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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 ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan was recognized as Philippine Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2018. SyCipLaw partners Rocky Alejandro L. Reyes and Russel L. Rodriguez received the award on the firm’s behalf. The awards honor the work of national and international law firms across the Asia Pacific region on the basis of research for the most recent edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Albert Tan moderated and spoke on a fund finance panel at the Private Equity International CFOs & COOs Forum 2018 in New York City on January 25, 2018. The panel, "Fund Finance: Utilizing Credit Lines/Subscription Lines of Credit at the Fund Level," focused on subscription financing, the primary fund financing product ...

Food and delivery logistics service Swiggy has raised $100m in a Series F round of investment from Naspers and Meituan-Dianping. “Led by the global investment and media conglomerate, Naspers, with participation from the Chinese e-commerce company Meituan-Dianping, the investment is an indicator that the Indian technology market is hitting its stride,” reported TechCrunch ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Jennifer Fraser, a member in the firm’s Intellectual Property & IP Litigation Department, has been appointed as Leader of Dykema’s Trademark Practice Group. Fraser has been recognized as a leading trademark practitioner in Washington, D.C., by World Trademark Review for seven consecutive years and has also been selected as a Washington, D.C., Super Lawyer® for five consecutive years ...

Michelle Scheffler, a commercial litigator with deep experience in the oil and gas arena, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a litigation partner, continuing the firm's expansion of its energy practice. "Michelle is an exceptional lawyer and will add greatly to the existing strength of our litigation and energy practices," Managing Partner Tim Powers said. "She will provide tremendous value to our clients ...

A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers led by Houston Partner Bill Nelson advised Alta Mesa Holdings, LP, which on February 9 completed its $3.8 billion combination with Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II and Kingfisher Midstream LLC. Founded in 1987 and based in Houston, Alta Mesa is a leading pure-play exploration and production company focused on the prolific STACK play in the Anadarko Basin ...