Press Releases

Shepherd and Wedderburn�s banking and finance team is delighted to announce the arrival of senior associate Louise Ball. Louise specialises in real estate finance and general corporate lending - particularly in the tech sector. Fiona Buchanan, head of banking and finance at Shepherd and Wedderburn, said: �Louise joins us at an exciting time as we invest in our team to continue to support our clients in achieving their own growth aspirations ...

Vision International Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 8107) ("Vision International") has recently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 4 May 2018. Vision International is an apparel SCM services provider based in Hong Kong delivering one-stop solution to customers in Europe, predominantly Germany. It has the capacity to provide comprehensive apparel SCM services to customers ...

A team led by Dr. Kai Bandilla and Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, both partners at the Hamburg office, advised Hesse-based WV Energie AG and Stadtwerke Bad Vilbel on the sale of project company KNK Wind GmbH for the planned Arcadis Ost 1wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The buyer is Belgian project developer and offshore wind farm operator Parkwind. The reason for the transaction was the contract awarded for the Arcadis Ost 1 project at the second German offshore wind auction ...

Leading hearing aid companies Sivantos and Widex will be merging. EQT funds, owners of Sivantos, and the Tøpholm and Westermann families, owners of Widex, have agreed terms to merge the two companies. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Plesner acted together as counsels for EQT and Sivantos. The two companies will merge as equal partners, and the combined entity will have a value of more than DKK 52m. It means that this will be one of the largest mergers in Denmark so far ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP appellate teams led by Partner M.C. Sungaila secured three wins in cases argued over three consecutive months before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. These are the cases: Fierro v. Smith, et al. (No. 17-15288): Sungaila and Associate Marco Pulido, together with Loyola Law School Los Angeles Professor Paula Mitchell, served as appointed pro bono appellate counsel to a prison inmate pursuing federal civil rights claims against Arizona state prison officials ...

SyCipLaw's Tax Department hosted a seminar on the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) last February 15 at the SyCipLaw Center. The event gathered 60 participants from 32 companies. SyCipLaw partners Carina C. Laforteza, Russel L. Rodriguez, and Hiyasmin H. Lapitan discussed the effects of TRAIN on individual taxes, corporate taxes, and value-added tax, among others. Participants were able to subsequently discuss concerns and issues with the featured speakers ...

The law firm of Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek and its experts in insurance law/reinsurance law are admitted as members of the international Insuralex network on May 15, 2018. All Insuralex members are considered leaders in insurance and reinsurance law in their respective countries. Membership in Insuralex enables Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek's insurance lawyers to closely work with law firms in other nations and to further improve the service provided to their clients ...

The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) named Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Julie Domike to its Leadership Council. Based in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, Domike counsels a variety of companies, including refineries, engine manufacturers, independent power producers, fuel producers and farm equipment makers, on a wide range of environmental regulatory matters, including complex negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

Milan, May 14, 2018 - The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners was a winner at the 2018 Legalcommunity IP & TMT Awards and took home the Law Firm of the Year Award in the �Fashion� category. In awarding this prize, the jury - which included general counsel of leading finance companies - stated: �According to sector operators, the team stands out for competence, reliability and timely responses ...

The well-known London-based legal publisher Law Business Research recently published its second edition of The Initial Public Offerings Law Review (2018). Han Kun partner Ms. Chen Yang and Mr. Zhi Bin authored the China chapter. Han Kun was the only PRC-headquartered law firm to contribute to the book. Ms. Kaiying Wu has also contributed to the writing of the article ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP has won the 2018 AT&T Legal Department Diversity and Inclusion Progress Award. Each year, AT&T honors one of its outside law firms for making the most progress in promoting a diverse workplace. With its 2018 award, AT&T sought to spotlight firms that had made progress during 2017 in diversifying their attorney ranks and were working to increase the pipeline of diverse talent entering the legal profession ...

The presentation contains information about types of Investment regimes available in Russia (e.g. Special Economic Zones and Advanced development territories), description of advantages and opportunities for investors in the field of government relations and tax. Among other things, it includes schematic maps of area, where investment regimes may be applied, which could be useful for a wide range of potential investors in Russia ...

