Sweden
Yesterday Delphi was awarded the very first Justitia Prize, receiving praise for their work on equality issues. The Justitia Prize is given to the commercial law firm that is doing the best work on equality. The jury gave the following reasons for the award: This year’s winner shows that equality work can permeate daily and commercial work at a law firm. Through the firms work on structure, culture and balance, this year’s winner has impressed the jury
Texas, USA
Washington, D.C.’s 2017 Super Lawyers directory includes five Haynes and Boone, LLP partners across four practice areas in its annual award listing. Firm Partner Julie Domike is recognized in the Environmental category and Partner Tom Lang is listed for Antitrust Litigation. Partner John Bateman and Senior Counsel Phil Hampton are featured in Intellectual Property Litigation, while Partner Jeffrey Wolfson is highlighted in Intellectual Property
Texas, USA
Haynes and Boone, LLP proudly announces that, effective May 1, five associates will be promoted to counsel: Pierre Grosdidier, Chris Kang, Jade Laye, Ryan Paulsen and Jorge Torres. “This is a tremendous achievement that reflects the exemplary work and service these lawyers have provided to the firm’s clients over an extended period of time,” said Managing Partner Tim Powers
England
National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed Peter Morris to head up the Leeds family team having launched in the city in December 2016. Shoosmiths has an ambitious strategy and it has been growing its family offering with high profile partner hires across the UK, the latest new joiners including Juliette Peters and Jay Patel in London. Peter joins Shoosmiths as a partner from Simpson Millar where he was national head of family law
China
Han Kun represented MOMO in a case to invalidate trademark cybersquatting which was compiled into the “Typical Trademark Review Cases of 2016” that was recently released by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Han Kun partner Ms. Chen Rong was in charge of handling the case
Philippines
SyCipLaw Partner, Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko led a panel discussion on Emergency Arbitration at the Symposium on Emerging Issues in International Arbitration held on March 23, 2017. The symposium was sponsored by the Asia Pacific Forum for International Arbitration (AFIA), the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (PIArb), and the Philippine Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), East Asia Branch
Israel
Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co, with the Harvard Law School Association of New York City and the Harvard Law School Association of Europe, hosted the first ever HLSA event in Israel on April 20, 2017 in Tel-Aviv. According to the HLSA, there are approximately 160 Harvard Law School graduates in Israel, many in private practice, academia, the judiciary, and in business
England
The firm has appointed conveyancing partner Lisa Gibbs into the Manchester office signalling the launch of the Northern Shoosmiths’ conveyancing offering. Shoosmiths’ national conveyancing team has experienced exceptional success over the last year to become a market leading conveyancing service and the launch of a team in Manchester will complement the established teams in Northampton, Solent and Edinburgh
Michigan, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Jill Wheaton, Ann Arbor-based member in Dykema’s Litigation Department and Leader of the firm’s Appellate practice, has been chosen to serve on Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society’s Board of Directors. Wheaton accepted the role at the Historical Society’s Annual Membership Luncheon April 20 at the Detroit Athletic Club. She will serve a two year term, effective immediately
Romania
NNDKP successfully represented the joint venture created by FCC CONSTRUCCION SA - ASTALDI SPA - CONTRATAS Y VENTAS, S.A. "CONVENSA” in the litigation centered on the award by Compania Națională de Căi Ferate "CFR" SA ("CFR") of the public procurement contract "Rehabilitation of the Frontieră – Curtici – Simeria Railway, part of the IVth Pan - European Corridor, for the circulation of trains with a maximum speed of 160 km/h, Section 3: Gurasada-Simeria"
Texas, USA
Haynes and Boone, LLP Counsel Ed Lebow helped client The Siam Industrial Wire Co., a Thai maker of steel wire products, win a favorable ruling this month in an antidumping case in the U.S. Court of International Trade. U.S. steel wire producers Davis Wire Corp. and Insteel Wire Products Company filed the case, accusing Siam of selling its products in the U.S. for less than fair value. The U.S
China
Recently, "Baidu Umoney - Huaxin 2016 Phase I Loan Asset-backed Special Plan" (the "Plan") was successfully listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The Plan is the first asset securitization product issued by Baidu's consumer finance business, representing the Internet giant’s entry into the field of consumer finance asset-backed securities. Chongqing Baidu Small Loan Co., Ltd
Texas, USA
