Germany
Marche Moevenpick Deutschland GmbH has taken over the restaurant and food service at the Wilhelma in Stuttgart with effect from May 1, 2018. The zoological-botanical gardens attract more than one million visitors each year. The price was not the only factor behind the decision to award the contract to Marché. It also offered the best catering and structural concepts. Marche is committed to offering regional, seasonal, sustainable, and organic food and beverages
Ukraine
Asters provided legal advice to Nestle, one of the world�s largest food and beverage company, in obtaining merger clearances from the Ukrainian competition authority in connection with: - the acquisition of Atrium Innovations, a global leader in nutritional health products, from a group of investors led by Permira Funds for USD 2.3 billion in cash; - the sale of U.S. confectionary business to Ferrero for USD 2.8 billion in cash
Philippines
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) was once again ranked by Managing IP's IP STARS 2018 as a Tier 1 firm in Patent and Trademarks/Copyright in the Philippines. In addition, SyCipLaw partners Enrique T. Manuel and Vida M. Panganiban-Alindogan are ranked as Trade mark star - Philippines. Mr. Manuel is also ranked as Patent star - Philippines. Managing IP published its 2018 firm rankings for patent work in March and its trademark/copyright results in April
Germany
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised the shareholders of Leipzig-based company FIO Systems AG on the sale and partial contribution of all their shares to Hypoport AG. As part of the transaction, some of FIO SYSTEMS AG’s existing shareholders will assume Hypoport AG shares as part of a non-cash capital increase using authorized capital at Hypoport AG
Michigan, USA
During the first quarter, Dykema closed 14 transactions with an average deal size of $23,000,000, representing the buyer in all but one transaction. The industries involved were diverse, including energy, automotive, logistics, death care, dental service organizations, home improvement and insurance. Below are details for some of these transactions. * Jefferson Dental Care in acquisition of The Smile Center - Confidential Amount - Feb. 1, 2018 * Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc
Texas, USA
Affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell plc announced on April 24, 2018, that an agreement had been entered into to sell its downstream business in Argentina to Ra�zen for US$950 million in cash proceeds at completion, subject to customary closing conditions. Ra�zen, a joint venture set up in 2011 between an affiliate of Shell and Cosan, is a leading biofuels producer and fuels distributor in Brazil and currently manages more than 6,000 Shell branded service stations
Texas, USA
Haynes and Boone, LLP Senior Counsel Jeff Civins and Partner Suzanne Murray played central roles in one of the nation's leading environmental law events, the EARTHx Law and Policy Symposium. Held April 20 at the State Fairgrounds in Dallas, the event attracted environmental scholars and business leaders from diverse perspectives, who discussed how to chart a course for a future that is both protective and productive
Texas, USA
D Magazine named 42 Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers across multiple practice areas to its Best Lawyers in Dallas list for 2018, the most selections for the firm over the past decade. Lawyers considered for the directory are nominated by their peers, with practitioners allowed to submit one member of their firm and two lawyers outside their firm, based on work they have witnessed firsthand. A select panel of lawyers evaluates the nominations to finalize the list
Germany
A team led by Cologne-based partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe assisted Serviceware SE in its IPO in the Prime Standard segment of Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company started trading on April 20. The offer was significantly oversubscribed. Total issue volume is EUR 88.9 million, of which the company will receive a gross amount of EUR 60 million
England
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Amber Infrastructure Group, manager of the National Digital Infrastructure Fund (NDIF), on the fund’s investment which has seen it lead a £25 million funding round into full-fibre internet service provider, Community Fibre. Community Fibre will use the investment to roll out full-fibre connectivity to a further 100,000 homes by 2019, covering social and private housing estates across London
Germany
A team led by the two Düsseldorf-based partners Dr. Peter Vocke and Dr. Michael Sörgel advised Lange Objektgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG and KILA I GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of an inner-city logistics park comprising about 26,000 square meters of usable space in Essen. The buyer is Schroder Real Estate Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. The logistics park on Bamlerstrasse in the Krupp-Gürtel industrial estate consists of several building sections, which were entirely renovated in 2015 and 2017
Germany