SyCipLaw partners Carlos Roberto Z. Lopez and Vicente D. Gerochi IV were nominated to the In-House Community's Commended External Counsel of the Year, 2018. Lawyers in the list were nominated entirely by in-house counsel and corporate decision-makers in the In-House Community and received outstanding recommendations from their clients. Mr. Lopez was noted as standing out "for his legal expertise and professionalism". Mr ...

A prestigious award in the commercial law market is awarded to Agnes Hammarstrand at Advokatfirman Delphi. According to a result published by Legally yours, lawyers throughout Sweden have voted Agnes Hammarstrand as the lawyer they would rather employ in a business jurisprudence. This is the first time a woman is ranked highest. It is also the youngest lawyer awarded so far ...

Ana Cristina Castrellon, associate of Morgan & Morgan, has been appointed Deputy Representative of the Rotary Club Panama, in its capacity as member of the Administrative Board of the National Oncology Institute (ION). ION engages in research and treatment of cancer patients in the Republic of Panama. Ms. Castrellon will participate in Board meetings of this health institution, whose mission is to oversee its proper administration, performance and operation ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Albert Tan spoke at two seminars in April, one involving oil & gas financing and the second covering a range of legal industry topics of interest to lawyers of Asian-Pacific Islander heritage in Texas. On April 10, Tan participated in a Haynes and Boone-hosted seminar at the firm's New York office that explored the structures and methods that private equity funds use to raise, leverage and deploy capital in the energy sector ...

Milan, May, 8 2018 - The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners was a four-time winner at Top Legal Industry Awards, the annual event that recognizes and celebrates top professionals in the legal sector. During the ceremony held in Milan, the firm collected the following awards: Professional of the Year award in Sport - Roberto Cappelli: �After having assisted the Rossoneri sports investments in the acquisition of 99 ...

With a team led by Stuttgart-based partner Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek advised a private equity fund advised by CGS Management AG on the acquisition of a majority stake in InnoLas Solutions GmbH. Jointly with previous owner Richard Grundmüller, who remains a shareholder in the company, CGS intends to develop InnoLas Solutions GmbH into a global laser machine manufacturer for micromachining as part of a buy and build strategy ...

A team led by Boris Duerr, Partner at the law firm of Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek, advised Munich-based investment holding company Primepulse SE on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Katek GmbH including its subsidiaries in Austria and Hungary. The seller is Kathrein SE ...

DUBAI - Sunday, 6 May 2018 - Afridi & Angell recently advised Al Kabeer Group, one of the leading frozen food players in the GCC with operations across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sultanate of Oman and Kingdom of Bahrain, on the AED600 million sale of 51% of its shares to Savola Group, a Saudi publicly listed joint stock company. Savola Group was represented by Linklaters ...

More than 50 Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers and 18 practice areas have been recognized in the 2018 Chambers USA legal directory published by Chambers & Partners. The directory recognized the Appellate Group on its new "Spotlight Table" for its depth of practice and breadth of experience. Chambers also designated two of the firm's practice areas as "recognized practices" with nationwide scope: Banking & Finance and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 15 attorneys from multiple offices and practice areas received individual rankings and nine practice areas have been recognized in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Published annually, Chambers has been ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990, and now cover 185 jurisdictions throughout the world ...

National law firm Shoosmiths is presently acting for a significant number of clients in respect of misuse of private information relating to voicemail interception claims. The firm has recently settled four of those claims against MGN Limited (“MGN”) for Dwight Yorke, Jennifer Ellison, Danielle Lloyd and Andrew Cole. Out of Court settlements were reached for all four with MGN accepting liability and publically apologising in statements read out in Court today ...

We are pleased to announce that we have been recognized by Latin Lawyer with the M&A Deal of the Year Award, for our legal work related to the acquisition of Banmédica, a Chilean healthcare company, by UnitedHealth Group for USD2.8 billion. The transaction was the largest M&A in Chile of 2017 and the largest ever Health M&A in Chile, involving four jurisdictions (Chile, US, Colombia and Peru), and eight Law firms ...

Dr. Francisco Linares, partner of Morgan & Morgan, was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Panamanian Maritime Law Association for the 2018-2019 term. The act took place last April 20 at Club Union in Panama City, with the presence of personalities and professionals of the legal and maritime industries ...