Press Releases

Bradley is pleased to announce that partner Jason R. Bushby has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA). The 2024 class of Fellows will be inducted at the ACMA’s Annual Meeting in September in Chicago. Formed in 1974, ACMA is a professional group of experienced real estate finance attorneys across North America dedicated to developing professional excellence, trustworthy referral networks and lasting collegial relationships ...

Kudun & Partners kickstarted the Year of the Dragon by imparting valuable legal insights and sharing professional experiences with students at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Law, focusing on the topic “Essential Skills for Legal Practice.” The program consists of 15 sessions and Kudun Sukhumananda, founding partner of the firm, is one of the first to start the ball rolling ...

Bradley partner Tiffany deGruy was named among the Birmingham Business Journal's 2024 Leaders in Diversity. The list recognizes companies and individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to promoting practices that advance diversity in the workplace, in business leadership, and in the broader economy. The 2024 honorees will be recognized in an awards ceremony in March 2024 ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Bonnie Yung has recently joined Han Kun Hong Kong office as a partner ...

Business law firm HEUKING will appear on the market with a streamlined logo in the future, thus increasing the visibility of the brand.The logo will omit three of the name partners and be abbreviated to HEUKING. The word/figurative mark comprises two components: the (unaltered) figurative mark and the larger HEUKING lettering. The new appearance of the corporate design and the brevity and clarity of the logo reflect the firm’s emphasis: it is entrepreneurial, dynamic, and goal oriented ...

On 4 January 2024, Nippon Express Holdings, Inc., the renowned Japan-based logistics company, completed the acquisition of Cargo-Partner subsidiaries in Central and Eastern Europe. This acquisition strengthens Nippon Express’s global logistics network, which spans over 739 locations.Cargo-Partner, headquartered in Austria, has a significant presence in Central and Eastern Europe and offers diverse logistics services, including air and ocean freight forwarding.BOYANOV & Co ...

Morgan & Morgan Legal acted as the Panamanian legal advisor for Mercandú, a startup based in El Salvador that operates the largest marketplace in the Central American region, offering over 500,000 products, in a capital raising round ...

Shoosmiths is excited to announce Kirsten Hewson as its new Chair.Kirsten will take over from longstanding Chair Peter Duff on 1 April 2024. Peter has held the role since 2015, in which time the firm’s revenue has doubled largely from organic growth and has seen the firm appointed to 135 panels and achieving widespread recognition in the market as the law firm that clients come to for what matters ...

Shoosmiths’ real estate investment group recorded a strong finish to 2023, advising on c.£200m worth of transactions during Q4 - taking it to more than £1.2bn in deals for the year.Transactions were completed across various asset classes, including life sciences, offices, industrials and data centres. One of the group’s most active sectors was retail, where it advised on a number of deals, including the acquisition of Gracechurch Shopping Centre ...

The Shoosmiths Foundation, a grant-making body managed by law firm Shoosmiths, has launched a new funding round inviting charity applications for projects in the UK that advance a carbon net zero UK aligned with a just transition.Advancing net zero and creating a socially mobile world are among Shoosmiths’ ESG priorities, and funding is being provided to assist charities with similar aspirations ...

Early-stage token investments: Careful drafting needed to avoid disputes Start-up crypto companies frequently look to raise early stage capital by offering investors the right to receive tokens that will be issued by the company in the future ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s attorneys have been elected to serve in leadership roles with the Birmingham Bar Association (BBA) for the 2024 term. Birmingham partner Stanley E. Blackmon, the immediate past president of the Young Lawyers Section (YLS), was elected to the Place 2 seat on the BBA’s Executive Committee ...

