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Mergermarket has recently released the shortlist for its China M&A Awards 2019. Han Kun has been shortlisted for Technology, Media & Telecom M&A Legal Adviser of the Year. Han Kun has extensive experience in M&A and the TMT industry, and has consistently received accolades from authoritative legal ranking organizations, including Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, Asian Legal Business, China Business Law Journal, Asialaw Profiles and China Law & Practice ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that two of its attorneys, Thomas E. Sanders and Deborah Williamson, were selected by the San Antonio Business Journal as 2019 Outstanding Lawyers Awards recipients. Sanders and Williamson are included in a very select list of only 13 lawyers to receive this recognition. They and other recipients will be honored Thursday, Oct. 3 at The Veranda in San Antonio ...

Buenos Aires, August 12th, 2019. On July 31st, 2019, Vista Oil & Gas S.A.U. (the “Issuer” or “Vista”) issued Class I Notes for a nominal value of US$50 million, and on August 7th, issued Class II Notes for the same nominal value of US$50 million. Both issuances took place under the global program for short, medium and long-term notes, not convertible into shares, for a maximum circulation amount of up to US$800 million (or its equivalent in other currencies and/or value units) ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce Michael W. Hawkins is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, recognized in both Ohio and Kentucky. Hawkins is a partner and co-chair of the ADR Center at Dinsmore. He has mediated more than 200 civil disputes and was recently recognized for mediation by Best Lawyers ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Michael B. Mattingly has been named to Cincinnati Business Courier’s 2019 Forty Under 40 class. The 40 young professionals who make up the 2019 class share the goal of making a difference in Cincinnati through their community-service efforts and in their hard work. Forty Under 40 winners will be recognized at an awards dinner on Sept. 19. “It is such an honor to be named a Forty Under 40,” Mattingly said ...

Dykema is proud to announce that Abad Lopez, Chicago-based member in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group, was selected for inclusion in the Law category of the 2019 edition of Who’s Who in Hispanic Chicago as published by Negocios Now. This annual special edition recognizes distinguished leaders in the Latino community of Chicago. The gala event celebrating Lopez and his fellow honorees took place July 12 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago ...

China Law & Practice recently announced the finalists for the China Law & Practice Awards 2019. Han Kun was shortlisted in multiple award categories as below: ■ Private Equity & Venture Capital Firm of the Year ■ M&A Firm of the Year ■ TMT Firm of the Year ■ Real Estate Firm of the Year ■ Pro Bono Initiative of the Year ■ Equity Securities Deal of the Year - NIO Inc.'s US IPO ■ Debt Securities Deal of the Year - NIO Inc ...

Buenos Aires, 8 August 2019. On 23 July 2019, BNR Infrastructure Co-Investment Limited (“BNR”), a UK incorporated company, acquired 24,99% stake in YPF Energía Eléctrica S.A. (also known as “YPF Luz”) from General Electric’s subsidiary EFS Global Energy BV. General Electric Company owns 50% of BNR’s economic rights and the Chinese fund Silk Road Fund Co. Ltd. owns the other 50% ...

For the seventh consecutive time, trade magazine India Business Law Journal named Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek a “top international law firm for India-related work.” India Business Law Journal has been publishing an “Intelligence Report” for 13 years now, listing top law firms that have concluded Indian-related transactions in the past twelve months. This year, 600 law firms worldwide were analyzed ...

Jonathan (Jon) Wood, a partner in Dinsmore & Shohl’s intellectual property department, has been named once again to the 2019 IAM 300 of the World’s Leading IP Strategists. The IAM recognizes individuals who have led the way and offer top-tier services relating to the development and implementation of world-class IP value. “I am deeply honored to be listed amongst these individuals and thank everyone for the nominations and support ...

Buenos Aires, August 6th, 2019. On July 26th, Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V., holding company of Vista Oil & Gas Argentina S.A.U., an independent Latin American oil & gas company, launched its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “VIST”. Vista Oil & Gas Argentina S.A.U. is an independent company focused on unconventional resources ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Sean C. Griffin, a Member in Dykema’s Washington, D.C., office, was named to the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel’s (FDCC) Board of Directors. The FDCC named Griffin as a director on August 3 during its annual meeting ...

Panama, August 5, 2019. Mayte Sanchez, associate at the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group of Morgan & Morgan, was invited to participate as speaker in the National and International Arbitration Seminar, organized by the Conciliation and Arbitration Center of Panama (CeCAP, for its initials in Spanish). The activity, which was held as part of the 25th Anniversary of CeCAP, covered important subjects on national and international arbitration laws, trends and regulations ...

