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Asters acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel to Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii A.S. (Anadolu Efes), one of the world�s largest brewing companies, and Efes Ukraine PrJSC, its Ukrainian subsidiary, in connection with the merger of businesses of Anadolu Efes and Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. (AB InBev) in Ukraine and Russia. The largest deal in the Ukrainian M&A market in recent years resulted in AB InBev Efes joint venture with a value of about USD 2 billion ...

Effective April 1, 2018, Paribus group sold all shares in northrail technical service GmbH & Co. KG to a Railpool group company. At the same time, a long-term lease agreement on the target company‘s premises was concluded. Led by Partner Dr. Christoph Froning, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek provided comprehensive legal advice to Paribus group’s selling companies in concluding the purchase and lease agreements. Since 2009, northrail technical service GmbH & Co ...

18 April 2018. Beccar Varela advised Tarjeta Naranja S.A. on Class XL notes issuance, carried out under the company’s global program for short, medium and long-term notes for a maximum nominal value of up to US$650 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). Class XL notes were issued in two series on April 10, 2018: Series I notes at a nominal value of AR$597,500,000 while Series II at a nominal value of AR$1,402,500,000 ...

Delphi has acted as legal advisor to Fluicell AB (publ) in connection to a rights issue of 32,7 MSEK and listing on Nasdaq First North. The first day of trade is April 18. Fluicell is based in Gothenburg Sweden and the company has commercialized a product portfolio to study single cells, primarily in the field of drug development ...

Ellex has adopted Luminance, one of the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, which is widely deployed by law firms around the world. The sophisticated machine learning technology will greatly accelerate and enhance the firm’s contract review processes for M&A transactions. The platform will initially be incorporated in the operations of Ellex in Lithuania (Ellex Valiunas) ...

Norway's Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the color purple had acquired distinctive (or secondary) meaning as trademark for the drug Seretide (HR-2017-2356-A). GlaxoSmithKline AS ("GSK") owns the drug, which it launched in 1999 as a first of its kind combination drug formula for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ("COPD"). Patients inhale the drug via a dry-powder inhaler (named Diskus) or an aerosol spray ...

We are proud to announce that Karanović & Nikolić and its cooperating lawyers have once again been recognized as a top tier legal practice on the 2018 Legal 500 list of leading law firms. This prestigious UK-based directory provides comprehensive worldwide coverage on recommended law firms. "Karanović & Nikolić's newest rankings on the Legal 500 list presents the latest in a long line of recognitions we have obtained from world-leading independent legal directories ...

Pellerano & Herrera acted as legal counsel to The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) in the US$38 Million refinancing granted to Taiwanese energy company, General Energy Solutions, for the development of Monte Plata Solar, the largest solar energy plant in the Dominican Republic ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that 21 of the firm’s West Virginia-based lawyers were recognized by Super Lawyers for 2018.<br /> <br /> The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys from more than 70 practice areas that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and consumers in the search for legal counsel ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised long standing clients Octopus Investments on its multi-million pound funding into office catering company City Pantry. Octopus Investments, part of the Octopus Group, has led a £4 million Series A funding round into the London-based company to fund its expansion into other cities in the UK over the next 18 months, as well as continuing the its triple digit growth in London ...

16 April 2018. Beccar Varela advised FCA Compañía Financiera S.A. on Class XV notes issuance, carried out in two series under the company’s global program for short, medium and long-term notes for a maximum nominal value of up to US$100 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). On March 23, 2018, Series I notes were issued at a nominal value of AR$ 205,263,157, while Series II at a nominal value of AR$ 294,736,843 ...

On Thursday, 12 April, Karanović & Nikolić organised a presentation on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This briefing was intended for employees of legal and HR departments in various Serbian companies, who had a unique opportunity to learn more about this regulation, which will come into force on 25 May this year ...

