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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is proud to announce Morgantown Office Managing Partner Josh Rogers has been elected a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Rogers is now the youngest of six ACTEC fellows in the state of West Virginia. ACTEC is a professional organization of approximately 2,600 trust and estate lawyers who have demonstrated the highest level of integrity, commitment to the profession, competence and experience ...

Han Kun Law Offices and its Hong Kong associated law firm provided legal advice in connection with the listing and public offering of Suoxinda Holdings Limited (“Suoxinda”, Stock Code: 3680) on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, respectively as PRC and Hong Kong counsel to the sole sponsor and the underwriters ...

Buenos Aires, 9 December 2019. Roberto H. Crouzel, a partner at Beccar Varela, was recognized with the inaugural “Lifetime Achievement Award for Pro Bono work” at the “Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards: Latin America 2019” ceremony, held on December 5th at the Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Centre. Chambers and Partners, the publication that annually organizes these Awards, has granted this prize for the first time, recognizing outstanding careers in pro bono efforts ...

They presented the need to have clear rules that define the interaction with regulators and consumers SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. In-house counsel discussed the legal challenges of Dominican companies in the digital environment and proposed the need to update the legal framework in relation to this matter ...

A team led by capital market law expert Dr. Mirko Sickinger advised Hevella Capital GmbH & Co. KGaA on a public takeover offer to the shareholders of NeXR Technologies SE (formerly Staramba SE). The advice included in particular the drafting of the bidding documents and the associated notifications and documents under securities law and takeover law as well as the support at the approval procedure at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) ...

A team composed of members from several offices, led by Dr. Michael Dröge, Fabian G. Gaffron, Dr. Jörg Schewe, and Christoph Prochnau, comprehensively advised Aquila Holding GmbH (Aquila Capital), an independent, globally operating alternative investment manager, on its strategic partnership with Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co. Ltd. (DEI), Japan. As part of the transaction, DEI will acquire a 40% minority stake in Aquila Capital. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price ...

Effective January 1, 2020, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s eleven Salaried Partners will be admitted to Equity Partnership and seven lawyers will be appointed Salaried Partners. “We are going into next year with no less than eleven new equity partners from within the firm. The new peers will contribute to our continued success, just like they have done as Salaried Partners in the past,” said Dr. Pär Johansson, Managing Partner for Human Resources ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce Partner Daniel Zinsmaster has been named the 2019 National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for hemp and marijuana regulation. The National Law Review 2019 Go-To Thought Leader Awards recognize 75 legal authors across the nation for their superlative written contributions to their field of practice. The publication boasts over 15,000 published thought leaders (over 100,000 articles per year), and just one in every 200 received the award this year ...

The Chambers Asia Pacific 2020 guide has recently been released and we are pleased to announce we have received an excellent set of rankings. The guide is the culmination of thousands of in-depth interviews with law firms and clients by the largest research team of its kind to rank the region’s best lawyers and firms. We have maintained our top tier rankings, alongside securing practice group and individual recognition in this year’s round of research ...

We advise the sole sponsor Haitong International Capital Limited and underwriters in relation to the spin-off of Times Neighborhood Holdings Limited from Times China Holdings Limited (stock code: 1233) for separate listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange by way of distribution in specie and global offering, seeking to raise up to approximately HK$939 million. Times Neighborhood Holdings is one of the leading and fast-growing comprehensive property management service providers in China ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce it has established a government contracts practice group along with the arrival of industry heavyweight Walter Wilson, who comes to the firm as partner of counsel. Wilsonhas more than four decades of experience guiding companies of all sizes through each phase of the government contracting process ...

Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce 44 of its attorneys have been named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list and Rising Stars lists for 2020. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in Ohio.  Dinsmore attorneys recognized as Super Lawyers & Rising Stars are listed below: SUPER LAWYERS CINCINNATI Gary E ...

On December 5, 2019, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020 guide, as well as its 2020 rankings of PRC law firms and lawyers. 8 Han Kun practice areas were ranked and 15 Han Kun lawyers were highly recommended this year ...