Effective May 1, 2018, insurance expert Dr. Jürgen Wolters (52) will join Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek at its Cologne office. The long-time former partner at Bach Langheid Dallmayr (BLD) had been a member of the Board of Management since January 2016 and Chairman of the Board of property and casualty insurance firm Die Haftpflichtkasse VVaG since 2017
Texas, USA
A Haynes and Boone, LLP team led by Denver Partner Robert Ziemian helped a firm client, Nite Ize, Inc., (Nite Ize) secure a General Exclusion Order (GEO) from the International Trade Commission (ITC) excluding from importation all products covered by certain Nite Ize patents related to their Steelie ecosystem of hands-free mobile device mounts
Texas, USA
A Haynes and Boone, LLP team has won Dallas Court of Appeals affirmance of a significant victory for the National Football League. A fantasy football convention company backed by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo had sued the league, alleging the NFL tortiously interfered with its actual and prospective contracts with players and NFL Network on-air talent to participate in an event scheduled to take place at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas
Michigan, USA
Dykema is proud to announce that Candice Moore, Bloomfield Hills-based attorney in the Firm’s Corporate Finance Practice Group, was recently honored as a Rising Star by the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Detroit at its 2017 M&A All Star Awards at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham, Mich
Philippines
SyCipLaw partner Carlos Roberto Z. Lopez has been recognized at the Client Choice Awards 2018. The Client Choice Awards was established in 2005 to recognize law firm partners around the world who stand out for their excellent client service
Michigan, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Eric Fingerhut and Jennifer Fraser, each from the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, were named 2018 Super Lawyers in the Washington, D.C., edition of Super Lawyers Magazine. Both Fingerhut and Fraser were recognized in the area of Intellectual Property Law. The Super Lawyers designation, conferred upon the most respected legal practitioners in the state, is based upon peer recognition and professional achievement
Texas, USA
Eight Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers have been featured in the Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers/Rising Stars directory, an annual award listing published by Thomson Reuters. Partner Julie Domike also was named among the Top 50 Women Lawyers in D.C. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement
Texas, USA
Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Scott Cunning, the administrative partner for the firm's Washington, D.C., office, will speak May 10 at the Financial Times U.S. Healthcare & Life Sciences Summit in New York City. Cunning will participate in a panel discussion titled: "Doing the Patent Dance in the Biosimilars Era
Ukraine
Asters acts as a legal counsel to the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) in connection with its USD 20 million financing to Concern Galnaftogaz, a leading Ukrainian petroleum retailer company. A seven-year loan will assist the company to expand and upgrade its network of gas filling stations and meet its working capital needs
China
Han Kun has been recognized as a "2018 Employer of Choice" in the ALB China Employer of Choice Rankings 2018. This is the sixth time for Han Kun to receive the honor. According to the ALB report, Han Kun Law Offices has a 97% employee satisfaction rate among the survey's respondents. More than 70% of the respondents believe that Han Kun has a good working atmosphere. 95% of respondents believe that the firm can provide employees with good training and career development opportunities
China
On April 19, 2018, Han Kun was presented with two awards at the Asian Legal Business China Law Awards 2018 held in Beijing. Han Kun acted as PRC counsel for China Unicom's mixed ownership reform, which was recognized as both "Equity Market Deal of the Year" and "Technology, Media and Telecommunications Deal of the Year". The ALB China Law Awards has reached its 15th year
Texas, USA
Can a public body, say, the University of Texas System Board of Regents, meet across the border in Mexico? How's a city council supposed to comply with rules for posting notice about an emergency meeting when, say, Hurricane Harvey inundates roads and hammers the electrical grid? What's a walking quorum anyway? Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Tom Williams tackled these sorts of issues on April 17 at the Freedom of Information Foundation�s Open Government Seminar at the University of Texas
Sweden
Plejd is an innovative Swedish tech company that develops products and services for smart lighting system and home automation. Delphi has assisted Plejd with the acquisition of Pluspole AB. Historically, Pluspole AB has been an external consultancy firm that together with Plejd has developed Plejds hardware
Italy
Madrid, 20 aprile 2018 � Lo studio legale internazionale Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners � stato proclamato "Client Service Law Firm of the Year" per l�Italia dalla directory legale Chambers and Partners nel corso di una serata di gala a Madrid che ha riunito rappresentanti della comunit� legale internazionale provenienti da tutta Europa