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Asia IP recognized SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan's Intellectual Property (IP) practice in its various 2017 rankings this year. SyCipLaw is a Top Tier Philippine Firm in: - Copyright, Asia IP Best of the Best: Copyright - Trademark Prosecution and Trademark Contentious, Asia IP Asia’s Leading Trademark Firms - Patent Prosecution and Patent Contentious, Asia IP Asia’s Leading Patent Firms The results are based on months of research and feedback from corporate counsel ...

Four Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers have been featured in the D CEO Magazine's 2017 listing of the most influential leaders in North Texas. Firm Co-Founder Michael Boone, Managing Partner Tim Powers, and Partners Melissa Goodman and Jeff Dorrill were included in the 2017 "Dallas 500" directory. Featuring the region's most powerful leaders in more than 60 categories, the Dallas 500 provides an engaging, personal look at the people who have made Dallas-Fort Worth such a powerful economic force ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Yin Ge has joined the firm as a partner. Yin works primarily in the firm's Shanghai office. Prior to joining Han Kun, Yin was a counsel at Clifford Chance LLP and led the Financial Services Practice in Shanghai. Yin also worked at Allen & Overy LLP before joining Clifford Chance. Yin is a legal expert on asset management and financial services ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP won the inaugural Legal Cup Challenge conducted in conjunction with the American Heart Association's 2017 Dallas Heart Walk. The firm raised more than $38,000 to top participating law firms from across the city. American Heart Association representatives presented the loving cup-style trophy to Managing Partner Tim Powers and Partner Susan Wetzel, the firm's lead Heart Walk team organizer, at a gathering for participants on Nov. 8 ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Arlene Switzer Steinfield, Dallas-based Senior Counsel in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice, was recognized in D CEO’s special edition, The Dallas 500, for the second consecutive year. The Dallas 500 is a special print edition of D CEO that celebrates the most influential and powerful business leaders in North Texas ...

19 November 2017. Beccar Varela won the “ARGENTINA LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR”, granted by the leading law firm directories publication Chambers and Partners. The “Chambers Latin America Awards 2017” ceremony took place on November 17th, at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, in Miami, USA. Every year, the publication honors Latin American law firms that stand out for their work. After receiving the award, Horacio E ...

Real estate experts at national law firm Shoosmiths have advised Pharm Research Associates (UK) Limited (PRA) on real estate aspects relating to the acquisition of new sites in Russia and the Netherlands, and a lease regear at its UK HQ. Shoosmiths worked alongside leading Russian law firm and World Services Group (WSG) partner, Alrud to advise on all aspects of documentation relating to the £2 ...

Han Kun, as PRC Legal counsel to the issuer, advised Yixin Group Limited (Stock Code: 2858) on its global offering on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Yixin Group Limited is a leading online automobile retail transaction platform and financing lease company in China ...

A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, a lawyer specializing in Capital Markets and Partner at the Cologne office, advised publicly listed 7C Solarparken AG on a capital increase from EUR 44,821,419 to EUR 46,791,825. The proceeds of the issue are to be used to accelerate the company's growth and to implement strategic measures ...

DUBAI – Wednesday, 15 November 2017 – Afridi & Angell recently held a seminar at the Dubai Capital Club on managing litigation and enforcement risks.The seminar, hosted by Afridi & Angell in cooperation with Jenner & Block, was attended by general counsel, legal managers, managing directors, finance directors, and risk and compliance officers ...

The corporate team at Shoosmiths Manchester is on track for a record year, having advised on deals worth more than £300m in the last month alone. The team has completed on a number of high profile transactions across a range of sectors, including automotive engineering, real estate and telecoms, underlining its strength regionally and nationally ...

