Press Releases

On June 22, 2017, young entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to present their business ideas in front of a high-profile audience at the Rhineland Pitch finals. As a partner of STARTPLATZ Düsseldorf, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is sponsoring the startup event. In addition, Dr. Kirsten Thiergart, lawyer at the business law firm, will also be a member of the jury to assess the finalists ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as local counsel to Grupo CAABSA, in connection with the asset purchase acquisition of Soho Mall, by a consortium group comprised of Mexican companies, i.e. by Grupo CAABSA and Grupo Citelis. Grupo CAABSA is a Mexican business group, which is the operator of one of the main shopping centers in Mexico. Grupo Citelis, on the other hand, is an international theatre operator and owner of the reputable brand “Cinepolis” ...

Grab, a ride-hailing company which has evolved over the last five years to a mobile payments platform with presence in 55 cities across 7 South-east Asian countries, has put in place plans to disrupt the online-to-offline (O2O) space. O2O commerce, is a business strategy that directs online customers to make a purchase at an offline business. During its 5th Anniversary event, Chief executive Anthony Tan, said “Yesterday, we disrupted transport. Today, we're starting to disrupt payments ...

We are very pleased that TSMP Law Corporation has been recognised as the Transactional Boutique Law Firm of the Year Award in the 13th annual ALB SEA Law Awards 2017. This event brings together the elites from different sectors of the legal profession across the South-East Asian region and India, and we are humbled to be awarded for two consecutive years in the Boutique Firm category. Full results available here: http://www.legalbusinessonline ...

The TSMP Corporate Team, led by Ms Stefanie Yuen Thio, is proud to have acted as the Singapore legal advisor to Tongfang Kontafarma Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-listed company, in its acquisition of shares in TFKT True Holdings and True Yoga Holdings Limited for an aggregate sum of US$36.72 million. The entities operate in Singapore, Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China under the brand True Fitness and True Yoga. Read more at The Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised USU Software AG on the acquisition of EASYTRUST SAS, a French specialist for data center inventory management and Oracle license management, and accompanied the client throughout the transaction. EASYTRUST SAS is a highly specialized software manufacturer in automatic detection and analysis of hardware and software in complex infrastructures ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM private equity backed Kirton group on the disposal of its specialist seating division by way of sale of the entire issued share capital of The Kirton Healthcare Group Limited to Direct Healthcare Group. Kirton Healthcare was founded in 1980 and is a market leading designer and supplier of specialist chairs for adults and children with all levels of physical ability or disability ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised P D Neurotechnology (PDN) on its €1.34m funding for the development of its ground breaking wearable medical technology. PDN has received funding of €1,000,000 from the founders and angel investors with a follow-on funding commitment of €340,000 from the National Bank of Greece (NBG), €1.34m in total ...

Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP has launched a new corporate practice in London with the addition of two partners with significant experience advising companies and management teams in London and other financial centres in Europe. Tom Ferns and Nick Foss-Pedersen join Haynes and Boone CDG as London partners in the Corporate Practice Group ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that seven of its Los Angeles-based attorneys have been named 2017 Rising Stars in the Southern California edition of Super Lawyers. The Rising Star list is the result of an exhaustive, multi-phase selection process that mirrors the patented methodology used to assemble the Super Lawyers list. Attorneys designated as Rising Stars are up-and-coming attorneys who are 40 years of age or younger and have practiced law for 10 years or less ...

The private equity fund EQT has sold the Danish packaging manufacturer Færch Plast Group A/S to the private equity firm Advent International. Plesner assisted EQT with the transaction. Færch Plast is a leading European manufacturer of plastic packaging for the food industry. EQT acquired Færch Plast in 2014 and has now sold the business after having owned it for three years. The sale was made through a structured auction process with many interested bidders ...

Morgan & Morgan is pleased to announce the recent incorporation of partners Ricardo Aleman, Maria Teresa Mendoza and Albalira Montufar to the firm, with the purpose of maintaining the highest level of service in the areas of immigration and labor law of the firm. They each possess extensive experience advising domestic and multinational corporations, and a sophisticated approach to solving today´s complex regulatory challenges ...

