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<strong>Charleston, W.Va. </strong>– The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that 26 of its attorneys were recognized in the 2013 edition of West Virginia and Virginia <em>Super Lawyers Magazine</em>. This number represents a remarkably high proportion of Spilman honorees when compared to the overall percentage of lawyers recognized by the selection process within each state ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> – The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) recently announced that 28 of its attorneys were recognized by Virginia / West Virginia 2012 <em>Super Lawyers</em>® ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va. – </strong>Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that 56 of the law firm’s attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in <em>The Best Lawyers in America^©</em> 2015 directory of leading attorneys. This number represents 39 percent of Spilman lawyers.<br />  <br /> <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em>, published by Woodward White, Inc ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va. </strong>— Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that nearly 50 community banking leaders gathered today for the firm’s Executive Resource: Symposium on West Virginia Community Banking. The event focused on best practices for managing a successful community bank amidst today’s unprecedented regulatory pressure, competition from nonbanks and new, preference-changing technologies ...

<p><strong>"Slicing A Shadow" West Virginia Style. Complex Changes In State Tax Rules</strong></p> <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>During the past three years, the West Virginia Legislature made numerous changes in the state’s corporation net income tax, some of which also affect the state’s business franchise tax. Many, but not all, of these changes first apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008 ...

<p><strong>2009 West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Returns and Instructions</strong></p> <p>The State and Local Tax Practice Group at Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC has studied the new West Virginia corporation net income/business franchise tax return due March 15, 2010, and has identified a number of problems with the forms and instructions ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of IP veteran Van Lindberg to its Intellectual Property group in the firm’s San Antonio office. Lindberg will be focusing his practice on the intersection of technology and law. Lindberg was most recently Vice President of Intellectual Property at Rackspace, where he led Rackspace’s vigorous defense against patent trolls and worked to end patent law abuse ...

Delphi acted as advisor to IRLAB in connection with an IPO of approx. SEK 115 million as well as its listing on Nasdaq First North Premier. The first day of trading was 28 February 2017. IRLAB is a drug discovery and development company providing novel treatment for disorders of the brain, with focus on Parkinsons disease and dementia ...

A team led by Dr. Anne de Boer, partner at business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised KraussMaffei Group on the acquisition of IBS Plamag GmbH in Plauen. The team advised the group on due diligence and the negotiation and drafting of contracts. Financial due diligence and project management was performed by or jointly with FAS AG. KraussMaffei Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of machinery and equipment for the production and processing of plastics and rubber ...

Asters Law Firm acts as a legal counsel to ED&F Man, a leading transnational company operating in 60 countries worldwide, in connection with issuing of UAH 195 million customs guarantee by Ukrgasbank, one of the largest Ukrainian banks, in favor of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine for ED&F Man. This project was the first in Ukraine to involve customs guarantee issued by a Ukrainian bank. "The Customs Code of Ukraine provides for use of a customs guarantee ...

Shoosmiths' prominent position in the Manchester market has been recognised with a major win at the 2017 Manchester Legal Awards. In the face of stiff competition, Shoosmiths secured the Law Firm of the Year Award (large), the latest in a string of accolades won by the firm in the last 12 months ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Timothy D. Kelly, Minneapolis-based senior counsel in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, has been named a BTI Client Service All-Star for 2017, an honor bestowed upon just 319 attorneys. He earned this recognition after being identified by leading general counsel and legal decision makers for outperforming other attorneys. Kelly is just one of eight attorneys recognized in the state of Minnesota ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen announced the promotion of six lawyers to partnership, in one of the most important rounds of promotions within the firm in recent years. This step is part of NNDKP's strategy of continuously consolidating its position as a leader of the Romanian business law market ...

Leading Russian law firm ALRUD announces that on 1 March, 2017 German Zakharov became a partner. German is a member at “Competition/Antitrust” and “White collar crime, compliance and internal investigations” practices ...

Karanovic & Nikolic is pleased to announce that we, in cooperation with local lawyers, have been shortlisted by IFLR for "Deal of the Year" within the Project Finance category for our assistance in the SASA mine refinancing project in Macedonia. Together with colleagues from Mayer Brown LLP, we assisted a group of lenders consisted of Societe Generale, London Branch, Investec Bank PLC and Ohridska Banka AD Skopje on the transaction for financing the SASA mine ...

Estudio Beccar Varela advised Agrofina S.A. on the issuance of notes Class V and VI. Agrofina successfully completed this issuance, carried out in two Classes under the firm’s Global Program of simple notes (non-convertible into shares) for a maximum nominal value of up to US$ 60 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). Class V notes were issued at a nominal value of AR$331.696 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Downing LLP (Downing) on the £3m investment secured by the family-owned luxury e-commerce business, Xupes, from Downing managed funds. Founded in 2009 by Joe and Frank McKenzie, Xupes restores and retails pre-owned luxury goods including watches, jewellery, handbags, art and antiques and is an accredited Cartier and Omega servicing centre ...

On February 24, China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) announced the winners of the 2016 China Business Law Awards in its February 2017 issue. Han Kun was honored as "Firm of the Year" in the following 3 practice areas: 1. Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences Firm of the Year 2. Private Equity & Venture Capital Firm of the Year 3 ...

Funke Adekoya (SAN), Partner & Head of Dispute Resolution Practice Group at AELEX has been appointed member of the newly constituted ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages in International Arbitration. The Task Force brings together a carefully selected panel of leading legal and economic experts from 11 jurisdictions to promote consistency and rigour in the field’s approach to damages ...

Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners is the first Italian, full-service law firm to obtain the ISO27001 certificate from DNV GL – Business Assurance in Italy. The ISO/IEC 27001 certification is an international accreditation that is only awarded to organizations which are able to ensure that information and data is secure from any kind of threat and that guarantee integrity, confidentiality and accessibility of their data ...

Estudio Beccar Varela advised Tarjetas Cuyanas S.A. and the placement agents on the issuance of notes Class XXVII, issued in one 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 II notes were issued at a nominal value of AR$500 million. The transaction closed on February 10th, 2017 ...

Partner Fernando Alonso, chairman of the firm’s Latin America practice group, has been selected for inclusion in the 2017 Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers by Latinvex, for the second consecutive year. Latinvex selects leading lawyers based on a combination of factors, including recent rack record on major deals and business, prominence of firm in Latin America, as well as legal rankings from Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Thomson Reuters ...

On February 22, 2017, the Asia Legal Awards 2017 winners were announced at an awards ceremony in Hong Kong. Han Kun won "TMT Firm of the Year" from among 7 shortlisted Asian and international law firms. The Asian Lawyer, in association with The American Lawyer, China Law & Practice and Legal Week, has held the Asia Legal Awards annually since 2014 ...

Light Rail Manila Corporation’s (LRMC) PHP 24 billion project financing was recognized as the Best Project Finance Deal of 2016 in Southeast Asia at the 10th Annual Alpha Southeast Asia Best Deal and Solution Awards. The 15-year loan facility will finance the operations and maintenance of the existing Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT1) system and the construction of an 11 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled in favor of Dykema pro bono client Ehlena Fry in her lawsuit against the Napoleon, Michigan Community Schools. In ruling that Fry, a 13-year-old with cerebral palsy, may sue for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) without first exhausting administrative proceedings, the Court removes significant and time-consuming legal hurdles for disabled children who are victims of discrimination in their education systems ...