Press Releases

Buchalter is pleased to announce that its Los Angeles office was ranked 9th on the Los Angeles Business Journal‘s 2022 list of “Best Places to Work in LA” Large Employer category. Best Places to Work is a joint project between the Los Angeles Business Journal and Workforce Research Group (WRG). This county-wide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Los Angeles, California ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm is among more than 180 large law firms participating in the Mansfield Rule 6.0 certification process. The newly released version of the Mansfield certification is aimed at diversifying leadership. The parameters have expanded in scope while increasing with rigor each year with input from an advisory board of diversity leaders and other stakeholders ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has today launched its first formal employee bonus scheme as part of a refreshed reward strategy ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) assisted Isosport, the world market leader in the field of plastic composite materials for the ski and snowboard industry, in a multi-jurisdictional transaction for the acquisition of Novo Tech Group, a leading manufacturer of high-quality plastic products. The transaction involved two production sites located in Poland and Romania (Oradea) which Novo Tech Group operates, with an additional sales location in Belgium ...

KSB's team (Dagmar Dubecká, Helena Navrátilová and Ján Béreš) advised Ronaldsay on the sale of Hampshire Green Point, which developed and commissioned the Green Point project, an energy-efficient eight-storey office building in Prague 5. The building, which was completed last year, comprises approximately 7,000 sqm of office space and is BREEAM Excellent certified, which demonstrates its focus on efficiency and sustainability ...

Advising Yeong Chin Machinery on Acquisition of Stake in TRIMILL KSB's team led by Dagmar Dubecká and Ján Béreš advised Yeong Chin Machinery on the acquisition of a majority stake in TRIMILL. TRIMILL was founded in 2000 and specialises in the development, design, assembly, commissioning, sales and service of machine tools for the machining of moulds and press tools. Yeong Chin Machinery Industries is a Taiwanese company founded in 1954 and specializes in manufacturing machine tools ...

Ice'ces, who in September will begin the second year of her Bachelor of Law with Business degree at The University of Law in Birmingham, previously studied at The Berkeley Institute in Bermuda. As part of the scholarship, Ice'ces has been awarded a grant which will support her studies abroad through the duration of her degree. She has also joined the firm for a four-week placement this summer where she will gain experience by working alongside both the trusts and corporate teams ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Birmingham partner Buddy Cox has been named a fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL), a professional association of distinguished lawyers who practice in the field of environmental law. Mr. Cox is one of 25 new ACOEL fellows selected for their distinguished experience, high standards of practice, and substantial contributions to the practice of law ...

Bradley attorneys Bruce Ely, Chris Grissom, Jimmy Long and Will Thistle were featured in a Law360 Tax Authority article highlighting recent tax developments. The author of the article, David Brunori, included these comments: There is little question that Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has the best state and local tax lawyers in Alabama. Indeed, its lawyers are among the best in the nation. The partners include Chris Grissom, James Long, Will Thistle and the legendary Bruce Ely ...

Charleston, W.Va. — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that partner Eric E. Kinder was selected as the 2022 recipient of the DRI Albert H. Parnell Outstanding Program Chair Award. He is being recognized for his leadership role in the development of DRI’s 45th annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar. Each year, DRI hosts dozens of seminars on various areas of the law, and this award is bestowed upon a single organizer ...

Buenos Aires, August 11th, 2022. Beccar Varela advised Puente Hnos. S.A. and most of the local and international holders on the judicial debt restructuring of Roch S.A. (the “Company”), a company dedicated to the exploitation, exploration, and marketing of oil and gas. The restructuring of the debt, worth approximately US$27 million, took place within the framework of the reorganization proceeding presented by the Company on November 5th, 2020 ...

Founded in 2013, Geopagos is a white label infrastructure software service that provides clients with an end-to-end solution for launching or scaling their payment acceptance. Through Geopagos, businesses can acquire and facilitate card payments to their own clients. The Carey Olsen team advising Geopagos on the Cayman Islands law aspects of its fundraising, alongside onshore counsel Gunderson Dettmer, comprised partner Alistair Russell and associate Evan Stitt ...

Recently, China Business Law Journal, a renowned legal directory, released its rankings of top capital market law firms and representative IPO projects based on Dealogic statistics between May 1, 2021, and April 30, 2022. Han Kun was recognized in the following rankings, owing to the firm's remarkable capital market services ...

