Press Releases

SyCipLaw retained its top-tier rankings in 12 of the practice areas in the 2024 research edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. These practice areas are: Antitrust and Competition; Aviation; Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property; Labour and Employment; Projects and Energy; Real Estate and Construction; Shipping; Tax; and Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT).The following partners were ranked:Hall of Fame Hector M. De Leon, Jr ...

Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our Website.Effective February 1, 2024, Dr. Klaus-Georg Baier will join HEUKING as Senior Counsel. He will reinforce the established Health Care team at the Munich office with a focus on Regulatory, Transactions, and Compliance and will in particular support Partners Boris Dürr and Dr. Oliver Treptow, who are already advising in this field ...

Denver – January 30, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder Litigation partner Alan D. Schindler successfully prevailed in a jury trial on behalf of the firm’s client, MPG Endeavors, Inc. The case involved a dispute with defendants Tygris Medical, LLC; Tygris International, LLC; and owners Malcolm Weems and Julianne Kennedy. The jury reached verdicts on MPG’s claims under the Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (CUFTA), conspiracy to violate CUFTA, and successor liability ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – January 30, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder co-managing director Gerald “Gerry” Greenspoon has been recognized among the 2024 Power Leaders by the South Florida Business Journal. This list recognizes the top executives – excelling in the Education and Professional Services industries – across the tri-county region’s major sectors, that have helped stimulate and grow a diverse business market while advancing the local economy ...

Carey helps NotCo overturn unfair competition ruling Lily Squires 30 January 2024 Chilean plant-based alternative food unicorn NotCo has enlisted Carey to overturn a prior court ruling that previously barred the use of the trademark NotMilk trademark. The initial lawsuit was filed by the Los Ríos Region Milk Producers Association (APROVAL), which called on Coz & Blavi Abogados ...

Codelco makes US$2 billion issuanceLily Squires29 January 2024 Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco has turned to familiar counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Carey in Santiago to make a US$2 billion offering. The underwriters relied on Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York and Garrigues (Chile) for the offering, which closed on 26 January. Codelco made the offering in two tranches. The first series of notes – worth US$500 million – carries a 6 ...

Recently, the Han Kan sports law team won an overall victory in an arbitral proceeding before the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ("FIFA") Football Tribunal for a football club in the Chinese Football Association Super League (the "CSL Club") against a renowned Spanish La Liga club (the "La Liga Club").The dispute concerned an agreement to transfer a football player from the CSL Club to the La Liga Club ...

Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage.Aquila group, advised by HEUKING, sells majority stake in Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft to CommerzbankA team led by Dr. Michael Dröge, HEUKING Partner at the Hamburg office, legally advised Aquila Capital Group on the sale of a 74.9% stake in its subsidiary Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft to Commerzbank ...

Carey contributes Chilean content for the Simmons & Simmons Clean Energy Tool Carey is proud to announce its collaboration with international law firm Simmons & Simmons to deliver Chilean content for the Clean Energy Tool.  The tool is a comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional resource for investors and developers in the clean energy sector ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Birmingham partner Bruce P. Ely has been appointed to the Board of Regents of the prestigious American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC), an invitation-only professional association of tax attorneys from across the country. The 13-member Board of Regents serves as the governing body of the ACTC. One Regent is elected to represent each of the 11 federal judicial circuits and two Regents are elected to serve at-large. Mr ...

JetBlue casts doubt on its merger deal with Spirit Airlines By: Rajesh Kumar Singh and Shivansh Tiwary January 26, 2024 "JetBlue's move is aimed at either forcing a termination of the deal or restructuring it at a new purchase price, said Steve Segal, M&A attorney at business law firm Buchalter ...

By: Louis J. Terminello, Esq. and Jaci Flug, Esq. Not New York businesses.  By now, we have all seen a small sign taped to the cash register at the liquor store, on the bottom of a restaurant menu, or printed across a bill at a bar saying in sum and substance, “THERE WILL BE A 4% SURCHARGE ON ALL PAYMENTS MADE BY CREDIT CARDS” or “4% DISCOUNT ON CASH PAYMENTS ...

