Press Releases

TORTOLA – Jan. 26, 2017 – O’Neal Webster announces that Partner Vanessa King has been elected Deputy Chair of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ (STEP) Caribbean and Latin America Region. She joins Chair Ivan Hooper of Uruguay, Secretary Natalie Glitzenhirn-Augustin of Saint Lucia, and 17 regional committee members in representing the interests and concerns of the region’s approximately 2,000 members across 16 branches and chapters. Ms ...

Pellerano & Herrera has been selected for eighth consecutive year as the “Most Admired Law Firm of 2016” in the Dominican Republic by renowned business magazine, Revista Mercado, in its Most Admired Companies annual ranking. Since the inclusion of the Law Firm category in 2009, Pellerano & Herrera has maintained the number one position in such category. The firm was also recognized as one of the most admired companies in the Consulting Firm category for sixth consecutive year ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan was once again recognized by the In-House Community Firms of the Year 2016 for the following Philippine categories: - Most Responsive Domestic Firm of the Year - Banking and Finance Firm of the Year - Compliance/Regulatory Firm of the Year - Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year - Employment Firm of the Year - Energy & Natural Resources Firm of the Year - International Arbitration Firm of the Year - Litigation and Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year -

European private equity firm Bridgepoint and Swedish media group Bonnier Holding have agreed to sell Nordic Cinema Group Holding AB to the USA cinema chain MC Theatres. The acquisition would be completed at the deal value of approximately EUR 870 million. The transaction is conditional upon antitrust clearance by the European Commission, which is expected to be received in the first half of 2017 ...

Delphi has for the second year in a row been awarded in Regi’s annual quality and industry survey – Law Firm of the Year, Sweden’s largest client survey for law firms specialising in commercial law. Over 1000 buyers of legal services participated in the survey. The result is based on a total of 13 areas in Regi’s Satisfied Client Index. These include the firm’s knowledge of the problems inherent to a matter, their proactivity, availability and business value added ...

Delphi has assisted X-Group S.A. (”X-Group”) in connection with British American Tobacco’s acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Winnington Holding AB (”Winnington”). Winnington is a Swedish snus manufacturer behind the innovation of white snus made of purified tobacco that remains white even under the lip. X-Group owned 50 percent of the shares in Winnington. Delphi’s team consisted of responsible partner Niklas Eskilsson assisted by associates Kristina Lemke and Hanne Kirnö ...

Asters is delighted to announce that Dmytro Shemelin has joined the Firm’s Dispute Resolution practice as counsel. Dmytro has more than 10 years of experience in international dispute resolution, including international investment and commercial arbitration according to all major arbitration rules, as well as international litigation. He is recognized as one of the leading practitioners in International Arbitration in Ukraine according to Ukrainian Law Firms 2016 research ...

SyCipLaw partner Ricardo Ma. P. G. Ongkiko was a lecturer for the 12th Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc. (PDRCI) Commercial Arbitration Training Seminar entitled The Law and Practice of Commercial Arbitration, held last November 14 to 18, 2016. He lectured on Pre-Hearing Considerations – Case Management Conference. Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko heads the firm’s Litigation Department ...

A team led by tax law expert Klaus Weinand-Härer, banking supervisory law expert Dr. Christoph Gringel, and Corporate/M&A expert Dr. Mirko Sickinger of the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised youmex AG, Frankfurt am Main, on taking over inprimo privatinvest GmbH's private client business. The business was integrated into youmex Wealth Management AG as a subsidiary of youmex AG ...

With a team led by Dr. Pär Johansson, the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Ufenau Capital Partners AG on the acquisition of Dr. Klein Klinik Group, headquartered in Gensingen. Dr. Klein Klinik Group specializes in the surgical treatment of spinal disorders (cervical spine and back pain). The group has been managed by its founder, Dr. Heinz Joachim Klein, since 1991. Prior to the group’s acquisition, the outpatient practice originally operated by Dr ...

Six Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers, led by Austin Senior Counsel Jeff Civins, updated chapters in the recently released 2016-2017 edition of the Texas Environmental Law treatise published by Thomson Reuters as Volumes 45 and 46 of its Texas Practice Series. The two-volume project, comprising about 2,000 pages contributed by more than 40 members of the State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, is intended to be a practice-oriented resource on Texas environmental law ...

