Nigeria
AELEX is pleased to announce the admission of Rebecca Ebokpo into its partnership. This elevation is the culmination of her 13 years of dedicated service, hard work, and exceptional contributions to the firm.Rebecca joined AELEX as an Associate and steadily rose through the ranks, demonstrating the AELEX ethos of nurturing talent and promoting excellence
Panama
Morgan & Morgan acted as legal counsel to Banco Davivienda Panamá in connection with the execution of an agreement seeking the integration of the operations of Scotiabank Panamá (the Bank of Nova Scotia) into Banco Davivienda Panamá. In addition to the integration of Scotiabank Panama's operations into Banco Davivienda Panama, Scotiabank's operations in Costa Rica and Colombia will also be integrated into the Davivienda Group in those countries
Argentina
Beccar Varela, a leading law firm in Argentina, is pleased to announce that it has advised McDonald’s Latin America on entering into a new Master Franchise Agreement (MFA) for a period of 20 years with Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. the world’s largest independent McDonald’s franchisee.The MFA was entered into on December 30, 2024, which became effective on January 1, 2025, and replaced the previous MFA
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm added its largest first-year class, which includes 49 associates and two staff attorneys. Overall, Bradley added 117 new attorneys to the firm in 2024 and now has more than 700 attorneys across its 13 offices.
“Each year, one of our firm’s overarching goals continues to be strategic growth and this includes adding talented young attorneys across a variety of practices
Florida, USA
Scottsdale, Ariz. – January 13, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce that Intellectual Property Practice Group Leader and partner Sharon Urias successfully won a reverse domain name hijacking case filed in the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, reversing a decision by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) requiring Rhino Entertainment Ltd. to transfer the domain to a company in New Delhi, India
Florida, USA
By: Christopher ‘Smitty’ Smith
As we usher in 2025, businesses across the world that ship products into California are facing new and updated regulations under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65), the state’s landmark product warning law. The changes, which affect a wide range of industries—from food manufacturers to automobile part producers—have substantial implications for companies that manufacture, distribute, or sell products sold in the state
Florida, USA
Boca Raton, Fla. – January 13, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder attorney Lauren Barkan has been appointed to the Board of Community Servant Leaders, a 501 C 3 non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering youth to become active and engaged members of their communities.
Community Servant Leaders connects young people with meaningful volunteer opportunities that allow them to develop essential skills, gain valuable leadership experience, and cultivate a lifelong commitment to service
Kentucky, USA
Twenty years after first joining Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a summer associate during law school, Shawn P. Davisson returns to the Firm as a partner in the White Collar Defense and Government Investigations group, practicing out of the Washington, D.C. office
Kentucky, USA
In collaboration with Tony Long, General Counsel of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Dinsmore attorneys Richik Sarkar and Jenna Pletcher recently filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court of Ohio in Wilson Energy, LLC, et al. v. Redbird Development, LLC, et al., Ohio Supreme Court Case No. 2025-0029. The brief supports a transformative change in Ohio’s pleading standards, advocating for adopting the heightened “plausibility” standard currently employed by federal courts
New York, USA
Patterson Belknap has been shortlisted by Benchmark Litigation in its annual US Awards for the New York category. According to Benchmark, this list recognizes the country’s most distinguished litigation firms “for their exemplary work over the past 12 months
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that Nashville partner A.J. Bahou has been selected to the 2025 class of Nashville Health Care Council Fellows. He is one of just 27 healthcare leaders selected to the five-month intensive program designed to generate new perspectives and ideas for addressing the healthcare industry’s most pressing challenges and opportunities
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Haydn Richard was quoted in National Mortgage News on the possibility of CFPB’s [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] nonbank registry changing course as Trump takes office.
“The registration process itself, including creating an account and uploading documents, is going fine,” said Richards. A company he spoke with was surprised that the process wasn’t more intrusive
Florida, USA
Boca Raton, Fla. – January 9, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce that Regulatory Compliance and Defense partner Franklin S. Homer and his legal team prevailed in a multi-month investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s office concerning a major consumer household electrical product.