Delphi has assisted myTaste AB (publ) in connection with a rights issue of units. The subscription period ended on October 23, 2017, and the issue was subscribed to 112 percent. Delphi’s team consisted of Michael Juhlin, responsible partner, Marcus Halling, Emelie Gustavsson and Emil Blomqvist. myTaste AB (publ) myTaste AB (publ) is a digital media house that, among other things, owns and operates one of the world's largest social networks for cooking enthusiasts, myTaste.com ...

Delphi has advised the owners of the Lideta Group (”Lideta”) in connection with the divestment of the shares to Nordstjernan. Lideta engages in primary care via 15 units in Stockholm and southern Sweden. The company has grown rapidly since it was founded in 2001 by Dr. Larsson. The company currently has 93,000 listed patients, 350 employees and sales of approximately SEK 500 million ...

Based on Han Kun's excellent performance in many high-profile transactions in 2016-2017, Asialaw Profiles 2018 has ranked Han Kun as Outstanding in 4 practice areas, Highly Recommended in 1 practice area and Recommended in 7 practice areas. In addition, 7 of Han Kun's lawyers were recognized as Leading Lawyers ...

Morgan & Morgan advised Corporación Bella Vista de Finanzas, S.A., one of the most important finance companies of Panama, in the public offering of revolving corporate bonds for an amount of up to US$10,000,000.00 Corporación Bella Vista de Finanzas, S.A., registered a program of revolving corporate bonds in series for an amount of up to US$10,000,000.00 with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, proudly announced that it received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Dykema joins the ranks of 609 major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks this year ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Robert C. Shrosbree to its Corporate Finance practice group as a member in the firm’s Detroit office. Shrosbree, who was previously an associate at Dykema from 1987-1991 after graduating from law school, returns to the firm after spending the past decade in-house at General Motors as its Executive Director, Lead Counsel Federal Oversight and Acting Corporate Secretary ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Kyle A. Owens and John C. Sokatch as senior counsel in the firm’s growing Dallas office, which has now added nine attorneys in the past five months. The firm’s rate of growth in North Texas has been so rapid in recent months that it has had to arrange for additional space in the Comerica Bank Tower, where the office is located ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) received nominations for the Philippines Firm of the Year; Banking & Finance Firm of the Year; IT, Telecoms & Media Firm of the Year; and South-east Asia Firm of the Year categories of the inaugural asialaw Asia-Pacific Legal Practice Awards. The asialaw Asia-Pacific Legal Practice Awards are primarily based on extensive research conducted on the 2018 edition of Asialaw Profiles ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP again has been featured in the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" survey, with national rankings in 34 practice areas and regional rankings in 88 practice areas for the 2018 edition ...

Han Kun, as PRC Legal counsel to the issuer, advised China Literature Limited (Stock Code: 772) on its global offering on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. China Literature Limited is a pioneer in China's online literature market and operates the leading online literature platform ...

Haynes and Boone Partners Kyle Howard, Greg Webb, David O'Dell and Russ Emerson represented Riverbed Technology, Inc. before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a multimillion-dollar dispute over data compression patents. In particular, the Haynes and Boone team challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,643,513 and U.S. Patent No. 7,378,992 in inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that partner <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/john_allevato/details">John F. Allevato</a> was awarded the highest recognition for Private Wealth Law in the 2017 edition of the Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) guide, marking the first time a West Virginia lawyer has been included in the publication ...

Law firm Delphi has assisted Industrifonden and Notion Capital in connection with their investment in Adfenix AB. The total financing round amounted to USD 6 million. Delphi’s team consisted of Anders Lindström (Responsible Partner), assisted primarily by Emma Dansbo (Senior Associate), and Sophie Leifland (Associate). A large number of other colleagues at Delphi were also involved in the work ...

Law firm Delphi has assisted Industrifonden in connection with its investment in Fast Travel Games AB. The total financing round amounted to USD 2.1 million. Delphi’s team consisted of Anders Lindström (Partner), assisted primarily by Emma Dansbo (Senior Associate) and John Neway Herrman (Associate). A number of other colleagues at Delphi were also involved in the work ...