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Chambers Global 2018 has ranked SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan as a Band 1 firm in Corporate & Finance and Projects, Infrastructure & Energy. The following SyCipLaw lawyers were also ranked: - Hector M. de Leon, Jr. - Band 1 in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy - Rocky Alejandro L. Reyes - Band 3 in Corporate & Finance and Recognized Practitioner in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy - Vicente D. Gerochi IV - Band 2 in Corporate & Finance - Mia G ...

The 2018 edition of the Chambers USA directory of top lawyers and law firms has recognized more than 50 Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers, with several partners newly honored this year. The directory publishes in May. Eli Columbus is set to receive a banding, a tiered designation within the Chambers rankings, for the first time. (Bandings are announced in May ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP ranked among the nation's top law firms for lender and borrower representations in syndicated loan transactions in 2017, according to Thomson Reuters' LoanConnector League Tables. In the ranking of the top law firms representing administrative agents and lead arrangers, Haynes and Boone placed 13th based on the number of deals and 14th based on volume, the top Texas-based firm in both categories ...

Landry's, Inc., a privately owned, multi-brand dining, hospitality and gaming corporation that operates (through various subsidiaries and affiliates) more than 600 restaurants, hotels, casinos and entertainment destinations across the United States, has selected Haynes and Boone, LLP as its 2017 national law firm of the year. In selecting the firm, Landry's General Counsel Steve Scheinthal highlighted Haynes and Boone’s role in advising Landry's, Inc., and Golden Nugget, Inc ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised funds advised by Triton on the acquisition of BFC Group, a leading global specialist and technology leader in metal clamping profiles for the automotive industry. A team led by Cologne-based partner Dr. Pär Johansson comprehensively supported Triton in this transaction. BFC Group, based in Bietigheim-Bissingen, is an automotive supplier of metal clamping profiles for vehicle door, trunk, and other body seals ...

Morgan & Morgan advised Banistmo, S.A. in the structuring and registration with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama of US$300,000,000 revolving corporate bonds. The bonds will be issued in different series with maturities ranging from 2 to 15 years and interest rates may be fixed or floating. Banistmo, S.A. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bancolombia, S.A. and is one of Panama’s largest banks with more than US$9MM in assets and deposits that exceed US$6MM ...

Morgan & Morgan advised MMG Bank Corporation in the structuring of a program of revolving short-term notes for US$50,000,000 of Corporacion Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura, S.A. (CIFI). The short-term notes were registered with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama. The issuer of the short-term notes is CIFI and MMG Bank acted as arranger and is engaged as bookrunner and paying agent of the short-term notes ...

Morgan & Morgan advised MMG Bank Corporation in the structuring of a program of revolving corporate bonds for US$100,000,000 of Corporacion Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura, S.A. (CIFI). The bonds were registered with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama. The issuer of the bonds is CIFI and MMG Bank acted as arranger and is engaged as bookrunner and paying agent of the bonds ...

Ricardo Arias works in the Corporate Law Department of the firm. Mr. Arias holds over ten years of experience advising capital markets transactions. He has represented local and foreign lenders as well as local and foreign developer/borrowers in secured and unsecured financings and project financings. Mr. Arias has been advisor to foreign and local clients on securities placement in Panama and cross-border transactions ...

On February 19, 2018, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Global 2018 guide, as well as its global rankings of lawyers and law firms. Multiple Han Kun lawyers and practice areas have been ranked ...

Alltech - a leading global animal and crop nutrition company, sold its baking yeast factory in Senta, in northern Serbia, to Lesaffre - a leading global baking yeast and fermented products company. The acquired factory will continue to produce baker's yeast for the Serbian market and yeast extracts for the food and animal feed industries. The transaction is in line with Alltech's continued focus on its core business in animal and crop nutrition ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers have authored two chapters in "Global Legal Insight to Funds Finance 2018," which was produced in partnership with the Fund Finance Association. Washington, D.C., Partner Ellen McGinnis, and Dallas Partners Erin England and Rick Anigian wrote a chapter titled: "Enforcement: Analysis of lender remedies under U.S. law in subscription-secured credit facilities ...