Dinsmore & Shohl is proud to announce 52 of its attorneys have been named to the Kentucky Super Lawyers and the Rising Stars lists for 2020. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in Kentucky ...

Flex Ltd. and its collaborative work with Dykema has been shortlisted by Financial Times for its North America Innovative Lawyers 2019 Awards and for its corresponding annual special report, "North America Innovative Lawyers." Flex and Dykema's work is being considered as part of a broader entry for the legal team's work on talent, strategy and changing behaviors ...

Isaque Ramos joins PLMJ from McKinsey, where he was responsible for the tax and legal management of projects in Portugal and Africa. Ramos focuses providing consultancy services in Portugal and in international markets. He has previously worked at EY and in the corporate and international tax department of KPMG ...

With a team led by Partner Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised Kälte Eckert GmbH, a portfolio company of VR Equitypartner, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Günther Kältetechnik GmbH as part of an add-on transaction. The stake was sold by Jörg Günther, sole shareholder and General Manager. He will remain on board even after the transaction has been closed. The company name will also remain unchanged. The takeover is part of the growth strategy ...

Project developer and operator i Live Group, in partnership with Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft (MAG), sold a micro-apartment complex to be newly built in Darmstadt to Commerz Real Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft. A team led by Dr. Frank Baßler advised i Live Group on the transaction. In an asset deal in the form of forward funding, Commerz Real initially acquires the property with an obligation to build. A joint venture between i Live and MAG will then construct the turnkey property ...

Long-standing Shoosmiths client Mount Property Group has secured £12m development finance to fund a 574-bed student living scheme in Liverpool. The £12m will fund the scheme’s completion in September 2020. The 16 and 10-storey project is being constructed by Mount Construction and management contractor Barton Group Services. Shoosmiths real estate partner Michael Whitworth and senior associate Neil Bradley provided legal advice to Mount Property Group ...

Data visualisation, reporting and analytics software developer Panintelligence has secured backing from YFM Equity Partners and Comhar Capital in a Series A fundraising, with legal advice from the Shoosmiths corporate team. The Panintelligence ‘Pi’ suite of software enables businesses to use data in almost any format to trigger bespoke reports, and visualise trends in real-time, helping businesses to lower costs and inform strategic decisions ...

Dinsmore Partner Lenny Asaro joined the firm’s Chicago office in May of 2018, and among the clients who followed him from his prior firm to Dinsmore was a family limited liability company comprised of three siblings—one who lives in the Chicago area, one in Michigan and one in Norway. He has represented them for more than six years with respect to real estate matters involving disposition and litigation after they inherited real estate holdings from their father ...

Deacons advised Renrui Human Resources Technology Holdings Limited in relation to its Main Board IPO, seeking to raise up to HK$1,098.2 million (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option). The company is a fast-growing pioneer in human resources solutions in China with a self-developed online-to-offline (O2O) recruitment platform ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as counsel to the majority shareholders of Cemento Interoceanico, S.A., a Panamanian company dedicated to the production, commercialization and distribution of cement, concrete and derivative products, with respect to the sale of 75% of the issued and outstanding shares of the company to Cemento de Panama S.L. Cemento de Panama S.L ...

Asters acted as a legal counsel to Green Genius, a renewable energy company, part of Modus Group international holding, in connection with the construction of 14 MW solar power plant in the village of Zalukva (Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine). The solar power plant in Zalukva was launched on 27 November 2019. This is the first solar power project implemented in Ukraine by Modus Group. The project was delivered within 6 months ...

Asters has been ranked No. 1 Law Firm in Ukraine according to the 50 Leading Law Firms annual rating published on 2 December 2019 by Legal Practice weekly. According to the publication, Asters is "a flagship of the Ukrainian legal market". The research underlines the dynamic pace of the firm's development, its global reach enhanced with the opening of new offices abroad as well as reinforcement of Asters team and its highest reputation among peers ...