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National law firm Shoosmiths has advised LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor, on its latest investment into Lucid Group Communications, a global specialist provider of strategic medical communications services to world leading pharmaceutical companies. LDC completed an £11million minority investment into the group which has offices in London, Beaconsfield and New York City ...

PROPERTY lawyers at national law firm Shoosmiths have advised luxury aparthotel brand, Roomzzz, on their expansion into Scotland with a brand-new aparthotel confirmed within the £1bn Edinburgh St James development, scheduled to open in 2021. The new Roomzzz Edinburgh aparthotel will take prime position within the 1.7 million sq ft Edinburgh St James development in the heart of the city ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP won a complete victory in New Jersey federal court for client Prinston Pharmaceutical Inc., a generic drug company. Prinston is seeking to market a generic version of Brisdelle®, a non-hormonal (i.e., non-estrogen based) treatment for hot flashes associated with menopause. Plaintiff Sebela International Limited filed a Hatch-Waxman suit against Prinston and other drug companies, alleging they had infringed patents related to Brisdelle®. The U.S ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that 21 of the firm’s lawyers were recognized by Super Lawyers for 2017.<br /> <br /> The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys from more than 70 practice areas that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and consumers in the search for legal counsel ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP has released its second Retail Industry OSHA Monitor, which surveys Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigations and citations of retail establishments throughout the nation. The report offers keen insight into government enforcement trends in the retail industry ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised DATAGROUP SE on the acquisition of Hamburg-based IT service provider HanseCom Gesellschaft für Informations- und Kommunikationsdienstleistungen mbH and supported the client throughout the transaction. HanseCom Gesellschaft für Informations- und Kommunikationsservices mbH was a joint venture of Siemens AG and Hamburger Hochbahnen AG. The company operates IT infrastructures for mid-sized enterprises and advises clients on developing their IT ...

The May issue of China Business Law Journal published the journal's "Top Law Firms for China PE Exit Deals (by value)" list and "Top China PE Exit Deals" list. Han Kun topped both lists due to the firm's outstanding performance. Han Kun was the only PRC law firm to be included in the "Top Law Firms for China PE Exit Deals (by value)" list. Han Kun was involved in Didi Chuxing's acquisition of Uber (China), which was included in the "Top China PE Exit Deals"list ...

The London-based leading legal publisher Law Business Research recently published the 2017 (sixth) edition of The Private Equity Review. James Yong Wang was commissioned by LBR to author the China Fundraising Chapter of this global review for the fourth time. Han Kun is the only PRC-headquartered law firm contributor to this global review ...

A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe and Dr. Christoph Gringel advises FinTech company THE NAGA GROUP AG (NAGA) on its IPO. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek acts as a transaction counsel for Hauck&Aufhäuser and NAGA. Listing of the shares is scheduled for July 10, 2017 on the open-market Scale segment – subject to earlier completion of the subscription. The offer is based on the securities prospectus approved by the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on June 6 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has been recognised in PAM Insight’s ‘2017 eprivateclient Top Family Law Firms’ listing, highlighting its reputation as a go-to firm for high net worth individuals and those with complex cases needing specialist expertise. Eprivateclient - owned by PAM Insight – is an industry-leading media outlet for private client practitioners and annually researches the UK’s family law firms to find the best operators in the UK ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has been crowned Law Firm of the Year for the second consecutive year at the Credit Strategy Car Finance Awards. The annual awards showcases the best in the car finance industry and acknowledges firms and individuals that have demonstrated exceptional expertise over the last year. Shoosmiths beat the likes of TLT and Stevensdrake Solicitors to the Law Firm of the Year title ...

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) takes over the varnish and pressurized chemicals business from Fujifilm Europe B.V. A team led by Munich-based partners Dr. Ulrich Jork and Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert of the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Heidelberg comprehensively on the transaction. The acquisition of the two business units is part of the company's growth strategy ...

A team led by Dr. Pär Johansson and Kristina Schneider from the Cologne office of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Cedarlake Private Equity Fund, advised by Rantum Capital in Frankfurt, on the acquisition of the "Intralogistics" business unit, which was spun off by Freudenstadt-based family group SCHMID Group. A new high-tech company, montratec GmbH, whose majority will be acquired by Cedarlake Private Equity Fund I, will thus be established ...

