation process, and other relevant legal consultation services
Germany
With a team led by Frankfurt-based partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised funds advised by PREMIUM Equity Partners on financing the acquisition of a majority stake in Clarus Films group. The acquisition loan was structured as unitranche financing and arranged by Crescent Capital. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively supported PREMIUM Equity Partners in structuring, negotiating. and implementing the unitranche financing
Texas, USA
Nine Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers have been listed in the 2018 Top Attorneys directory, published by Fort Worth’s 360 West Magazine. The winners were honored at a reception on June 28. The Top Attorneys directory is generated by nominations from lawyers, who vote on which Fort Area attorneys “exemplify excellence” in 44 designated practice areas
Texas, USA
Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Henry Welch has been named a Northern California Rising Star in the 2018 Super Lawyers directory, published by Thomson Reuters. Welch, who is based in the Palo Alto office, is listed for intellectual property law practice. This is Welch’s third selection as a Northern California Rising Star
Texas, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Walter J. Dunn to its Corporate Finance practice group as a member in the firm�s growing Dallas office, which has now added 14 attorneys in the past 13 months. The firm�s rate of growth in North Texas has been so rapid in recent months that it has had to arrange for additional space in the Comerica Bank Tower, where the office is located. Dunn joins Dykema from the Jonesboro, Ark
Ukraine
Asters has successfully defended the interests of JSC CB PrivatBank, the largest bank in Ukraine by assets, before the Cassation Commercial Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine in disputes with LLC Agroterminal Logistic and PJSC Pivdenmedbiosintez Design and Search Institute. The disputes concerned the demands of PrivatBank's property guarantors to terminate mortgage contracts worth UAH 5.72 billion
Australia
MinterEllison has advised Vitalharvest on the A$185 million IPO of the Vitalharvest Freehold Trust on the ASX. The Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (ASX:VTH) owns one of Australia's largest aggregations of citrus and berry farms, which are split over approximately 3,700 hectares and 130 property titles located across New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia. Vitalharvest's properties have been independently valued at $238
Germany
Right in time for midsummer, the Finish company HopLop opened its first indoor sports and adventure park in Germany. A team led by Dr. Martin Imhof, partner at Heuking Kuhn Lueer Wojtek’s Dusseldorf office assisted HopLop on its market entrance in Germany and in particular advised on corporate and real estate matters. HopLop aims to further grow in Germany and to open additional parks in the near future. In total, HopLop invested about EUR 2 million in the new children’s paradise in Pulheim
Scotland
Shepherd and Wedderburn has reported record revenues and profits on the day it celebrates its 250th anniversary. The firm's revenues rose 6% to GBP53.5 million in its financial year to 30 April 2018, and profits before partner distributions increased 10% to GBP22 million over the same period
Michigan, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Timothy D. Kelly, from the firm�s Minneapolis office, has been named 2018 Super Lawyers by Minnesota Super Lawyers Magazine. The Super Lawyers designation, conferred upon the most respected legal practitioners in the state, is based upon peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team to receive this honor
Germany
A team led by Dr. Sönke Görgens, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Hamburg office, advised UBM Development Deutschland on the sale of two of the six planned buildings of the large-scale “immergrün” project in Berlin’s Thulestraße. The houses with some 130 apartments were sold to an institutional investor for almost EUR 50 million. The residential buildings are being developed by UBM Development Deutschland with a family office as a joint venture partner
Paraguay
The Corporación Paraguaya Distribuidora de Derivados de Petróleo S.A. (Copetrol) -through a subsidiary of the Copetrol group-, and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A
Germany
Building and property management service BLB NRW sold a 170,000 m² site at Aachen's Westbahnhof railway station to two project companies of RWTH Aachen University. The university intends to establish a research cluster with national and international technology companies at “Campus West.“ Dr. Ute Jasper, Dr. Christopher Marx, and Gesa Krohn of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised on the complex contract negotiations
China
Deacons advised the sole sponsor Cinda International Capital Limited and underwriters in relation to the GEM IPO of Kinetix Systems Holdings Limited. Kinetix Systems is a well-established IT services provider with business portfolio including the provision of IT infrastructure solutions services, IT development solutions services, and IT maintenance and support services in Hong Kong
Norway
On 22 June, the Norwegian government presented to the parliament a proposal for implementation into Norwegian law of the public law provisions of the second payment services directive ((EU) 2015/2366 – PSD2).PSD2 came into force on 18 January this year. The objective of the directive is to modernize the existing payment services regime by ensuring that it is in line with market developments, and to promote safer technical payment solutions
China
Ziyuanyuan Holdings Group Limited (Stock Code: 8223) ("Ziyuanyuan") recently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 9 July 2018. Ziyuanyuan is engaged in providing equipment-based finance leasing services to SME customers in the printing and logistics industries in China
Texas, USA
LONDON, 03 JULY 2018: Haynes and Boone CDG have won an English High Court judgment on behalf of Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited worth $273 million, plus interest and legal expenses. At issue was a five-year drilling contract for Seadrill’s semi-submersible drilling rig “WEST LEO” concluded with Tullow Ghana Limited in 2012 for a drilling campaign offshore Ghana. Pursuant to the contract, Tullow was obligated to pay a daily rate of around US$ 600,000 for the rig
Michigan, USA
Dykema is extremely proud to announce that five of the Firm�s Chicago-based attorneys, Elizabeth Darke, Cinthia Motley, Cynde Munzer, Diana Tsai and Rosa Tumial�n, were recognized on the Crain�s Chicago Business special report, �Chicago�s Notable Women Lawyers 2018.� Dykema�s five attorneys represent 3 percent of the entire list, the maximum amount possible for one firm. The list will be published in the July 30 editions of Crain�s Chicago Business
Germany
A team led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Sönke Görgens advised Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH on the acquisition of five specialty retail centers for the open-end special fund “Perspektive Einzelhandel: Fokus Nahversorgung.” The purchase price of the specialty stores with a total rental space of 43,000 square meters is in excess of EUR 100 million. Patrizia subsidiary Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP is the seller
Serbia
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
Israel
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
Texas, USA
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
China
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
Romania
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)
Germany
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