World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR 1000) 2017 edition, one of the most recognized international guides to the world's top IP firms and practitioners, highly ranks Asters' trademark practice reflecting the Firm's strong performance over recent years. According to the research, "the IP department has been a vital cog in the Asters machine since the firm began operations in 1995 ...

Delphi has advised Comway Distribution A/S (“Comway”), a Danish IT distributor, on its acquisition of Convena International AB (“Convena”). Convena is a distributor of IT options, replacement parts and accessories. Convena had a turnover of approximately SEK 300 million in 2016 and has offices in Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom while Comway Distribution has offices in Denmark and France ...

James Yong Wang, Esq. has recently been recognized as leading expert for the investment funds field in China by Legal Media Group's 2016 Global Expert Guides for Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Expert Guide. Han Kun is the only PRC law firm listed by the 2016 Expert Guides for investment funds in China ...

China Business Law Journal recently announced its "Deals of the Year 2016". Four Han Kun-advised deals were recognized as "Deals of the Year 2016". They are: ■ Alibaba invests in Ucar ■ Meituan-Dianping’s US$3.3 billion fundraising ■ Didi Chuxing M&A with Uber China ■ JD ...

Karanović & Nikolić is pleased and proud to announce the promotion of a new generation of Senior Partners - Milan Lazić, Marjan Poljak and Darko Jovanović. Milan Lazić joined the firm as an Associate in 2007 after having spent three years at the Commercial Court in Belgrade. The combination of his outstanding legal skills, responsiveness and professional manner paved the way for his quick rise in the litigation team ranks. In 2009, he was promoted to Senior Associate ...

With a team led by capital market lawyer Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, partner at the Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised 7C Solarparken AG on a capital increase and a convertible bond issue. The capital increase is made against cash contributions in exclusion of shareholders' subscription rights. The issue price per share is EUR 2.30. 7C Solarparken intends to use the funds from the capital increase of some EUR 1 ...

A team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Sygnis AG on the acquisition of C.B.S. Scientific Company Inc. in San Diego. Sygnis hopes to achieve sales synergies and a large potential for sales growth. It expects to realize cost savings by merging C.B.S. Scientific with the San Diego facilities of Expedeon. C.B.S. Scientific Company Inc. is a provider of life science instruments. The company is headquartered in San Diego, USA. Estimated 2016 sales exceed $1 ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Allan Gabriel, Jeff Huron and Derek Whitefield, each from the firm’s Los Angeles office, were named to the 2017 Super Lawyers list by Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine. The Super Lawyers designation, conferred upon the most respected legal practitioners in the state, is based upon peer recognition and professional achievement ...

The corporate team at national law firm Shoosmiths has advised long-standing clients, venture capital firm Octopus Ventures, on its investment in Dutch healthcare startup myTomorrows. Octopus Ventures co-led the €10m funding round with EQT Ventures, along with existing investors Balderton Capital and Sofinnova Partners ...

The Asian Lawyer recently announced the finalists for the Asia Legal Awards 2017. Han Kun was shortlisted in multiple award categories: 1. M&A Firm of the Year 2. TMT Firm of the Year 3. M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia – Didi & Uber China's $35B merger 4. M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia - JD & Walmart's $1.5B partnership 5. M&A Lawyer of the Year – Charles Li 6 ...

A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack and Dr. Katharina Prasuhn advised RDG GmbH & Co. KG, Hanover, Germany (RDG) on the acquisition of upstream oil assets by acquiring all shares in Lingen-based Kimmeridge GmbH. RDG is a joint venture between Petroleum Equity, London, and Rohöl-Aufsuchungs Aktiengesellschaft (RAG), Vienna, Austria. Seller of the upstream oil portfolio is a fund held by U.S. private equity firm Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC, New York ...

International dealwatchers have announced M&A results for the year 2016. There is still seen a decrease in deal volume compared to 2015, however, according to Mergermarket the last quarter marked a high in dealmaking being the strongest quarter of the year in Europe. The Baltic State M&A market was led by Ellex, a circle of leading Baltic law firms, with the highest number of deals. Bloomberg has reviewed the total of 39 deals, Mergermarket – 23 and Thomson Reuters – 48 deals ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised up and coming surf pop band The Orielles on a deal with leading indie record label Heavenly Recordings. The Liverpool-based teenage band, originally from Halifax, have already played a string of festivals and they are tipped to take the music scene by storm with their infectious surf pop sound ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Cambridge-based speech technology company, Speechmatics, on investments received from a range of investors to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its speech recognition products ...