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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek remains a "top international law firm for India-related work" in 2017. The India Business Law Journal, which annually recognizes law firms for their Indian business, selected the firm for the fifth time in a row. The award is based on an analysis of more than 600 law firms worldwide, which were assessed for their India-related work by the Indian trade magazine. Featuring growth of 7 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Hotel La Tour Limited on its sale of the entire share capital of Hotel La Tour Birmingham Limited (which operates Hotel La Tour in Birmingham) to Dalata UK Ltd (part of Dalata Hotel Group Plc). Birmingham’s Hotel La Tour is a 4 star premium hotel, based in Birmingham’s Eastside district adjacent to HS2’s Curzon Street terminus in the centre of the city. Last year, the hotel scooped the Top Rated Hotel award in the Laterooms ...

The law firm Delphi has assisted Lucendo Holding AB, the majority owner of the AI company Humany AB, in their sale of Humany to Telia. Humany is the market leader in the Nordic region in self-learning knowledge systems and is at the forefront of Web and AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques. Humany works with web and AI technologies and creates smart self-help solutions in the digital customer meeting ...

Pellerano & Herrera launched a new column in local newspaper, Listin Diario, titled Constitutional Observatory of the Pellerano & Herrera Foundation (Observatorio Constitucional de la Fundación Pellerano & Herrera). This column seeks to make doctrinal contributions and awaken the interest of the legal community and society in general on constitutional matters. This column was launched in honor of Dr ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Sakina Rasheed Foster is co-chairing the 2017-2018 Equal Access to Justice Campaign benefiting the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP). The campaign is the Dallas Bar Association’s key annual project to raise funds to support providing pro bono legal aid to low-income Dallas County residents ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Washington, D.C.-based member Sean C. Griffin has earned DRI’s G. Duffield Smith Outstanding Publication Award for his November 2016 article on data security titled, “Hacks, Files, and Ethical Gapes: Attorneys’ Liability for Data Breaches,” which appeared in the DRI publication For The Defense. Griffin will be recognized at the Awards Luncheon of DRI’s 2017 Annual Meeting in Chicago on October 5, 2017. Each year, the G ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today the addition of Ayanna Clinton as the firm’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Clinton replaces Dykema’s former Chief Human Resources Officer Kim Amodeo, who retired in April ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Jason T. Hanselman, Lansing-based member in the Firm’s Government Policy and Practice group, has been elected to serve as President of the Ingham County Bar Foundation (ICBF) for a one-year term. The ICBF is the Ingham County Bar’s philanthropic entity and has a close relationship with the Ingham County Bar Association (ICBA) and other local bar organizations ...

Vitelio Mejia Ortiz, partner at Pellerano & Herrera, has been unanimously selected, by the six teams, members of the Dominican Baseball League (LIDOM), as president of said institution from 2017 through 2019 ...

With a team led by Frankfurt-based partner Thomas K. Schrell, the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised a bank consortium led by Kreissparkasse Biberach as arranger on a consortium loan for Peach Property Group of up to EUR 60 million. The group is an investor specializing in portfolio management in Germany, focusing on residential properties. The growth financing serves to supplement the usual mortgage loans in the acquisition of real estate portfolios ...

A survey of UK, City and international firms was undertaken by Legal Week Intelligence, the publication's research arm. Respondents from each firm were asked to rate various aspects of their professional lives, both in importance and their current level of satisfaction. Shoosmiths scored highly for the 'level of cooperation and teamwork within my team' and for the 'prestige/brand of my firm' ...

Situated in the central belt of Scotland along the M8 corridor, the Heartlands development spans approximately 1,400 acres and when completed will comprise residential, business and leisure facilities. The £12m funding will refinance and provide working capital facilities in connection with the development that aims to provide its residents with a sustainable way of living through recycling and reusing of natural resources ...

The 2017 BTI Industry Power Rankings recognized Haynes and Boone, LLP as among the select firms with “unparalleled client relationships.” The report by BTI Consulting Group, Inc., a highly respected legal research firm, designates Haynes and Boone as a “Leading Recommended” firm for the Energy industry, ranking among the top three percent of all law firms in the field ...

Norwegian Flokk AS, advised by a team led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, acquired all shares in Swiss Giroflex-Holding AG with all its holdings, including the German subsidiary (Giroflex GmbH). Flokk AS, formerly Scandinavian Business Seating AS, is a portfolio company of Triton Fund IV. The leading European manufacturer of workplace furniture is headquartered in Oslo. Flokk sells its products through a network of independent distribution partners in 15 countries ...