Haynes and Boone, LLP and the investment bank, Gordian Group, represented Trans Energy, Inc. on a unique transaction that was awarded the 2016 “Out-of-Court Restructuring Deal of the Year” award by The M&A Advisor. Trans Energy was a publicly-traded, pure-play Marcellus Shale producer engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Texas, USA
Haynes and Boone, LLP recently won a major victory on behalf of well-known cellphone manufacturer, HTC Corporation, when a New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of all claims asserted against HTC in a multi-million dollar breach of contract suit brought by WiAV Solutions, Inc., who licensed certain patent rights in wireless handset technology to HTC in 2009
Sweden
Delphi has advised the German company AM Ventures in the investment in the Swedish company Exmet AB and their patented solution for additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing or free form fabrication) of amorphous metals. The investment aims to shorten the time to market for new functional products. Exmet develops technology for additive manufacturing (AM) of amorphous metal alloys
Germany
TOM TAILOR Holding AG was transformed from a national stock corporation to a European company (Societas Europea) by merging with its Austrian subsidiary, TOM TAILOR Wien AG. A team led by Dr. Michael Sörgel advised TOM TAILOR comprehensively on all aspects of corporate and employment law upon the transformation into an SE. The move had been decided at the annual general meeting of the publicly listed fashion company in June 2015 and is now documented in the Commercial Register
South Africa
In the latest in a string of senior appointments, ENSafrica has scored a major coup by attracting respected mining law expert Ntsiki Adonisi-Kgame, employment law litigator Joe Mothibi and financial specialist Ina Meiring to the firm’s ranks in South Africa. This brings the number of the firm’s new executives over the past few months to over 20, cementing ENSafrica’s position as Africa’s largest law firm
South Africa
ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has significantly bolstered its offering in Uganda through several senior appointments. This ground-breaking shift has seen five of Uganda’s respected legal practitioners joining the firm in the past four months, bringing the combined years of experience of the firm’s Kampala office, ENSafrica Advocates, to over 150
South Africa
Leading African law firm ENSafrica has appointed seasoned mining law expert Ntsiki Adonisi-Kgame as a director in its mining practice, with effect from 1 April 2017. Adonisi-Kgame will join Otsile Matlou and Lloyd Christie, who together with the rest of the mining department will constitute ENSafrica’s mining offering
South Africa
Renowned international ratings agency Chambers and Partners has recognised ENSafrica for its Africa-wide expertise and client service in several practice areas, including corporate/M&A, banking and finance and projects and energy. In its recently released Chambers Global Guide 2017, Chambers and Partners says of ENSafrica: “The firm’s strengths include good turnaround times, a can-do attitude and practical advice. ..
Russia
On April 17, 2017 Arbitrazh Court of the Moscow District approved the settlement agreement concluded between the Federal Anti-monopoly Service (hereinafter – “FAS Russia”) and Google, which ended two-year dispute between anti-monopoly authority and Google Corp
Russia
British publishing house Law Business Research has released the 8th edition of annual guide, “The Employment Law Review”, devoted to overview of international employment legislation and changes in employment legislation in 48 countries. Among the authors of the guide are leading lawyers from all over the globe. Irina Anyukhina, ALRUD Partner, heading Labour and Employment Practice, traditionally prepared an overview of Russian legislation
New York, USA
“Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP recently authored the mini-treatise, “New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation for Financial Institutions, A New Age of Cybersecurity Regulation: Raising the Bar and Demanding Leadership Accountability”. The mini-treatise, published by and available on Bloomberg Law provides a general overview of the sweeping new cybersecurity regulations issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services, the state’s top banking and insurance regulator
Ukraine
Asters Law Firm assists Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, the lead counsel to JSC Oschadbank, one of the largest financial institutions in the country, as local Ukrainian counsel in connection with Oschadbank's claim against the Russian Federation for recovery of over USD 1 billion in compensation as a result of the total loss of its investments in Crimea
Texas, USA
A Dallas appellate court has rejected a defamation suit by Jose Reyes, a high-profile former Dallas Symphony Orchestra volunteer who sued D Magazine over its coverage of the symphony’s decision in 2013 to terminate its affiliation with Reyes. D Magazine was represented by Dallas Partner Jason Bloom, head of Haynes and Boone, LLP’s Copyright Practice Group, Fort Worth Partner Tom Williams, and Dallas Associate Ryan Paulsen