Press Releases

January 18, 2018 - Madrid, Spain. Pellerano & Herrera has released today in the University of Nebrija of Madrid, the publication "Convenios Bilaterales entre Republica Dominicana y el Reino de Espana" during an event attended by academics, businessmen and diplomats ...

Panama, January 4, 2018. The Executive Organ approved at the end of December, a 6.5% minimum salary adjustment for large companies, which became law of the Republic of Panama and applies from January 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2019 ...

Michael Schmittmann, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Düsseldorf office and renowned media lawyer, successfully represented the Saxon State Institute for Private Broadcasting and New Media (SLM) against the Free State of Saxony. In its December 19, 2017 judgement, the Saxon Higher Administrative Court in Bautzen ruled that, contrary to the first-instance judgement of Leipzig Administrative Court, the action by SLM against a supervisory complaint of the State Chancellery would be upheld ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan has been recommended by The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2018 as a Top Tier Firm in 15 practice areas in the Philippines: Aviation, Banking and finance, Capital markets, Corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, Immigration, Intellectual property, Labour and employment, Law firms in Cebu, Law firms in Davao, Projects and energy, Real estate and construction, Shipping, Tax, and Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) ...

Asters acted as a legal counsel to METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine against the Antimonopoly Committee in an alleged retail cartel case. On 5 December 2017, the High Commercial Court of Ukraine rendered the final decision in the case that had been litigated for more than two years ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP represented The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd, as Administrative Agent ("Agent") to a large group of international commodity finance banks in their successful recovery of more than $2 billion in debt owed by Noble Americas Corp. ("Noble Americas") - a full recovery of all amounts owed to the bank syndicate under the company's U.S. borrowing base facility. On Jan ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP proudly announces the promotion to counsel of nine firm associates, representing six practice areas from our Chicago, Dallas, London, New York and San Antonio offices. The new group of counsel comprises Fiona Cain, Jamie Carter, Teena Grewal, Sarah Jacobson, Cesar Ramirez, Aaron Taggart, Lauren White, Jason Whitney and Helen Conybeare Williams ...

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in connection with over EUR 30 million loan to IMMER Group, a leading Eastern European producer of flexible packaging. IFC’s financing package, which includes 15 million euro in debt mobilized from other lenders, is designed to support growth of IMMER Ukrplastic, Ukraine’s largest manufacturer of flexible packaging materials whose production facilities are based in Kyiv ...

After winning the Law Firm of the Year awards in 2014 and 2017, Karanović & Nikolić is once again a finalist for this prestigious recognition. The awards, now in their ninth year, are organised by The Lawyer, a prestigious British weekly magazine for lawyers and in house counsel. According to the organisers, this year's contest is particularly fierce. The Lawyer awards are meant to reward and celebrate excellence across the European legal market ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to Grupo Eleta in the sale of a minority stake in the Pear Island Project to the Grivalia Group, a global real estate investment company. Pedro Gonzalez Island (Pearl Island) is located at Archipelago Las Perlas, Pacific Ocean. The project consists of the integrated development of approximately 1,600 hectares of the island, including an airport, several hotels, a town center, several marinas, among others amenities ...

Victory for 1. FSV Mainz 05 e. V. (Mainz 05), the Bundesliga soccer league, and all teams in professional team sports: On January 16, 2018, the Federal Labor Court ruled for the first time that time limits are effective for players in team sports, specifically in Bundesliga soccer (Case: 7 AZR 312/16). Employment lawyer Dr. Johan-Michel Menke, partner at the Hamburg office of the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, successfully advised Mainz 05 on the appeal and the legal review by the court ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Dan Harkins has been appointed to serve the firm as Director of its Intellectual Property (IP) Department, a team focused on counselling clients in all aspects of the procurement, management, and enforcement of Intellectual Property rights. For more than 25 years, Harkins has advised clients on how best to protect and enhance their intellectual property assets ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Aschheim-based Munich Brand Hub AG on converting receivables from a bond issued by Laurèl GmbH into shares in Munich Brand Hub AG (“debt-to-equity swap”). The company was also advised on listing the shares on the Munich Stock Exchange. Laurèl GmbH is an international fashion company whose assets were subject to insolvency proceedings under its own administration. In 2012, the company had issued a bond with a total volume of EUR 20 million ...