Chilean company buys satellite TV business from Claro Lily Squires 25 January 2024 HD Legal acted as counsel to Chilean satellite TV business Tu Ves in its acquisition of assets from the local arm of Claro, the subsidiary of Mexican telecoms group América Móvil. The seller relied on Carey for the deal, which was made public on 16 January. In the transactions, Tu Ves bought Claro’s Chilean satellite TV business – Claro DTH – which had almost 170,000 users at the end of 2023 ...

Patria desalination plants get US$883 million credit line in Chile Isabella Ankerson 24 January 2024 Carey has helped Latin American-focused asset manager Patria Investments obtain US$883 million in financing for two desalination projects it is developing in Chile’s Valparaiso and Metropolitan regions. Milbank in New York represented Chile's Aguas Pacífico Holding, a portfolio company of Patria, which operates the water assets through its subsidiaries Aguas Pacifico and San Isidro Quilapilún ...

By: David Standa, Esq. Charlene Briner, the recently appointed interim director of Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), is working on a plan to stop the sale of marijuana flower that is being labeled and sold as legal hemp. Her plan calls for an interagency team-up with the Office of Medical Cannabis and the Department of Agriculture to put a stop to a loophole that was created with the passing of Minnesota’s recreational cannabis legislation last year ...

The firm has defeated an appeal of a decision in favor of our client, Janssen Biotech, Inc., entered by an arbitral tribunal last year.  In that arbitration, Genmab A/S demanded milestone payments and an extended royalty term with respect to the subcutaneous formulation of daratumumab (marketed as DARZALEX FASPRO in the United States) under the relevant license agreement between Genmab and Janssen ...

Buchalter is pleased to congratulate Shareholder Scott Evans who was recently recognized as one of 5280 Magazine’s Denver Top Lawyers 2024 in Alternative Dispute Resolution. To create this list, attorneys from the seven-county metro areas were invited to vote for their peers whom they respect the most in 50 legal specialties ...

Law Firm Shoosmiths has released its latest report on trends in litigation for businesses, based on a survey of more than 360 general counsel and senior in-house lawyers from financial services, automotive, technology and other sectors.The report, titled Litigation Risk 2024: assessing the litigation outlook for business, provides insights and perspectives on the dispute resolution environment, the challenges and the inherent risks that lie ahead ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Nashville partner A.J. Bahou has been appointed to serve on the newly formed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Committee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia has convened and selected the committee to aid the court in evaluating appropriate rules and uses of AI. The committee, chaired by Judge Eric D ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm’s Government Contracts Practice Group has again been selected as a winner of Law360’s “Practice Groups of the Year” award in the Government Contracts category. The firm’s practice group was previously honored in this category by Law360 in 2021 ...

Bradley partner Bruce Ely was quoted in 1819 News on how Alabama small business owners will be required to share ownership information about their companies or risk being subject to civil and criminal financial penalties or imprisonment under a new federal law called the Corporate Transparency Act, which went into effect on January 1, 2021 ...

Chambers and Partners has recently announced its nominees for the Chambers Greater China Region (PRC Firms) Awards 2024.Han Kun has been nominated for "China (PRC Firms) Corporate & Finance Law Firm of the Year" and "China (PRC Firms) Compliance Law Firm of the Year".The Chambers Greater China Region Awards recognize a law firm's pre-eminence in key jurisdictions in the region and reflect achievements over the past 12 months, including outstanding work and impressive strategic growth ...

On January 18, 2024, Law.com International, a globally renowned legal directory, announced the finalists for the 2024 Asia Legal Awards, which recognize the most important transactions, the best law firms, and the most outstanding lawyers in Asia ...

New Delhi, January 2, 2024: Kochhar & Co. (the “Firm”) is delighted to welcome Shiv Sapra as a Partner in our New Delhi office, bolstering the Firm’s Commercial Disputes, Arbitration, and Insolvency Practices ...

On 14 March 2024 the AEB Human Resources Committee will hold its annual HR Conference ”The Future of Human Resources: Beyond the Breaking Point”. Margarita Egiazarova, PhD in Law, Senior Associate of ALRUD Labour Practice, will speak at the Labour Law Sub-Committee session on ”Practice of employment termination in an era of economic turmoil: changing trends in decisions of the higher Russian courts” ...