Panama, August 5, 2019. Jose Carrizo, partner and head of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice of the firm, was listed once again in the Who´s Who Legal Thought Leaders Litigation Guide 2019, a publication that highlights the skills and know-how of the best litigation lawyers worldwide, based on the number of nominations received by clients and legal practitioners ...

By filing an action for annulment, the patent law team of the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek ensured that the disputed teff patent no longer exists in Germany. The granting of the European teff patent was perceived as great injustice in Ethiopia, because it protected a well-known foodstuff by a European company under patent law. The plaintiff in the nullity action, Dr. Anton Horn, Head of the Heuking patent team, filed a lawsuit against this injustice ...

Finalists have recently been announced in the Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2019. Han Kun has been shortlisted as "PRC Law Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year", and seven Han Kun-advised deals have been shortlisted for "Deal of the Year". The deals are: 1. Equity Market Deal of the Year - Meituan Dianping's IPO 2. Equity Market Deal of the Year - NIO's U.S. IPO 3. Equity Market Deal of the Year - Tencent Music's IPO 4 ...

We are delighted to announce that ǼLEX has, once again, been recognised as Nigeria’s ‘Law Firm of the Year’ by Who’s Who Legal (WWL). The firm was recognised at the WWL’s sixth annual ceremony held on May 16, 2019 at the Gibson Hall in London. This is the sixth time the firm has won this award - recognition for its exceptional quality of work over the past year. Partner Davidson Oturu, received the award on behalf of the firm ...

Buenos Aires, August 5th, 2019. Banco Santander Río S.A., acting as lender, arranger, and administrative agent; together with Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, acting as lender, arranger, and collateral agent; and BBVA Banco Francés S.A., acting as lender and arranger, granted a loan to Oilstone Energía S.A. worth US$12 million. The deal involved the negotiation and drafting of a syndicated loan and a security assignment of contractual rights ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Glasgow corporate team advised longstanding client and satellite broadband provider BigBlu Broadband plc on the demerger of its UK fixed wireless broadband business, Quickline Communications Ltd, backed with new private equity investment and debt funding. A team led by George Frier, with support from John Morrison and Gavin Charlton,(Share schemes) advised BigBlu on demerging its Fixed Wireless broadband subsidiary to a new company, QCL Holdings ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Dykema was recognized in the BTI Power Rankings 2019: Client Relationship Scorecard report. According to the report, clients see Dykema as one of only 45 law firms with the potential to build market dominance based on the strength of its existing client relationships and list the firm among the best in the nation when it comes to having the strongest client relationships in the legal market ...

Brian M. Moore, of the law firm Dykema Gossett PLLC, has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Moore is a member of Dykema’s Litigation Department and also serves as the firm’s General Counsel. In his practice, he handles a variety of commercial litigation matters, including commercial real estate, business/shareholder disputes, financial services, professional liability, and energy litigation. Moore also represents clients in connection with internal investigations ...

Deacons’ partner, Chuah Su Cheen, senior associate Pinky Siu and associate Winnie Cheung recently attended the listing ceremony, with the Manager, Mirae Asset, to celebrate the successful listing of two new ETFs. The two new ETFs: Mirae Asset Horizons China Biotech ETF and Mirae Asset Horizons China Cloud Computing ETF allow investors to gain exposure to China’s biotech and cloud computing sectors and are the first ETFs in Hong Kong which track these sectors ...

Dr. Adesegun A. Akin-Olugbade, International Counsel at ǼLEX, has been appointed as a member of the World Trade Board. He joins twenty other global trade and finance leaders on this prestigious board, as the first from Africa. The World Trade Board, initiated by Finastra, is made up of global leaders, innovative thinkers, industry influencers and subject matter experts from the different corners of trade, finance and commerce. Dr. Adesegun A ...

We are pleased to announce that ǼLEX received 3 nominations at this year’s African LegalAwards: Competition & Regulatory Team of the Year, IP Team of the Year, and Partner of the Year (Mrs Funke Adekoya, SAN). The African Legal Awards recognises exceptional achievement within Africa’s legal community ...

In Nigeria, traditional bank financing for projects is proving steadily more difficult to access as interest rates for Naira loans remain very high and obtaining US Dollar loans becomes increasingly difficult. This has led private investors and sponsors to a search for non-traditional sources of financing for their projects ...