Press Releases

Shepherd and Wedderburn has been honoured with two awards at The Herald Law Awards of Scotland 2019. The banking and finance team, led by Fiona Buchanan, was named Transaction Team of the Year – the third consecutive year that it has been recognised at the Law Awards of Scotland – and the firm's Smarter Working team, led by Lynn Beaumont and Steve Dalgleish, was honoured with the Innovation Award at the ceremony at the Doubletree Hilton in Glasgow, which was attended by more than 400 guests ...

Buenos Aires, 29 November 2019. Beccar Varela advised Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires SAU on the issuance of Class VII notes, worth AR$4.182.280.000, carried out under the Prospectus On Stages for a maximum issuance amount of up to US$2,100,000,000, under the simplified Frequent Issuer Regime. The issuance took place on November 25. In this case, for the first time, Banco Galicia assumed the role of Frequent Issuer. Class VII notes maturity date will take place on May 25, 2020 ...

We advise the sole sponsor Fortune Financial Capital Limited and underwriters in relation to the Main Board IPO of Maike Tube Industry Holdings Limited, seeking to raise up to approximately HK$236 million. The company is principally engaged in the manufacturing and selling of standard prefabricated pipe nipple products and steel pipe products ...

Cross-border business lawyer and Managing Partner of Szecskay Attorneys of Law is awarded for his professional achievements Budapest, Hungary, 27 November 2019 – Szecskay Attorneys at Law proudly announces that its founder and Managing Partner, Dr. András Szecskay, has been awarded with the highest legal award ("In the Service of Justice" - "A jog szolgálatában”) by the Hungarian Bar Association at the Hungarian Lawyers' Day on Saturday, 23 November 2019. The honours were handed over by Dr ...

36Kr recently released its WISE2019 Third-Party Organization Influencers List following a 2019 review of the new economy and data and questionnaire research. Han Kun was again ranked as one of the “Top 5 Most Influential Legal Service Providers in Venture Capital and Private Equity”. 36Kr prepared the WISE2019 Third-party Organization Influencers List through data and questionnaire research for the period from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019 ...

We advise the sole sponsor DBS Asia Capital Limited and underwriters in relation to the Main Board IPO of JY Grandmark Holdings Limited, seeking to raise up to HK$1,452 million (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option). The company is a property developer, operator and property management service provider based in the PRC, and offers residential properties in Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan and Hunan provinces. The company published its IPO prospectus on 25 November 2019 ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Benchmark Litigation 2020 named the firm as a "Highly Recommended" law firm for litigation in the state of Michigan as well as a "Recommended" firm for Labor and Employment in the state of Michigan. In addition, Benchmark Litigation 2020 also ranked 10 Dykema attorneys within a variety of lists, including "Local Litigation Stars,” "Future Stars," "40 & Under Hot List" and "Labor & Employment Stars ...

Morgan & Morgan advised Avianca Holdings, S.A., a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Panama (the “Company”), in launch and consummation of an exchange offer of the Company’s previously issued US$550,000,000 8.375% Senior Notes due 2020 for newly issued US$550,000,000 8.375% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020 (the “Exchange Notes”) ...

November 20th, 2019. Beccar Varela advised Agrofina S.A. on the issuances of Class VIII notes, worth US$13.509.284, and Class VIII Additional notes (reopening), worth US$4.979.651, both carried out under the company’s Global Program for the issuance of simple notes, not convertible into shares, for a maximum nominal value of up to US$60 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Frank D. Ballantine to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as a Member in the firm’s Chicago office. Ballantine joins Dykema from Clark Hill PLC’s Chicago office ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek adds a Salaried Partner in White Collar & Criminal Compliance at its Hamburg office. After two and a half years of practicing at criminal law boutique Langrock Voß & Soyka, Dr. Sabine Ottow (39) returns to Heuking. Ottow has been a Salaried Partner at Langrock Voß & Soyka since 2017 where she defended clients in several white collar and criminal compliance cases and advised on complex compliance matters ...