The 2017 Asian Legal Business (ALB) IP Rankings recognized SyCipLaw as a Tier 1 firm for Patents, Trademarks and Copyright in the Philippines. The full results of ALB’s IP Rankings 2017 was published in its May 2017 issue ...

The March 2017 issue (Volume 14, Issue 3) of Data Protection Leader includes an article by SyCipLaw partner RoseMarie M. King-Dominguez entitled “The challenges under the new data privacy regime”. The article examines the impact of the Philippines’ new privacy framework and the challenges it poses for the jurisdiction and for those operating within it. Rose Marie M.King-Dominguez is an M&A and investments specialist, and helps lead SyCiplaw’s Telecommunications, Media and Technology group ...

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 reappointed by Governor Rick Snyder to Michigan’s Unarmed Combat Commission on a term that expires June 5, 2021. Housed within the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, the 11-member commission oversees professional boxing and mixed martial arts events ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as counsel to DMPTY, INC., a Castillo Hermanos company, with respect to the successful closing, on June 1, 2017, of the transaction for the acquisition, from Empresa Panameña de Alimentos, S.A., of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Sociedad de Alimentos de Primera, S.A. (SAPRISA); owner of the Bonlac brand and line of dairy products ...

On May 31, 2017, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued a significant opinion regarding the clarification of rights for non-participating royalty interest owners (“NPRI”). In the opinion Gastar Exploration, Inc. v. Joyce Contraguerro, et al., Appeal No. 16-0429, the Court ruled in regard to oil and gas leases and drilling units covering the property to which the NPRI rights attach ...

On May 31, 2017, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued a significant opinion regarding the clarification of rights for non-participating royalty interest owners (“NPRI”). In the opinion Gastar Exploration, Inc. v. Joyce Contraguerro, et al., Appeal No. 16-0429, the Court ruled in regard to oil and gas leases and drilling units covering the property to which the NPRI rights attach ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm’s Immigration and Automotive Product Liability Litigation practices have been ranked by the Legal 500 United States 2017 (The Legal 500). In addition to the practice rankings, eight total Dykema attorneys received individual recognition within the two practice categories, including naming Kathleen Campbell Walker as a “Leading Lawyer” in Immigration ...

Luxembourg, May 2017 – Arendt & Medernach is proud to have been named “Luxembourg Law firm of the year” both by Chambers & Partners and IFLR (International Financial Law Review). The prestigious trophies were both received in April in London at the respective ceremonies of the Chambers Europe Awards 2017 and the IFLR European Awards 2017 ...

ENERVIE group has been able to conclude its financial restructuring substantially earlier than expected. The new EUR 190 million syndicated loan agreement, consisting of a consortium of eight banks, was disbursed a few days ago. It replaces the reorganization master agreement that had been concluded with ENERVIE group’s financial creditors at the beginning of the reorganization in 2015. The energy company was advised on the refinancing transaction by a team led by Dr ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP successfully intervened to secure the release from prison of Barrett Brown, a D Magazine columnist who has written for The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair, Huffington Post, The Guardian, and The Intercept. Mr ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP has been featured in the annual Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2017 (Chambers & Partners) directory. The widely-respected legal publication recognized 50 individual lawyers across 20 practice areas. Three firm partners received a banding for the first time: Paul Amiel, Laura O’Donnell and Laura L. Prather ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that attorneys from multiple offices and practice areas received 21 individual rankings and 10 practice areas have been recognized in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Published annually, Chambers has been ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990, and now cover 185 jurisdictions throughout the world ...

Asters co-sponsors the Ukrainian Insights exhibition featuring artworks by world-renowned Ukrainian contemporary artists Victor Sydorenko, Oleg Tistol, Mykola Matsenko and Valentyn Popov. The exhibition organized by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Modern Art Research Institute at the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine and Artcult Foundation takes place on 16-25 May 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York ...