Last summer, the Attorney General had accused the private electrical products and services firm, one of the more established in the U.S
Florida, USA
New York – January 8, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder expands the firm’s Litigation practice group with the addition of partner Paul M. Kaplan in the New York office, further strengthening its bench and capabilities with the recent hiring of three other litigation lateral partners in New York over the last six months, demonstrating the firm’s commitment to growth in the region.
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New York, USA
Ms. Bi’s arrival enhances bench strength of firm’s Patent Litigation Practice Patterson Belknap is pleased to announce that Kathryn Bi has joined the firm as a Partner in its Litigation department and as a member of the Patent Litigation practice. Ms. Bi helps clients resolve their toughest intellectual property and commercial cases, focusing her practice on complex technology disputes. She has successfully represented tech companies in numerous high-stakes patent cases. Ms
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Robert Maddox highlighted ignorance as one of the signs of poor governance that can impact the health of a financial institution in an interview with Bank Director magazine.
Maddox, who often works with bank boards when they’re already in regulatory trouble, says a lack of information isn’t necessarily a sign of bad behavior but advises boards to clearly define what information they want to see
Florida, USA
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – January 7, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP (DHC), a prominent 70-attorney firm based in New York City. This arrangement will expand Greenspoon Marder’s service offerings, particularly in the areas of land use and government relations, and will strengthen its presence in the Northeast region of the United States
Italy
Milan, January 7, 2024 – International law firm Gianni & Origoni is pleased to announce the appointment of Giulio Andreani as Partner in the Tax Law department. Giulio will join with his team experts in tax restructurings and tax litigation: Angelo Tubelli, Erika Andreani and Valeria Andreani, who will all join GOP as Senior Counsels.Giulio is a well-known expert in crisis management taxation, tax litigation, and distressed M&A taxation
China
Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Melody He has recently joined the firm's Hong Kong office as a partner. Her joining the firm will further strengthen and enhance Han Kun's overall capabilities in providing comprehensive services to clients.Melody focuses her practice on corporate law, securities law, capital market transactions and regulatory compliance, and has practiced both in the U.S. and Hong Kong
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce 17 of the firm’s attorneys have been elevated to partner, effective January 1, 2025. The new partners are Alicia Adlerz, Alex Ash, Jared Batte, Leah Campbell, Dennis Daniels, Ross Darville, Kyle Doiron, Will Farmer, View More
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that partner Casey L. Miller has been elected to serve a four-year term on the board of directors of the Nashville Bar Association (NBA) beginning January 1, 2025. Additionally, Ms. Miller was named a recipient of the President’s Award at the NBA Annual Meeting & Banquet for her work on the NBA Executive Director Search Committee and her service and dedication to the organization
Kentucky, USA
A Dinsmore Corporate team led by partners Christian Gonzalez and Michael Dailey recently advised on two significant bank merger transactions. In the first transaction, Dinsmore served as counsel to Northwest Bancshares, Inc., in its agreement to acquire Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. As a result of the transaction, Northwest’s total assets will increase from approximately $14.4 billion to over $17 billion. After closing, Northwest is expected to be one of the top 100 banks in the United States
England
Shoosmiths today announces the appointment of noted M&A and Corporate Finance lawyer Kurt Ma as a partner in London.He joins the Corporate team, where he will develop the firm’s premium, cross-border M&A offering, particularly in financial services and technology.
Kurt joins from BCLP, where he managed an international practice advising corporates, funds and financial institutions on M&A, PE, joint ventures, and investments
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorneys Bruce Ely and Jimmy Long attended the Alabama State Bar Tax Section's annual meeting to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Alabama Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TBOR). The TBOR was a decade-long effort led by Ely, Justice Will Sellers and Hank Hutchison. The legislation, which Ely and Long co-authored, allows taxpayers to appeal Alabama Department of Revenue and most city/county tax assessments without paying disputed amounts or posting a bond
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Beau Byrd was quoted in the Birmingham Business Journal on his forecast for commercial real estate (CRE) loans in the new year.
Byrd said his profession saw less activity in the space recently, but that could change. “I think overall our group has been down,” he said. “And traditional commercial real estate lending was down
