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The size, complexity and speed of execution of Pacific Hydro’s sale to State Power Investment Corporation of China impressed Latin Finance, magazine which chose it as the “Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year” of 2016. IFM Investors, an Australian pension fund, sold the renewable energy Company for roughly USD3 billion. Pacific Hydro was founded in Australia in 1992 and currently owns 19 hydroelectric plants and wind power farms in Australia, Chile and Brazil ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of government contracts attorneys John C. Dulske and Bryan L. Kost to its Government Policy & Practice Group in the firm’s San Antonio office. John comes to Dykema from his own firm, Dulske & Gluys in San Antonio, which he formed in 2002 with Joan K. F. Gluys ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) on its £16m investment into national hair salon Rush. Fast becoming the leading hair and beauty brand in the UK, Rush has 85 salons across the country including in Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Bristol with a flagship branch, House of Rush, on London’s Piccadilly ...

Patterson Belknap is pleased to announce that Daniel A. Lowenthal has been named as Chair of the Firm’s Business Reorganization and Creditors' Rights Practice.  Mr. Lowenthal has earned recognition as a skilled advocate in the bankruptcy, creditors' rights, and corporate restructuring arena.  He regularly represents U.S. and non-U.S ...

Pellerano & Herrera represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in the US$1.200 billion bond offering by the Dominican State due 2027 at a 5.95% rate. Investment bank J. P. Morgan Securities LLC served as initial purchaser and Banco de Reservas de la República Dominicana as Co-Manager. Pellerano & Herrera’s team was led by partner Luis R Pellerano and Ricardo Pellerano N., associate. The sovereign bond issuance corresponds to this year’s Financing Plan, duly consigned in Law No ...

Asialaw Profiles 2017 has once again recognized SyCipLaw as an outstanding firm in the Philippines in the following practice areas: Banking & Finance; Capital Markets; Corporate/M&A; Construction & Real Estate; Dispute Resolution & Litigation; Energy & Natural Resources; Financial Services Regulatory; Intellectual Property IT, Telco & Media; Labour & Employment; and Taxation The firm is also highly recommended by Asialaw Profiles 2017 in: Competition & Antitrust; Insurance; Project & Infrast

The syndicate of banks comprising Banca Comercială Română, EximBank and Banca Transilvania has granted a multi-currency revolving credit facility in the amount of EUR 24 million to Pehart Tec Grup, controlled by the investment fund Abris Capital Partners, in partnership with businessman Ioan Tecar. NNDKP acted as legal counsel for the syndicate of banks ...

Delphi has been legal advisor to Aligera AB (publ) in conjunction with the listing of its shares on Nasdaq First North. First day of trading is Wednesday, 1 February 2016. Aligera is a company focused on wind turbines in southern and central Sweden and operates within three segments: acquisition of operational and turnkey wind turbine plants, efficient and stable electricity production and sale of electricity and electricity certificates ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of Dyer & Butler, a £118m-turnover regional civil engineering and building contractor, on its sale to a holding company of global private equity investment firm First Reserve. Dyer & Butler builds, maintains and renews infrastructure within the public and private sector. Projects are undertaken principally for regulated clients in airports and rail for projects such as Heathrow, Gatwick and Network Rail ...

Biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies are likely to pick up the pace of dealmaking in 2017, according to a recent survey of life sciences industry leaders conducted by law firm Haynes and Boone, LLP. According to the survey, which was conducted in late 2016 and early 2017, the number of life sciences companies pursuing an initial public offering (IPO) or M&A transaction is likely to increase in 2017, following a deceleration of life sciences deals in 2016 ...

On January 5, 2017, China CITIC Bank Corporation Ltd. ("CITIC") and Fujian Baidu Borui Internet Technology Co., Ltd. ("Baidu") received approval from the China Banking Regulatory Commission ("CBRC") for the establishment of China CITIC Baixin Bank Corporation Ltd. ("Baixin Bank") in Beijing. As of now, Baixin Bank represents the first PRC direct bank to be established in the form of an independent legal entity ...

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 ...