Press Releases

Fort Lauderdale, FL – July 7, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce that attorney Barry Somerstein has been appointed as the next General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). In this full-time role, Mr. Somerstein will oversee the Office for Legal Affairs at NSU, providing legal services in transactional matters affecting all academic and administrative units ...

Bermuda leads the way on digital transformation This article first appeared in the Bermuda Business Review 2025-2026 in June 2025. The global demand for improved and increased digital infrastructure capacity, resilience, speed and reliability continues to accelerate and with that comes the need for collaboration and trust between the legislature, regulators and industry to ensure entrepreneurial vision and investment can flourish ...

On July 7, the firm, along with co-counsel at New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), obtained an important victory for disabled New Yorkers at risk of losing access to critical in-home care services through the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), which allows Medicaid patients to select and train their own personal aides ...

On July 2, 2025, our Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions practice held its annual ALRUD Summer M&A Day event. Noodome, one of the best venues in Moscow, was chosen for this gala evening. Its veranda offers panoramic views of the main landmark spires of central Moscow. The guests were treated to a jam-packed official programme: 2 sessions, 7 speakers and presentations on 2 unique digital legal products created by the ALRUD team ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as legal counsel to Venasty Assets Corp., a Panamanian investment group led by Juan E. Melillo and Sergi Lucas Fernández, in connection with the negotiation and signing of a private share subscription agreement through which Venasty agreed to subscribe a majority stake in Grupo Bandelta Holding Corp. (GBHC), the parent company of Banco Delta, S.A. and its subsidiaries ...

Han Kun has served as the PRC legal counsel to Kanzhun Limited ("BOSS Zhipin", Stock Code: BZ.NADAQ, 02076.HK) in connection with the follow-on offering of its Class A ordinary shares.BOSS Zhipin is the leading online recruitment platform in China and was the first in China to adopt the direct recruitment model for the online recruitment industry ...

On March 14, 2025, Han Kun lawyer Aaron Gu was invited to be appointed as a member of the Digital & Intelligent Medical Ethics Review Panel under the Shanghai Ethics Committee for Clinical Research.  Recently, the Review Panel held its first working meeting.  Mr. Gu was invited to attend as a member and delivered a thematic presentation on "Overview of Ethics Review Systems and Key Issues in Medical Data Application" ...

During its annual meeting in San Diego, California, the International Trademark Association (INTA) officially released its Annual Review of Chinese Case Law (2025).  The report takes a bird's-eye view of milestone cases— ranging from prosecution to litigation, and cutting across bad-faith filing, imposed sanctions, and injunctive relief—and provides an insider analysis of the impact on the pace and shape of trademark rights protection in China ...

TCL Technology Group Corporation ("TCL Technology") has recently secured a USD 200 million sustainability-linked offshore syndicated loan, marking the first of its kind in the domestic display panel industry.  The facility was significantly oversubscribed—by more than three times—and attracted participation from 19 domestic and international banks ...

The ALRUD team provided comprehensive legal support to Academ-Online during the sale of its business to Yandex Travel. The transaction was signed in early July 2025. As a result of the agreement, Yandex Travel acquires the Academ-Online business related to online hotel reservations for business trips in Russia and abroad. The Academservice tour operator is not included in the purchase agreement. Academservice will continue its activities in the tourism services market ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted PetStar group, the largest PET preform producer in Romania and the Balkan area by production volume and format variety, operating under the “Bottle-to-Bottle” circular model, in the transactions involving, on the one hand, re-acquiring sole control of the two packaging manufacturing companies within the group, and obtaining a new EUR 50 million financing, on the other hand ...

ALRUD team provided full legal support to «Academ-Online» in the sale of its business to «Yandex Travel». The transaction was executed in early July 2025. Under the agreement, «Yandex Travel» acquired all businesses of «Academ-Online» related to online-booking services for business trips across Russia and abroad. ALRUD lawyers took part in all stages: deal structuring, negotiating and drafting of transaction documents. They also advised on corporate, tax and intellectual property issues ...

The grant will fund a new immersive programme that covers public understanding of wrongful convictions across England and Scotland.Inside Justice, the national charity working to prevent and overturn miscarriages of justice, is the latest beneficiary of a £50,000 grant from the Shoosmiths Foundation which will be used to launch a powerful new public education initiative called Access Unlocked ...

