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Five Haynes and Boone, LLP partners have been recognized by the National Diversity Council for exemplifying strong leadership and advocating for inclusion in the legal profession. Honorees are: Purvi Patel Albers Henry Flores Ricardo Garcia-Moreno Sakina Foster Felicity Fowler Awardees are selected based on factors including leadership excellence, peer recognition and commitment to fairness, equity, and justice in client representations and professional collaborations ...

The world-renowned legal media publisher, IFLR1000, has recently published "Leading Lawyers" ratings in its 2018 Financial and Corporate Guide. Multiple Han Kun lawyers have been recognized in the Guide ...

On October 8-13th, IBA Annual Conference was held in Sydney, Australia. The Conference is one of the core events for the international legal community. Maxim Alekseyev, ALRUD Senior Partner, presented during the session “Adapting structures to mobile clients: changing views and alternatives” ...

Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP received recognition for its International Arbitration, Oil and Gas and Shipping practices in the 2017 United Kingdom edition of The Legal 500, published by Legalease. Haynes and Boone was ranked among the recommended law firms in three of the areas in which the London office has built its reputation ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has achieved top tier rankings in 31 practice areas in this year's The Legal 500 directory, with a further 66 practice areas recommended. A total of 27 lawyers are also named in the elite Leading Lawyers list, while The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2017 editorial features 227 Shoosmiths lawyers ...

With a team led by Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Iris Capital on its investment in Open-Xchange, a German provider of open source e-mail, productivity, and software solutions. Iris Capital invested 21 million euros jointly with eCAPITAL and other investors. The capital will be used by Open-Xchange to expand in North and Latin America and Asia ...

The world-renowned legal media publisher, IFLR1000, has recently published firm rankings in its 2018 Financial and Corporate Guide. Han Kun has been recognized as a Tier 1 PRC law firm in Private Equity and Investment Funds. This is the sixth consecutive year for IFLR1000 to recognize Han Kun as a Tier 1 PRC law firm in Private Equity, and the third time as a Tier 1 PRC law firm in Investment Funds ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Justice Phylis J. Speedlin and Dan G. Webster, were each honored by the San Antonio Business Journal with Lifetime Achievement Awards at its 2017 Outstanding Lawyers Awards reception. Donna J. McElroy was also present at the Awards ceremony, as she also received one of San Antonio Business Journal’s 2017 Outstanding Lawyers Awards ...

By framing the specialist knowledge of our lawyers in a broader social and cultural context, we hope to raise the debate over new technologies to a new level. We have known for a long time that new technology is a dynamic field. But the pace of change has greatly outstripped our imagination. Assisting clients from the new technology sector on a daily basis, we are mindful of the huge transformations awaiting us in the years ahead. We must be prepared ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) was recognized as the Philippine National Law Firm of the Year at the 2017 Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards. SyCipLaw partners Anthony W. Dee and Ronald Mark C. Lleno received the award on the firm's behalf. The awards recognize the foremost litigation and dispute resolution leaders and practitioners in 12 practice areas and across 14 jurisdictions around the region based on Asialaw's comprehensive research in the past year ...

The well-known London-based legal publisher Law Business Research recently published its inaugural edition of The Healthcare Law Review (2017). Han Kun partner Mr. Zhu Min authored the China chapter. Han Kun was the only PRC-headquartered law firm to contribute to the book. Han Kun associate Ms. Wei Wei also contributed to the writing of the article ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Cale A. Johnson, a Bloomfield Hills-based member in Dykema’s Litigation practice, was recently elected to serve as Chair of the State Bar of Michigan’s Antitrust, Franchising & Trade Regulation Section. Having previously served as Vice Chair, Johnson was elected to serve as Chair at the Section’s annual meeting on September 29, 2017 ...