Asters is delighted to announce that Yaroslav Petrov has been promoted to Partner effective 1 January 2018. Yaroslav Petrov joined Asters as Associate in June 2010 and was promoted to Counsel in July 2014. Yaroslav holds master of law degree from the Donetsk National University and LL.M in International Arbitration from the Stockholm University. Yaroslav also attended a non-degree course in International Business and Management from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (USA) ...

With a team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised The Grounds Real Estate Development AG on a reverse IPO by contributing The Grounds Real Estate AG to a shell company. Subsequently, a private placement in Germany was successfully completed with the subscription of 2.2 million shares. The next step will be a dual listing of The Grounds Real Estate Development AG shares in the AltX segment of Johannesburg Stock Exchange ...

TEMASEK Holdings has its eye on budding logistics and supply chain technology firms worldwide - the latest move in its technology-sector venture plays. The state investment firm will invest in early-stage companies in this area, in a tie-up with global freight forwarder and logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel. Temasek and Kuehne + Nagel have signed a memorandum of understanding to make these investments, the Switzerland-based logistics group said in a press release on Monday ...

Julian Yarr has been elected by the partners of A&L Goodbody to serve a third term as Managing Partner. The term will start from 1 May 2018 and run for four years. Catherine Duffy, Chairman of A&L Goodbody said: "The leadership and direction provided by Julian since 2010 has contributed hugely to the success of our firm. We can look forward to benefiting from his experience, energy, and commitment to our business as we focus on our ambitious plans for the future ...

Chambers & Partners has recently announced its nominees for the Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2018. Han Kun has been nominated for Chambers Asia-Pacific "PRC firms: Corporate & Finance" and "PRC firms: Client Service" in China & Hong Kong, which are two of only three PRC law firm award categories. This is the third consecutive year for Han Kun to be nominated for the PRC Corporate & Finance Firm of the Year award ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Jeffrey G. Huron has been appointed as the Office Managing Member of the firm’s Los Angeles Office. He succeeds Mike Wippler, who now serves on the firm’s Executive Board. Huron, who is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, has more than 25 years of experience litigating and arbitrating business, real estate and entertainment disputes ...

Rome, January 11, 2018 � The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners announces the promotion of 5 new partners: Gabriele Arcuri, Emanuele Bosia, Mariasole Conticelli, Eva Cruellas Sada and Andrea Gritti ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that James M. (Marty) Truss has been appointed as the Office Managing Member of the firm’s San Antonio office. Truss also serves as Co-Leader of the Firm’s Energy Industry Team. He succeeds Dan Harkins, who serves now as the firm’s Intellectual Property and IP Litigation Department Director. Truss, who has been with the firm for more than 20 years, focuses his practice on complex business litigation primarily in the energy industry ...

With a team led by Dr. Michael Dröge, Partner at the Hamburg office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised the shareholders of thinXXS Microtechnology AG, including majority shareholder PRICAP Venture Partners AG, on the sale of their shares to a subsidiary of IDEX Corporation. thinXXS Microtechnology AG is a technology leader in the field of microfluidic systems, in particular in the diagnostics market ...

Partner Andreas Silcher in Haynes and Boone's London office represented TMS Cardiff Gas in its contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries of Korea (HHI) for the construction of one 174,000 cubic meter LNG carrier with XDF propulsion, plus an option for a second vessel. In a press release, TMS Cardiff Gas called the order the first in the company's X Carrier Series of orders, which expands the company's fleet of managed vessels to 10 ...

In the last months of 2017, the four largest transactions of the year were closed in Chile, and Carey was involved acting as advisor to one of the parties in each one. Banking, health insurance, infrastructure services and energy were the main industries involved in those deals, which all together totaled approx. USD6.7 billion ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that member attorney <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/bryan_scott/details">Bryan G. Scott</a> was named to <em>Business North Carolina</em> magazine’s 2018 Legal Elite list ...