On July 3, 2025, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2025 Client Choice: Top 15 Regional Stars", with the aim of presenting the top 15 most-favored “Regional Stars” in mainland China.  Han Kun partner Ms. Li Zhang was named to the list.Reasons for selection: Ms. Zhang's practice areas include private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, overseas restructuring and listing, and foreign direct investment ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Yu (Joanna) Wang has recently joined the firm.  The addition of Ms. Yu (Joanna) Wang will further strengthen and enhance Han Kun's investment funds and asset management capabilities.  Ms. Wang will be based in the firm’s Hong Kong office.Ms. Wang has over ten years of legal experience in investment funds and financial-related matters.  Ms ...

Bradley attorney Debbie Cazan was featured in Law360 Pulse in a Q&A session regarding the firm’s Atlanta office growth and expansion strategy. Since launching the Atlanta office just over two years ago, the firm has experienced remarkable growth, having tripled the attorney roster to become the firm's third-largest office. Cazan joined the firm in 2023 and was recently named Atlanta office managing partner ...

On June 29, 2025, the "The Dawn of Legal AI – 9th Emerging Legal Services Industry Development Forum" was successfully held in Shanghai.  During the event, Legal Vision officially announced the winners of its Emerging Legal Services Industry Awards – the "Legal Vision 2025 Top 10 Digitalization & Intelligence Pioneering Law Firms" ...

A venture capital (VC) team led by Düsseldorf-based HEUKING partner Dr. Patrick Müller provided legal advice to HealthTech start-up hellomed Group GmbH on its late seed financing. In the financing round by business angels and well-known family offices, a seven-figure amount was invested in the company. The financing round was immediately followed by an increase in share capital. Founded in 2022, the Berlin-based GmbH is registered in the Charlottenburg Commercial Register ...

Beccar Varela and Marval acted as legal advisors on an international financing of up to USD 26,000,000 granted by HSBC UK Bank PLC to NowVertical Group Inc. (TSXV: NOW), a leading provider of data and artificial intelligence solutions.The financing aims to support NowVertical’s next stage of growth by providing increased liquidity and financial flexibility to execute its global strategy ...

Los Angeles – July 2, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder is proud to announce that Richard Giller, head of the firm’s Insurance Recovery and Counseling practice group, has been recognized in the Daily Journal’s inaugural Niche Lawyers Supplement for 2025. This prestigious recognition highlights Mr. Giller’s exceptional contributions and expertise in the field of insurance recovery ...

Los Angeles – July 2, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder is proud to announce that Richard Giller, head of the firm’s Insurance Recovery and Counseling practice group, has been recognized in the Daily Journal’s inaugural Niche Lawyers Supplement for 2025. This prestigious recognition highlights Mr. Giller’s exceptional contributions and expertise in the field of insurance recovery ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that it has added former federal and state prosecutor Elizabeth F. Greene as a partner and Gavin Bell as an associate in its Charlotte office, building on the strategic growth of the firm’s Government Enforcement & Investigations Practice Group. Ms. Greene previously managed the Charlotte office of a regional white-collar and investigations firm after 16 years of service as a prosecutor ...

Advised by a HEUKING team led by the Dusseldorf based Corporate/M&A Partner Dr. Martin Imhof, Eternal Sun has acquired the key assets of the German company WAVELABS Solar Metrology Systems GmbH. The acquisition was structured as an asset deal resulting in a newly founded subsidiary, WAVELABS Eternal Sun GmbH, based in Leipzig. Eternal Sun, headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, is a specialist in solar module testing and characterization solutions ...

A venture capital (VC) team led by Düsseldorf-based HEUKING partner Dr. Patrick Müller provided legal advice to health tech start-up hellomed Group GmbH on its late seed financing. In the financing round by business angels and well-known family offices, a seven-figure amount was invested in the company. The financing round was immediately followed by an increase in share capital. Founded in 2022, the Berlin-based GmbH is registered in the Charlottenburg Commercial Register ...

Shoosmiths’ national planning team has been recognised as one of the top planning law practices, ranked joint third in Planning Resource’s 2025 Planning Law Survey - a significant rise from joint eighth in 2024 ...