To show high school sophomores the many facets of working at a law firm, Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers and staff members hosted scholars from Uplift Grand Preparatory School on March 29. Uplift Grand, a public college-preparatory charter school in Grand Prairie, is a new partner with Haynes and Boone's pipeline initiatives to raise awareness about careers in law with diverse groups of scholars and help them explore what the path to a legal career might look like ...

Rome, April 20, 2018 � The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners has been awarded "Welfare Champion" during the Welfare Index PMI 2018 event, held in Rome last Tuesday and promoted by Generali Italia with the participation of Confindustria, Confagricoltura, Confartigianato and Confprofessioni ...

Six Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers - in the Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston offices - have been elected to membership as Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. They are Partners Sakina Rasheed Foster and Janice V. Sharry in Dallas; Partner Stephen M. Pezanosky and Counsel Sharon M. Cooper in Fort Worth; and Associates Wolf McGavran and Arsalan Muhammad in Houston ...

NNDKP successfully represented the company Azomureș in a commercial dispute that involved damages in the amount of EUR 15 million, representing lost profits pursuant to a framework transportation agreement ...

1&1 Telecommunication SE, a subsidiary of Drillisch AG, a member of United Internet Group, makes its some 12 million DSL and mobile customers a unique media offering: customers may watch 90 TV channels, 40 of which in HD, plus international TV channels, pay-TV packages for sports, music, movies, and documentaries on up to three devices. The entire setup is engineered and managed by Zattoo Europa AG, as recently announced by the cooperation partners on April 9, 2018 ...

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vusi Mathebula as a director in its banking and finance department. He will be based in the firm’s Johannesburg offices ...

Asters acted as a legal counsel to China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), one of the largest Chinese state-owned construction and engineering companies, in connection with signing a contract with DTEK, Ukraine�s largest private power producer, for the construction of a solar power plant in Nikopol (Dnipropetrovsk region). The solar power station will be built in Nikopol with a planned capacity of 200 megawatts, making it the third largest in Europe in terms of potential output ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP's spring 2018 survey of oil and gas borrowers and lenders demonstrates a modestly improved outlook for the upstream oil and gas industry. In its "Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey: Spring 2018," the firm polled a cross-section of industry executives to glean their views about the state of the energy lending market. Specifically, the survey asked respondents to offer predictions about producers' future borrowing capacity or "borrowing bases ...

Cologne-based partner Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten advised venture capital firm Iris Capital on an investment in enterprise performance management company Jedox AG. A consortium consisting of Iris Capital, eCAPITAL IV, and Wecken & Cie will be investing EUR 20 million in the software company. The funding will be used to accelerate Jedox’s global expansion and product development. Iris Capital is a European venture capital firm specializing in the digital economy ...

The Intellectual Property & Creative Industries team at Shoosmiths Manchester is on track for a record year, thanks in part to unprecedented demand from the region’s thriving creative and digital sector ...

MinterEllison advised global private equity leader Bain Capital and childcare operator Only About Children which, prior to the deal, operated 44 campuses across Melbourne and Sydney. US-based Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with over $95 billion in assets under management, has a team of more than 200 professionals investing across asset classes including private equity, public equity and venture capital ...

Deleplanque & Compagnie SA (Maisons-Laffitte, France) and SUET Saat- und Erntetechnik GmbH (Eschwege, Germany) acquired 60 percent (Deleplanque) and 40 percent (SUET) respectively of German Strube group. The acquisition was in part effected by taking over the main assets (transferring restructuring) as part of the ongoing self-management of the assets of Strube GmbH & Co. KG and in part through the acquisition of the other major companies of Strube group from a trust company ...

DK Telekommunikation ApS, a company controlled by a consortium comprising PFA, PKA, ATP and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets has announced that the recommended public takeover offer to the shareholders of TDC A/S has been accepted, and the offer will be completed. Plesner has advised the consortium in relation to the takeover offer, including the financing. The consortium had offered to buy all shares in TDC at a price of DKK 50.25 per share ...