On August 10, 2022, IFLR1000, the world-renowned legal directory, published its IFLR1000 China Regional Rankings 2023. Han Kun was recognized in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong rankings for its outstanding market performance and comprehensive strengths ...

Calypso-Valcartier Group recently announced the sale of all of the shares of its two amusement parks, Village Vacances Valcartier located near Quebec City and Calypso, near Ottawa, and more specifically of the shares of the two parks’ operating corporations and their asset holding corporations. The assets of the two parks are now indirectly owned by EPR Properties, and they are operated by a Canadian subsidiary of Premier Parks, LLC ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Petar Angelov has joined the firm’s Nashville office as an associate in the Construction Practice Group. “We are pleased to welcome Petar to the firm and know that his commitment to clients and experience in the construction industry will help bolster the service our construction team provides,” said Bradley Nashville Office Managing Partner Lauren B. Jacques. Mr ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that six of the firm’s attorneys have been appointed to leadership roles within the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Litigation Section. The firm’s attorneys appointed by the ABA Litigation Section are Dylan C. Black, Tiffany J. deGruy, Junaid Odubeko, Robert Emmett Poundstone IV, Anne Marie Seibel and Ethan T. Tidmore ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that six of the firm’s attorneys have been appointed to leadership roles within the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Litigation Section. The firm’s attorneys appointed by the ABA Litigation Section are Dylan C. Black, Tiffany J. deGruy, Junaid Odubeko, Robert Emmett Poundstone IV, Anne Marie Seibel and Ethan T. Tidmore ...

The Fund's investment strategy is global with a relative focus on the Greater China region. It will seek to obtain sustainable returns by using a long/short equity strategy with a research-intensive approach. Working alongside lead counsel Sidley Austin LLP, the Carey Olsen team advising Spathiphy on all Cayman Islands legal and regulatory aspects of the launch was led by partner Michael Padarin, assisted by senior legal manager Eason Huang ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Whitney Wester has joined the firm’s Houston office as an associate in the Litigation and Construction practice groups. “Whitney has demonstrated a unique ability to work with clients across a variety of industries on large, complex matters as an independent practitioner, as well as with the support of a team,” said Bradley Houston Office Managing Partner Ian P. Faria ...

On August 5, 2022, CLECSS announced that Han Kun has claimed CLECSS's inaugural "Best ESG Law Firm Award – Employer of Choice". The CLECSS Best ESG Law Firm Award aims to raise ESG awareness (i.e., Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance) among law firms, and is committed to identifying Chinese and international law firms with major and positive influence on promoting ESG practice in the industry ...

Pavel Dejl has become the new managing partner of Kocián Šolc Balaštík as of 1 August 2022, replacing Petr Kasík as part of the firm’s planned rotation. Together with Jiri Hornik, Petr Kasík remains a member of KSB’s three-member management committee and both will continue to support the managing partner. "I would like to thank Petr Kasík for his leadership during this challenging time and I hope that I will continue his work successfully," says Pavel Dejl ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) acted as legal advisor for the syndicate of banks granting a financing facility worth EUR 347 million to Swiss-based Ameropa Group. The syndicate of banks was composed of Banca Comerciala Romana SA (BCR) and Raiffeisen Bank SA as joint Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, together with ING Bank N.V. Amsterdam – Bucharest Branch and UniCredit Bank S.A., as Mandated Lead Arrangers ...

Morgan & Morgan Legal advised MERCANTIL SERVICIOS FINANCIEROS INTERNACIONAL, S.A. (the “Issuer”), the holding company of Mercantil Group and the indirect holder of leading enterprises in the banking and insurance business in Panama and other countries, in the issuance of Class “A” and Class “B” Common Shares for a total of US$30,000,000.00 (the “Common Shares”), which were successfully placed ...

As Makeup Co., Molly Sims Settle Lawsuit, Uncertainty Over Influencer Liability Remains The Fashion Law Aug. 2, 2022 "As for what made the lawsuit an especially notable one (compared to routine trademark cases), it is largely that, in addition to suing the manufacturer of the competing product, Petunia also asserted claims against an influencer, Sims ...