Press Releases

On March 19, 2024, China Business Law Journal announced its "Deals of the Year 2023", which highlights 9 Han Kun-advised deals.The legal market has shown great resolve and imagination in what has been another challenging year. In China and abroad, scores of representative deals have demonstrated lawyers' wisdom and work ethic. Some deals have turned the tide, some have saved the day, and some have offered hope for the coming year ...

11th Circ. Wage Ruling Highlights Volunteer Benefit Pitfalls March 20, 2024 By Max Kutner, Law360 "Leah Lively of Buchalter PC, who represents employers, said an entity might consider not offering any volunteer benefits at all. "Do you need to be promising something for your volunteers?" Lively said ...

Buchalter High-Stakes Litigator Rockin’ Right Along March 18, 2024 By: Kevin Costelloe For Eric Kennedy, the managing shareholder at Buchalter in Orange County, occasionally singing in his own rock band is a lively change of pace from the formality of his legal practice. “Our punk version of ‘Sweet Caroline’ is a crowd favorite,” Kennedy said of the Neil Diamond classic from the late 1960s. To view the entire article, please click here ...

Chicago – March 20, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder partner and cannabis law group co-chair Irina Dashevsky has been selected among Law360’s Cannabis Editorial Board for 2024. The purpose of the editorial advisory board is to get feedback on Law360‘s coverage and gain insight from experts in the field on how best to shape future coverage. Ms. Dashevsky has served on the editorial advisory board since 2021. Ms ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – March 20, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces it is a recipient of the 2024 Top Workplaces USA award, a national recognition that celebrates organizations with 150 or more employees who have cultivated exceptional workplace environments, as featured in USA TODAY ...

This time we advised a syndicate of UniCredit Bulbank, United Bulgarian Bank, Eurobank Bulgaria, and Raiffeisen Bank International on the financing of the construction and operation of a 160 MW photovoltaic power plant in Bulgaria (in the Maglizh Municipality).The PV park is developed by Belozem Solar Park 2 OOD, which S Solar and Syzygy own. The minority shareholder in S Solar is Starcom – one of the main shareholders in Eurohold Bulgaria ...

Ransa acquires Chile’s Loginsa in cross-border logistics deal Isabella Ankerson 19 March 2024 Several firms have helped Peruvian logistics company Grupo Ransa acquire Chilean counterpart Loginsa and obtain acquisition financing to fund the purchase – marking its entry into Chile’s logistics market ...

19 March, 2024. Buchalter is pleased to announce the significant expansion of its Sacramento office. In a strategic move highlighting the firm's vision for continued growth, Buchalter has secured additional office space at 500 Capitol Mall in Downtown Sacramento nearly doubling its original space. With this expansion, Buchalter has signed a new lease bringing the firm’s total footprint to approximately 25,000 square feet ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm was recognized as the “Tennessee Firm of the Year” for 2024 at Benchmark Litigation’s Benchmark US Awards. Bradley has won the award four out of the last five years. The firm was formally recognized at the 15th annual Benchmark US Awards ceremony in New York earlier this month ...

Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage.Heuking advises AURELIUS Equity Opportunities on its public share buyback offerDr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M. and Lena Pfeufer, experts in stock corporation law and capital markets law, advised AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA on drafting and implementing a public share buyback offer. In accordance with the resolution of the company’s Annual General Meeting on December 20, 2023, up to 6 ...

On March 19, 2024, Pravo-300 ? Russian law firm rating announced the results of annual individual rating?. Based on the research findings 37 ALRUD experts are recommended in 22 nominations. The methodology is based on the analysis of significant projects that have been implemented by the candidates during the analyzed period, outstanding achievements, legal practice experience, and professional awards ...

Global research publication WTR1000 has given SyCipLaw a Gold ranking in the 2024 edition of its directory. The firm enjoyed the same ranking in 2023.This year's edition also highlighted the following lawyers as Recommended Individuals:Vida M. Panganiban-Alindogan, partner and head of the firm's Intellectual Property department, retains her Gold ranking ...