A team of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised SANHA GmbH & Co. KG on extending the term of its 2013/2018 bond. Since the necessary quorum had not reached in an initial vote of bondholders without a meeting, the bond creditors approved the proposed amendment with a majority of 99.8 percent at a meeting on September 15 ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP represented Lapolla Industries, Inc. in its sale to Icynene U.S. Holding Corp., a Canadian rival in the spray foam insulation industry and portfolio company of FFL Partners, LLC. The deal, valued at about $160 million, was unanimously approved by Lapolla's board of directors, the company said in a statement. Haynes and Boone Partners Rick Werner and Greg Kramer and Associate Patrick Horan represented Lapolla, assisted by lawyers in several of the firm's U.S. offices ...

Lori Troutman has joined the Houston office of Haynes and Boone, LLP as a counsel in the firm's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice. A former special counsel at Baker Botts LLP, Lori has advised clients for 24 years on a wide range of matters, including the design, implementation and management of qualified defined benefit and defined contribution plans, and all types of health and welfare benefit plans ...

<strong>Pittsburgh </strong>— Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/travis_knobbe/details">Travis A. Knobbe</a> has joined the law firm’s Pittsburgh office, marking the third litigation hire for the office in the third quarter ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised coffee chain Bob & Berts on £2m funding from the BGF to venture into the Scottish market. Founded in Northern Ireland, Bob & Berts is a family business that has grown to encompass 16 outlets in the country with a further 30 stores planned to open over the next four years, 20 of which will be in Scotland. Its relaxed style and focus on fresh food has proved a winning combination with a wide and growing customer base ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partners Jeremy Kernodle, Nina Cortell and Anne Johnson, Counsel Ryan Paulsen and Associates Nicole Somerville and Andrew Guthrie were part of a multi-firm appellate team that got a $663 million judgment against client Trinity Industries under the False Claims Act overturned. In a case followed nationally, the 5th U.S ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has boosted its Birmingham-based corporate team with the hire of Paul Batchelor from PwC Legal where he established and grew its Midlands legal business. Paul specialises in merger and acquisitions, private equity investments, complex group reorganisations, management incentive arrangements and high net worth/family investment structures ...

Buenos Aires, October 5th, 2017. Between September 29th and October 3rd, Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. issued 126,500,000 new Class B common shares (equivalent to US$632.500.000). Consequently, the registered capital as of the date amounts to AR$1,426,764,597. The offer was made in Argentina and in the United States, in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) with the advice and participation of both local and international law firms and placement agents ...

Karanovic & Nikolic advised AmSpec on the acquisition of Agri Services doo - an inspection and testing company serving the Agricultural and Petroleum market in the Danube region from their locations in Serbia and Hungary. The acquisition of Agri Services shows AmSpec's continued expansion into the Agri-market and is yet another strategic step for the company, as it maintains its focus on expanding its global service network ...

Lavery and Fondation Montréal inc. are pleased to announce the creation of the Lavery AI Grant offered to start-ups in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Valued at $15,000, grant winners will also have access to the full range of services provided by Fondation Montréal inc., as well as legal coaching by Lavery, tailored to the needs of young businesses in the artificial intelligence industry ...

Karanovic & Nikolic Advises In The Signing Of The Landmark PPP For The Vinca Waste Treatment Project Karanovic & Nikolic advised in the signing of the biggest PPP project in Serbia for the landfill remediation and development of the waste treatment facility in Belgrade, Vinca ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Bonnie Mayfield, a Bloomfield Hills-based member in Dykema’s Litigation practice, was recently named Chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel's (IADC) Diversity Committee. A longstanding member of the IADC, Mayfield also previously held positions as the Diversity Committee’s Vice Chair of Programs and Vice Chair of Initiatives ...

On 4 October 2017, the Financial Times announced the highly-anticipated results of its annual survey, the FT Innovative Lawyers Report, recognising Ellex as one of the 50 most innovative law firms in Europe. The Ellex group of law firms stands out in the rankings as the only Baltic-based law firm selected alongside well-known internationals such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, DLA Piper, Dentons and others ...