Press Releases

Morgan & Morgan advised Multibank Inc., one of the largest and most important banks in Panama, in a public offering of revolving short term commercial paper for an amount of up to US$200,000,000.00 Multibank Inc., registered a program of revolving short term commercial paper in series for an amount of up to US$200,000,000.00 with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama. Payments due to holders of such securities are unsecured and backed by the general credit of the issuer ...

TSMP is pleased to have advised entertainment company mm2 Asia in its acquisition of a household brand, Cathay Cineplexes, in a SGD 230-million dollar deal signed this morning. The deal will see mm2 Asia take over Singapore’s eight Cathay cinemas, bringing its total number of screens to 206 across 27 locations, including in Malaysia ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm was nationally ranked in 13 practice areas in the 2018 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list, as well as receiving a total of 123 metropolitan rankings representing various areas of law. The U.S ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP advised KMG Chemicals, Inc. in a $186 million public offering of common stock that closed Oct. 23. The offering included 3,000,000 shares of common stock of KMG and an additional 450,000 shares purchased by the underwriters. Houston Partner Bill Nelson led the Haynes and Boone team representing KMG. He was assisted by Houston Partner Kristina Trauger and Houston Associate Sameer Saxena. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc ...

Carey advised CBRE Chile in the tender process for the supply of energy to 40 commercial buildings under the management of CBRE Chile. The advice involved the legal and regulatory analysis regarding the applicability of free negotiated tariff to the buildings; structuring the tender process, including drafting the tender terms and conditions, invitation and Q&A letters. Also it included the assessment of the bids submitted; and the negotiation of the PPA with AES Gener Chile, the awarded bidder ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP represented client VBI Vaccines Inc. in its successful underwritten public offering and concurrent registered direct offering of common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $71.9 million. Partner Rick Werner led the Haynes and Boone team representing VBI, assisted by Associates Jayun Koo and Pat Horan ...

As a sign of the improved financial health of the oil and gas industry, exploration and production companies appear to be in a better position to comply with strict lending guidelines released by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in 2016, according to a recent analysis by Haynes and Boone, LLP. The OCC in 2016 published revised guidelines to assist banks in assessing the risk of their oil and gas loans ...

Madeleine Zipperle and Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised mwb fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank AG on the successful issue of the Euroboden GmbH bond. Due to the high demand, the public offer ended already on the first subscription day – the period was originally set to end on November 7, 2017. The EUR 25 million issue volume was fully placed. Part of the new issue is to be used for redeeming the previous bond, while the remainder is to be used for operational business ...

Medical technology specialist CLEARUM GmbH and Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH founded a joint venture by the name of Med-Tec Holding GmbH. CLEARUM and its founders, Dr. Torsten Klein and Jens Sieder, were supported by a team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek. Cheplapharm initially acquired a 24.9% stake in CLEARUM by way of a capital increase and will acquire 24.9% of the joint medical technology company Med-Tec Holding GmbH ...

With parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement announcing recently that they plan to continue renegotiations through February 2018, Haynes and Boone, LLP released a new report examining where the talks stand on more than 30 issues under discussion. Haynes and Boone, which has a longstanding office in Mexico City as well as offices across the U.S ...

A Haynes and Boone, LLP team led by Partner Thad Behrens and Associate Charlie Jones scored another win for the National Football League in litigation pursued by a fantasy football convention company owned by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo ...

The Danish IT consulting firm Netcompany has completed its largest acquisition to date by acquiring the British IT company Hunter Macdonald. Plesner has assisted Netcompany with the newly closed transaction. Netcompany continues its international expansion with the acquisition of Hunter Macdonald and the company adds a strong capacity as regards cyber security and IT infrastructure. Netcompany previously expanded in Poland and Norway ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/ashlee_webster/details">Ashlee A. Webster</a> joined the law firm, adding depth to its litigation services and marking the North Carolina office's fourth hire in the past two months ...

For the second year in a row, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) was named Philippine Law Firm of the Year, Arbitration Law Firm of the Year, and Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year at the 2nd ALB Philippine Law Awards. The firm also received the Construction and Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, while SyCipLaw partner Emmanuel M. Lombos was named Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year ...

October 26th ALRUD Law Firm and Bird & Bird, held a joint seminar “Project Development and Finance in Russia: key practical issues from English law and Russian law perspective”. Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner, Head of Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Practice, and Anton Dzhuplin, Partner, Head of Banking and Finance Practice, were speakers on the Seminar ...

Barry Buchman has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP's Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Insurance Recovery Practice. Recognized as a leading policyholder insurance attorney by Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc. (2016-2017), Chambers USA, Chambers & Partners (2012-2017), and Washington, D.C ...

Respondents to Dykema’s 13th Annual M&A Outlook Survey expressed an overall bullish viewpoint of the economy and U.S. M&A market, bringing a new level of optimism, not seen in several years. Thirty-nine percent of respondents in this year’s survey expect the M&A market to strengthen over the next 12 months, up from 33-percent last year and 37-percent in 2015 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised development client Frontier Estates Limited on the first of what could be a number of multi-million pound property deals to ensure the development of a number of much-needed care homes. Shoosmiths’ real estate team advised the developer on the initial acquisition of the sites in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire ...

Advokatfirman Delphi has advised Cherry AB (publ) in connection with delisting from AktieTorget and admission to trading of the company’s shares on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap. Delphi’s team consisted of, among others, Michael Juhlin (responsible partner), Jonas Ingvarson and Marcus Halling. For more information, please see Cherry’s press release: http://www.cherry ...

A&L Goodbody, one of Ireland's leading corporate law firms, has refreshed its brand image. This will help further develop and modernise how we present to our clients, markets and people. The project includes a new logo and visual identity which went live on Monday 23rd October. The refreshed brand project was developed after consultation externally with clients and the business community and internally with our partners and employees ...

Partners Karen Procter (Manchester) and James Foster (Leeds) advised the specialist SME investor on deal, worth £9m, with the fast-growing Manchester-based company which provides telephony, contact centre and unified communications infrastructure and software to business and public sector organisations. Founded in 2005, 4net has built a reputation for service excellence and innovation. It has offices at Trafford Park, Manchester, Burton on Trent, Reading and London ...

A team led by Cologne-based partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Pantaflix AG on a cash capital increase again. It was placed with institutional investors within a very brief time and was oversubscribed. The company will use the proceeds of EUR 18.5 million to finance growth. As a result of the capital increase, free float will increase to some 40%. Pantaflix AG is a Munich-based media company. It develops, produces, and manages rights to movies ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised PlusServer Group, a member of BC Partners, on the acquisition of Nexinto group. The transaction is subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities. With more than 200 employees at its Hamburg site, Nexinto offers managed services for business-critical IT systems. Nexinto's innovative operating models and tailor-made system architectures provide companies with comprehensive support in digital transformation ...

With a team led by Frankfurt-based partner Dr. Günther M. Bredow and comprising members from several offices, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Janoschka group on entering into an investment agreement with a financial investor and management. The group's parent company, Janoschka Assets GmbH & Co. KG, that has previously been family-owned will initially be converted into a stock corporation ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP helped pro bono client Ana Vega secure guardianship of her grandson following a contested court hearing in October. Vega was referred to the firm by the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County. She wanted guardianship of her grandson, Luis, because his father is in prison and mother is not involved in his life. The matter went relatively smoothly until the October guardianship hearing at the San Mateo County Superior Court ...