Los Angeles – January 11, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder California attorneys Victor A. Sahn, Elissa D. Miller, Howard M. Ehrenberg, Mark S. Horoupian, Daniel A. Lev, Asa S. Hami, and Steven F. Werth have been recognized as Southern California Super Lawyers in 2024 by Super Lawyers Magazine. Mr. Sahn and Ms. Miller first ranked as Super Lawyers dating back to 2006, while Mr. Ehrenberg has been ranked consecutively since 2004. Mr ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that litigator and former federal prosecutor William C. Athanas has joined the firm’s Birmingham office as a partner in the Government Enforcement & Investigations Practice Group. “Bill has a unique understanding of how government charging decisions are made, allowing him to develop legal strategies that benefit his clients facing government investigations or charges,” said Bradley Birmingham Office Managing Partner J. Andrew Robison ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Matthew F. Hall is joining the firm’s Tampa office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Hall is the third litigator Bradley has added since September 2023 as part of its strategic growth in the Tampa area. “Matthew is a skilled and experienced attorney who has significant experience in insurance coverage litigation matters,” said Bradley Tampa Office Managing Partner R. Craig Mayfield ...

Shoosmiths has advised AIB Group (UK) plc on a significant funding for the acquisition of two purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) schemes in Bristol and Glasgow.The acquisition is set to add around 1000 more bed spaces in the two cities, both of which face an over-subscribed marketplace - providing much needed high quality student accommodation stock ...

Shoosmiths' M&A team continues to be at the forefront of major public to private deals, having recently advised on three substantial transactions.The firm acted for Main Market listed Ten Entertainment Group plc, one of the UK’s largest ten-pin bowling operators, on its proposed £287 million takeover by US private equity firm Trive Capital.  If approved, the deal announced at the beginning of December, would take the company private ...

Recently, Han Kun partner Da Shi was invited to write the China chapter of the Thomson Reuters Practical Law Guide, "Interface of Competition Law and Intellectual Property: Deals, Cooperation and Unilateral Conduct". The co-authors include Pan Zhao, Huayi Chen, and Qun Xu ...

Shoosmiths has appointed a new Director of Projects & Innovation as it continues to drive its strategic change agenda to lead the upper midmarket law firms.Tom Slate joins from Clifford Chance, where he was the firm’s Global Director responsible for driving change in the delivery of legal and business processes. He played a major role in developing and implementing their award-winning Innovation strategy, focused on client service improvement and delivery ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s Nashville associates have been named to leadership roles with the Nashville Bar Association’s (NBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for 2024. Casey L. Miller has been appointed president of the NBA’s YLD for the 2024 term ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s Nashville attorneys have been named to leadership roles with the Nashville Bar Association’s (NBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for 2024. Casey L. Miller has been appointed president of the NBA’s YLD for the 2024 term ...

Szecskay Attorneys at Law is pleased to announce that Sam MacMahon Baldwin has been promoted to the firm’s partnership effective 1 January, 2024.Baldwin is a seasoned EU & competition law practitioner with extensive expertise in advising businesses on all EU & antitrust matters. He acts for a broad range of clients including in the pharmaceuticals, telecoms, and financial services industries ...

Cleary becomes seventh former federal prosecutor to join firm’s White Collar Defense & Investigations Team Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its White Collar Defense and Investigations practice with the arrival of Robert (“Bob”) Cleary, a distinguished practitioner and former federal prosecutor. Having served as the U.S. Attorney both in the District of New Jersey and in the Southern District of Illinois, Mr ...

Georgia's newest laws By: Wilborn P. Nobles III January 3, 2024 Commercial Financing Disclosure Law: Senate Bill 90 requires disclosure statements from certain banks, credit unions, and online lenders in Georgia, according to the Buchalter law firm. The Georgia CFDL applies to covered "commercial financing" transactions occurring on or after Monday that are $500,000 or less, Buchalter reports ...

Oil and gas company sues Colorado, argues $113 million remediation price tag is illegal By: Scott Weiser January 8, 2024 “This is one of those cases where the old axiom of bad facts sometimes makes bad law," he told The Denver Gazette. "One of the things that I think is at play here is the commission's thought, whether articulated or not, that Kaufmann is, for lack of a better term, a bad actor, and that in one way or another that has informed their position on some things in several ways ...