Press Releases

SMS Latinoamérica, the international organization of audit and consulting firms with HQ in Argentina, has been designated as a member of the Transnational Auditors Committee and, as of July 2017, its president, Pablo San Martín, will become the Chairman of the Forum of Firms´ Audit Committee ...

We are delighted that, for the third consecutive year, ENSafrica has been identified as a leading international law firm for India-related work by the India Business Law Journal. The announcement was made in an intelligence report titled “Global Stars”, which was published in a recently released edition of the India Business Law Journal ...

A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's Stuttgart office advised the supervisory board and some 2,400 direct and indirect shareholders of OMIRA Oberland-Milchverwertung GmbH, including six cooperatives, on the acquisition by Lactalis. With the takeover, OMIRA enhances its prospects for the future and obtained a 10-year milk price guarantee for all milk producers ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM Private Equity LLP on a £3m venture capital investment into Knowledgemotion, creators of Boclips, a leading video clips platform for the education sector. Knowledgemotion - founded in 2013 - created boclips, a platform that enables education providers to easily find, license and use video clips that they can embed into their teaching services ...

Advokatfirman Delphi has acted as legal advisor to The Carlyle Group on its sale of BTI Studios to Altor. Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and Altor Fund IV (“Altor”) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Carlyle will sell BTI Studios to Altor. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 2017, subject to customary closing conditions ...

Asters Law Firm and its Counsel Yaroslav Petrov have been approved as members of the roster of experts of the Energy Community. The roaster's objective is to provide assistance to the Secretariat of the Energy Community in its activities, including in the framework of grant contracts concluded between the Energy Community Secretariat and the European Commission and other donors (such as EU4Energy Programme) ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney P. Corey Bonasso recently joined the firm.<br /> <br /> Bonasso's primary area of practice is corporate law with an emphasis in public finance work.<br /> <br /> He earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from West Virginia University ...

Today, July 11 th , 2017, it was published in the Official Gazette the International Public Bid for the project called “ Bicentennial Cable Car Concession “. Bidding documents may be obtained with the Ministry of Public Works ...

Effective July 20, 2017, Dr. Thomas Jansen (52) will join Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's Munich office as an Equity Partner. The technology lawyer joins Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek from DLA Piper. Thomas Jansen has been a Partner at DLA Piper since 2004. He opened the firm's Munich office in 2007 and served as Office Managing Partner until September 2016. Previously, Thomas Jansen worked at Linklaters after beginning his career at Oppenhoff & Rädler in 1996 ...

SyCipLaw partner Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez will be speaking on “PICs vs. PIPs: What the DPA Means for BPOs and Their Clients” at the Data Privacy Asia 2017. The summit is presented by the Contact Center Association of the Philippines and will take place on July 20 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel ...

A Haynes and Boone, LLP team of Partner Michael J. Mazzone and Associates Mini Kapoor and Miles Indest secured a summary judgment victory for Hess Corp. on June 29 when U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett dismissed all claims brought against the company in a transportation dispute involving big rigs in North Dakota. The win came after Kapoor argued the motion under a special court rule designed to provide more courtroom experience for lawyers in their early years of practice ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP is introducing middle school and high school students in Texas, New York and California to opportunities in the legal profession through a series of July events. The firm is hosting some 90 high school students at Haynes and Boone offices in Dallas, Houston, New York City and Orange County July 12-13 for an interactive workshop that explores life as a lawyer, covers specialty practice areas and delves into negotiation techniques ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Finance Partner Albert Tan helped organize and lead a successful 1st Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium in Hong Kong for the Fund Finance Association as a member of the steering and marketing committees. Tan gave the opening address and moderated a panel providing an “Overview of Fund Finance in Asia ...

We are delighted to announce that Gaelyn Scott, head of ENSafrica’s IP department, has again been recognised by Managing Intellectual Property as one of the world’s leading female IP attorneys in its 2017 IP Stars list of the Top 250 Women in IP. Gaelyn Scott and Ilse du Plessis were ranked by Managing Intellectual Property as IP Stars for trade marks ...