SyCipLaw has been cited in Asia Business Law Journal's (ABLJ) Philippine Law Firm Awards 2023, being one of four law firms recognized in the following categories:Best Overall Law FirmsArbitration & ADRAviationBanking & FinanceCapital MarketsCompetition & AntitrustCorporate & CommercialMergers & AcquisitionsRestructuring & InsolvencyTechnology, Media & EntertainmentAccording to ABLJ, awardees were selected based on votes, references, and qualitative information receive

Bradley is pleased to announce that commercial real estate partners Stephanie Friese and Christine R. Norstadt have joined the firm’s Atlanta office, along with senior attorney Katherine M. Fish and associate William Janousek. All previously practiced together, and Ms. Friese served as national chair of their firm’s real estate practice ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) announces it has achieved high rankings in the recently published 2024 edition of Chambers Europe. The results reconfirm the firm’s leading position on the Romanian business law market, NNDKP being ranked in each of the 9 areas of practice researched in Romania, namely Banking & Finance, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Intellectual Property & TMT, Projects & Energy, Real Estate and Tax ...

On March 6th, Vista Energy Argentina S.A.U. (“Vista”) successfully issued Class XXIII Notes– simple, non-convertible into shares, denominated, integrated and payable in U.S. Dollars abroad– for a total nominal amount of US$60,000,000 (the “Class XXIII Notes”). The issuance was made under the company’s Global Program of up to US$800,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies or units of value) ...

Vinci and Compass create LatAm asset manager Isabella Ankerson 18 March 2024 Brazilian private equity group Vinci Partners has called upon two Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP offices, Beccar Varela in Buenos Aires, Chile's Carey, Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC in Mexico City and Guyer & Regules in Montevideo to merge its operations with Latin America-focused investor Compass ...

On 14 March 2024 a conference on "Legal Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Sanctions" organized by Pravo.ru was held. German Zakharov, ALRUD Partner, acted as a moderator at the 3rd session: “Prevention and management of sanctions risks: current practice, national peculiarities of sanctions compliance” ...

By: David Standa, Esq. As we previously wrote about here back in January, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) cobbled together a plan for an interagency team-up with the Department of Health that aimed to stop the sale of illegal hemp flower throughout the North Star State. The plan aimed to prevent retailers from selling hemp flower that contained more than the legally permissible hemp limit by using the OCM’s enforcement power and the Department of Health’s inspectors ...

On March 14, 2024, Mayuree Sapsutthiporn, partner and head of China practice, hosted an engaging seminar spotlighting Thai investment in China under the theme “Beyond Borders: Thai Triumphs in the Dragon’s Den: Navigating China’s Business Landscape in 2024.” Joining her was Dr. Phaichit Viboontanasarn, the vice chairman & secretary general of Thai Chamber of Commerce in China ...

On March 14, 2024, Law.com International, a globally renowned legal directory, announced the winners of its 2024 Asia Legal Awards at a ceremony hosted in Singapore. Han Kun partner Will Huang recognized as Employment Lawyer of the Year.Mr. Huang specializes in handling labor law matters and has a solid background in general corporate matters, as well as in commercial and maritime civil litigation.Mr ...

On March 13, 2024, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced the shortlist for its "2024 China Law Awards" ...

Colorado outpaces the nation in closing the gender pay gap, report finds By: Analisa Romano March 14, 2024 "What is unclear to me is whether or not the increase in wages for women is due to the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, or whether it's just running parallel to the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act," Hinckley said. "It's hard to know what impact this law has when you only have three years of data. You may need more runway to understand the long-term impacts of a law like that ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that partners Henry B. Ward III and Samantha “Sam” Skains-Menchaca have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in Charlotte, along with associate Sarah Beth Cain. All most recently practiced at Moore & Van Allen, where Mr. Ward served as co-head of its trademark practice ...

Bradley partner Will Manuel was quoted in Law360 on the 11th Circuit’s recent ruling that Florida lawmakers had violated the First Amendment in attempting to hinder employers’ ability to discuss race and sex during required workplace trainings. Manuel said the court was aggressive in repudiating Florida's policy and legal arguments ...