Haynes and Boone LLP will be honored as pro bono law firm of the year by Orange County’s Public Law Center at the Volunteers for Justice Dinner in Irvine on June 19. The firm is being recognized for its many pro bono efforts in recent years, including its 2015 representation of clients who successfully enjoined the City of Costa Mesa from evicting low-income residents from motels. The case stemmed from an ordinance that barred motels from renting a room longer than 30 days ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that six of its San Antonio-based attorneys have been named "Best Lawyers" S.A. Scene Magazine's Best S.A. Lawyers 2017. In compiling the annual list, S.A. Scene Magazine asks licensed, practicing lawyers of Bexar County to tell them who they believe are the city's best lawyers and attorney's at law in 80 distinct areas of practice. Attorneys are not allowed to vote for themselves. The Dykema attorneys named in Best S.A ...

May 22nd, 2017. Estudio Beccar Varela advised Los Grobo Agropecuaria S.A. on the Class VI and VII notes issuance, carried out under the company’s Global Program for the issuance of Simple Negotiable Obligations not convertible into shares for a maximum circulation value of up to US$ 80 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). Class VI notes were issued at a nominal value of AR$140,666,911, while Class VII at a nominal value of US$20,830,297 ...

May 22nd, 2017. Estudio Beccar Varela advised Compañía Argentina Financiera S.A. on the Class XIX notes issuance, carried out in two series under the company’s global program for short, medium and long-term notes for a maximum nominal value of up to US$250 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). Series I notes were issued at a nominal value of AR$100 million, while Series II at a nominal value of AR$400 million ...

Buenos Aires, 5th June 2017. On May 31st Beccar Varela promoted Doctors Juan Antonio Stupenengo and Guido H. Krolovetzky to partner, in recognition both of their talent and of the great contribution they have made to the firm in the areas of administrative and customs law respectively. According to Horacio E ...

June 9th, 2017. Beccar Varela advised Tarjetas del Mar S.A. on the Class II notes issuance, carried out on May 17th in two series under the company’s global program for short, medium and long-term notes for a maximum nominal value of up to US$75 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). Series I notes were issued at a nominal value of AR$137.524.742, while Series II at a nominal value of AR$172.851.843 ...

June 9th, 2017. Banco Santander Río S.A., acting as lender, arranger and administrative agent, and Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, acting as lender and arranger, granted a syndicated loan worth U$S11 million to Oilstone Energía S.A. In this transaction, Estudio Beccar Varela acted as counsel to the lenders. It involved the negotiation and drafting of a syndicated loan, and a security assignment of contractual rights ...

Swedish law firm Delphi has been legal advisor to NIBE Industrier AB (publ) in connection with its acquisition of 65 % of the shares in the Canadian ventilation company Tempeff North America Ltd with operations in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The company will be part of the NIBE Climate Solutions business area. Tempeff is a leading manufacturer of high efficient heat recovery ventilation products that are made for commercial, institutional and industrial applications, especially in cold climates ...

The leading international research company for the financial industry, TNS Sifo Prospera, released the results of its 2017 legal market research for the Baltic region. For the second year running, the Ellex circle of firms topped the rankings, emerging as the clear market leader for sophisticated clients looking for top-level legal services ...

On Friday, 2 June 2017, a notice (GNR.489) was published in Government Gazette No. 40883, which contains guidelines/explanatory notes in relation to the Construction Regulations, 2014 ...

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has appointed senior indirect tax specialist Anne Jenkinson as an executive in its tax department in Johannesburg, South Africa. Anne has 37 years of experience and is regarded as a South African leading value-added tax (“VAT”) specialist, having provided consulting and regulatory advice to prominent clients in a range of industries, including banking and financial services, telecommunications, mining, construction and pharmaceuticals ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, in coordination with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority – Labor Department and Subic Bay Workforce Development Foundation, Inc. (SBWDFI), will be holding the "Kapihan with SyCip in Subic: Updates on Labor and Immigration Law" on June 30, 2017, from 8:00 am onwards, at the Subic Bay Travelers and Events Center, Subic Bay Freeport Zone ...