In a decision that underscores the sanctity of arbitral awards against untimely collateral attacks, a team of Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP litigators in London have secured a victory in the English High Court for client Corretaje Maritimo Sud-Americano Inc (CMSA). Partner Andreas Dracoulis and Associates Jonathan Morton and Matthew Turner successfully defended an application by the Mexican salt mining corporation Exportadora de Sal S.A. de C.V ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan collected a total of PhP55,100.00 and 169 books in support of the "Sa Pagbasa, May Pag-asa" storybook donation drive. The campaign advocates the exposure of public school children to a wide range of creative, interesting, and age-appropriate reading materials, and, in so doing, instill in them a culture of reading that is critical to the learning and development process ...

Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion (Tel-Aviv, Israel) (www.fbclawyers.com) is proud to share with the WSG community its TOP RANKED recognition in the recently published Chambers & Partners global guide, in the following practice areas: banking & finance, capital markets, competition & antitrust, corporate M&A, dispute resolution, dispute resolution: class action, projects & energy, real estate, restructuring & insolvency, tax, TMT: corporate, TMT: regulation, and transportation: aviation ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Whitney Remily and Associate Maudess Fulton have been selected to participate in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's signature programs aimed at preparing diverse young lawyers for leadership roles in the profession. Remily, a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group, was named to the 2018 class of LCLD Fellows ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partners Larry Pascal and Jorge Labastida have been selected by Latinvex for its 2018 ranking of the top 100 lawyers handling legal business in Latin America ...

On a cool, rain-soaked Sunday morning dawn in late January, O’Neal Webster’s Managing Partner Vanessa King stepped to the starting line alongside the British Virgin Islands team “54Strong” and 23,000 other runners who had gathered in Miami to compete in the city’s annual signature event, the Miami Marathon and Half-Marathon race. King and her teammates were running to raise much-needed funds for local BVI charities following the devastation left behind by hurricanes Irma and Maria ...

A federal jury verdict that Haynes and Boone, LLP helped win for clients ZeniMax Media Inc. and idSoftware has been recently named the nation's largest jury verdict of 2017 by VerdictSearch. A unit of ALM Media LLC, VerdictSearch collects and categorizes case data, which is drawn from firsthand reporting on both the plaintiff and defense sides of cases ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised DATAGROUP SE on the acquisition of all shares in Reutlingen-based almato GmbH and accompanied the transaction. Almato GmbH, founded in 2002, specializes in optimizing standard business processes and is one of the pioneers in the field of full and partial automation. DATAGROUP SE, headquartered in Pliezhausen, is a leading German IT service company with more than 1,900 employees ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Adam Fishkind, a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, has been appointed as Managing Member of the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. In his practice, Fishkind represents all parties involved in real estate based transactions including investors, lenders, developers, owners, and operators ...

The Asian Lawyer recently announced the finalists for the Asia Legal Awards 2018. The Asian Lawyer, in association with The American Lawyer, China Law & Practice and Legal Week, has held the Asia Legal Awards annually since 2014, with the intent to recognize the region's landmark deals, best-performing law firms and standout partners. Han Kun was shortlisted in the following award categories: 1. SSQ Asian Law Firm of the Year 2. TMT Firm of the Year 3. New Asian Office of the Year 4 ...

DUBAI – Wednesday, 14 February 2018–Afridi & Angell recently held a seminar and panel discussion at the Dubai Capital Club on investment in healthcare in the UAE ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that its Executive Board elected 12 new members to the firm effective January 1, 2018. Dykema’s new partners, their resident office and practice descriptions are listed below. Maria A ...

Supported by a team led by real estate expert Dr. Peter Vocke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Munich-based Domicil Real Estate Group sold a real estate portfolio in the Rhine-Neckar region (including Mannheim, Karlsruhe, and Schwetzingen) via its newly established Block Sales department ...