Han Kun Law Offices advised Baidu, Inc. on its recent $1.5 billion offshore note offering. Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited were the main underwriters for the offering. Han Kun acted as PRC legal counsel to Baidu in relation to the offering ...

Han Kun, as the PRC legal counsel of the issuer, advised CPM Group Limited (Stock Code: 1932) on its Global Offering on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. CPM Group Limited is a well-recognized manufacturer of paint and coating products in Hong Kong and the PRC. The company's principal paint and coating products are wood painting products, including lacquers, polyurethane coatings and baking enamels ...

Buenos Aires, 8 July 2017. Estudio Beccar Varela turns 120 years old today. Its team, made up of more than 145 lawyers, paralegals, practicing lawyers and assistants, will celebrate the anniversary throughout the year with clients and friends. Horacio E ...

The law firm Delphi acted as legal advisor to the Momentum Group on the company's acquisition of 70 per cent of the shares in TriffiQ Företagsprofilering AB. Partner Mats Dahlberg led the Delphi transaction team, assisted by Matilda Karlsson, Emmy Falck and Katarina Häggqvist. TriffiQ is a leading reseller of workwear and protective footwear in Stockholm. It generates annual revenue of approximately SEK 70 million with good profitability and has around 20 employees ...

The government has appointed an inquiry to investigate how the legal framework governing public procurement can be made simpler and more flexible, and to examine certain questions relating to the review process. On Tuesday, July 4, it was announced that Anna Ulfsdotter Forssell, partner and lawyer at the Delphi law firm, will lead the new investigation. - I am incredibly proud and humbled to have been appointed by the government to lead the inquiry. It is a formidable challenge ...

Led by Boris Dürr, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised AL-KO AG on the acquisition of 75.04% in STEMMER IMAGING GmbH. Effective June 30, 2017, AL-KO took over the shares from Wilhelm Stemmer, the company's founder. STEMMER Group management will stay on and will take out 24.96% in STEMMER IMAGING GmbH as part of the transaction. STEMMER Group is Europe's leading provider of image processing technologies for use in industry and science (machine vision) ...

The Clark Development Corporation (CDC), in cooperation with SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, Bureau of Immigration, and the Department of Labor & Employment, will be holding a seminar on “Clark Freeport Zone Requisites for Securing/Renewing Employment Permit for Expats and Fostering Harmony in the Workplace between Foreign Employers and Local Employees”. The seminar will be on July 13, 2017, from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Widus Hotel and Casino Convention Center ...

Former president and founding member, Luis Rafael Pellerano, was also recognized. The Mining and Oil Chamber of the Dominican Republic recognized Pellerano & Herrera for its contributions to the institutional framework of the extractive industry. On the occasion of its twentieth anniversary, the Chamber recognized the firm, highlighting its work as a founding member of the organization and its Board of Directors ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to Thesan with respect to a US$11.5 Million Dollars Project Finance facility granted by CIFI (Corporación Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura, S.A.) for the development and operation of a solar photovoltaic power plant “El Espinal”, with an installed capacity of 8.5MW in the Republic of Panama. The firm continues to advise Thesan in on-going legal and regulatory matters of this project ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Craig Unterberg has undertaken another community leadership role as the new president of the AJC New York Region. AJC New York installed Unterberg as its new president at the organization’s Annual Meeting on June 14. AJC is the global advocate for the well-being of the Jewish people and Israel and for the advancement of democratic values around the world ...

A team led by Dr. Rainer Velte, partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's Düsseldorf office, advises VTG AG in matters of antitrust law related to the acquisition of all shares in CIT Rail Holdings (Europe) and the affiliated NACCO Group. The Düsseldorf-based antitrust law team represents the company at the Federal Cartel Office. As part of the transaction, the team advises CIT Group (USA) also on coordinating its registration in Austria. The transaction is expected to be completed in Q4/2017 ...