Expedeon AG (Heidelberg, Germany) signed an agreement with Abcam plc (Cambridge, UK) to sell its immunology and proteomics businesses for EUR 120 million. The sale is subject to shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting on December 19, 2019. A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Expedeon on the sale relating to aspects of German law including an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting. All shares in the subsidiary Expedeon Holdings Ltd ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed Sarah Sessler—a new commercial litigation associate in the firm’s Cincinnati office. Dinsmore’s litigation group now boasts 291 attorneys across the firm, including 131 in Ohio and 95 in Cincinnati. Sessler comes to Dinsmore following a two-year judicial clerkship for Chief Judge Russ Kendig of the U.S ...

YKVN advised Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund and Eastbridge Partners in a US$30 million Series C funding round in POPS. POPS is a top kids' media and entertainment platform in Vietnam. It received $7 million of previous financing, including Series A funding from Japan's IT-Farm and Series B backing from Warner Media LLC (formerly known as Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific) ...

With a team led by Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised the shareholders of vtours on the sale to Hotelplan Group. vtours GmbH in Aschaffenburg and vtours international AG in Switzerland will continue to operate independently. The parties agreed not to disclose the acquisition price. The transaction closed on November 12, 2019 ...

We are delighted to announce that our Intellectual Property Department has won "Hong Kong Patents Firm of the Year" at the 10th Annual Asia IP Awards ceremony for seven consecutive years. Congratulations! The announcement was made at the awards dinner held at the at the Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Taipei on 8 November. Dan Holt represented Deacons in accepting this prestigious award ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is proud to announce the creation of the Dinsmore University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law LGBTQ Scholarship. Through the generosity of Partner John Selent, Dinsmore will fund half the annual tuition of a student who either identifies as LGBTQ, or who has made significant contributions to the community ...

In a landmark case between ICTSI Oregon, Inc. (ICTSI) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and its affiliate ILWU Local 8 (collectively “ILWU”), a jury awarded $93.6 million in damages to ICTSI for the ILWU’s illegal labor slowdowns. These slowdowns caused the eventual shutdown of Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland, Oregon’s only container terminal ...

Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer advised Photonics Systems Holding GmbH with a team on the acquisition of EPP Electronic Production Partners GmbH. The acquisition strengthens Photonics Systems Group’s activities in the electronics sector and creates the conditions for continued growth. The closing of the transaction is scheduled for the end of November 2019. A supplier in the electronics sector, EPP is headquartered in Gräfelfing ...

A team led by Dr. Peter Vocke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised LEG on the sale of a portfolio of 272 apartments and a commercial unit in the cities of Wuppertal, Bielefeld, Gelsenkirchen, and Lünen. The total rental space is 19,800 square meters. The buyer is Coreo. The residential portfolio is almost fully rented out. The deal is Coreo’s first apartment acquisition in North Rhine-Westphalia ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of five attorneys to its San Antonio office in a variety of practice areas and industry groups since August 19, 2019. Ryan Borelo, Priscila Mosqueda De La Garza, Daniel A. Ray, Katherine Spiser and Katherine (Katina) A. Zampas each join the firm as associates ...

Luis G. Raven, partner in the Shipping and Admiralty Litigation Department of Morgan & Morgan, participated in The International Maritime Law Seminar (IMLS), an annual event that takes place in the City of London and seeks to provide in-depth analysis and discussion of current legal topics critical to the marine industry ...

A year after record optimism in the wake of sweeping federal tax reform in the United States, respondents to Dykema’s 15th Annual M&A Outlook Survey have tempered expectations for the M&A market, including some notes of pessimism about the broader economy. Thirty-three percent of respondents are bullish about the U.S. M&A outlook over the next 12 months. That’s down from 65 percent in the 2018 survey, which was taken months after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ...

Dykema’s Automotive Industry Group has announced the release of The Open Road, a blog providing timely analysis of developments in the automotive industry. As this sector faces new challenges from technological innovations, emerging business models, and legislation and policy developments, The Open Road will help insiders navigate the legal and regulatory issues facing the rapidly evolving automotive industry landscape ...

Courtney Kissel, Bloomfield Hills-based member in Dykema’s Government Policy & Practice group, was named one of 30 “Up & Coming Lawyers” for 2019 by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. A luncheon celebrating the honorees will be held December 5 at the Detroit Marriott in Troy, Michigan ...