Buenos Aires, July 21st, 2017. Egger Holzwerkstoffe GmbH, through its Argentine subsidiary Egger Investments S.A., signed an agreement for the acquisition of the industrial business of Masisa Argentina SA (subsidiary of Masisa S.A., a Chilean company) on July 17th. The transaction is expected to close within the next three months, once the conditions precedent contained in the agreement are met. Horacio E ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Charles A. Beckham Jr. received the Robert B. Wilson Distinguished Service Award from the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section for his dedication to the profession and to his field. The award is named for Robert B. Wilson, the Bankruptcy Law Section’s first chair, and is presented “in deep gratitude for tireless efforts and unceasing dedication and service to the Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partners Kimberly Chase and Henry Welch have been named Rising Stars in California in the most recent Super Lawyers directory, published by Thomson Reuters. This is the fifth straight year that Chase, who practices in the Orange County office, has been selected as a Rising Star in Southern California. She is highlighted for employment litigation. Welch, who is based in the Palo Alto office, is highlighted for intellectual property in Northern California ...

A Haynes and Boone, LLP team won the complete dismissal of a breach of contract and fraud suit against Holiday Hospitality Franchising stemming from the company’s decision not to renew the operating license for a Houston Holiday Inn. The hotel franchisee sued Holiday Hospitality (which licenses most InterContinental Hotels Group brands, including Holiday Inn) alleging breach of contract, fraud and other claims. But U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr ...

Pellerano & Herrera was selected as the best company to work for, in the law firm category, and one of the best companies to work for in the Dominican Republic in 2017, for eleventh consecutive year by Mercado magazine's annual ranking of 80 leading Dominican companies. "The key to this prestigious law firm's success is their team of lawyers" highlighted the business publication, "their service is backed by their up to date knowledge and expertise, innovation and creativity" ...

A team led by Dr. Pär Johansson of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised GoDaddy Inc. on the sale of the PlusServer-group which is based in Cologne. The PlusServer-group offers webhosting and provides individual managed-hosting-solutions and hybride Cloud solutions for business customers. GoDaddy Inc. had acquired PlusServer-group in 2017 in connection with the acquisition of the Host Europe-group. GoDaddy is a listed American group with headquarters in Scottsdale, USA ...

Sports lawyers at national law firm Shoosmiths, Caroline Brennan, Mike Patterson and John Shea, take up key roles for national governing bodies in the sports sector. Caroline has been appointed as the new independent director for Parkour UK while Mike and John have been appointed to key governance committees’ of the International Powerlifting Federation – the international governing body for the sport of Powerlifting ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is pleased to announce that it has received recognition for its unparalleled client relationships in the Financial Services industry in the report BTI Industry Power Rankings 2017: The Law Firms with the Best Client Relationships in 18 Industries. The Firm was named a Clientopia Leader and is one of only 24 law firms with Clientopia relationships in the Financial Services industry ...

Real estate experts from national law firm Shoosmiths have advised Citygrove Securities PLC and its subsidiary Albemarle Developments Limited throughout the lifecycle of re-developing The Old Dairy, an award-winning mixed use scheme in South Ruislip. The mixed-use scheme – which recently won the RICS Award for Regeneration - comprises of 162 residential properties, a Cineworld cinema, an Asda foodstore and family-themed restaurants and will create c.536 jobs and a new heart of South Ruislip ...

Real estate experts from national law firm Shoosmiths have advised Citygrove Securities PLC and its subsidiary Albemarle Developments Limited throughout the lifecycle of re-developing The Old Dairy, an award-winning mixed use scheme in South Ruislip. The mixed-use scheme – which recently won the RICS Award for Regeneration - comprises of 162 residential properties, a Cineworld cinema, an Asda foodstore and family-themed restaurants and will create c.536 jobs and a new heart of South Ruislip ...

A Haynes and Boone team won the complete dismissal of a breach of contract and fraud suit against Holiday Hospitality Franchising stemming from the company’s decision not to renew the operating license for a Houston Holiday Inn. The hotel franchisee sued Holiday Hospitality (which licenses most InterContinental Hotels Group brands, including Holiday Inn) alleging breach of contract, fraud and other claims. But U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr ...