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Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 119 of its attorneys, in multiple practice areas and markets, have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 guide. Additionally, 18 of the firm’s practitioners have been named Best Lawyers 2020 “Lawyer of the Year,” a special distinction conferred upon a single lawyer within a practice area and metropolitan market. The Best Lawyers in America® is the pre-eminent national listing of outstanding attorneys ...

AGRAF German Real Estate Holding No. 1, a fund managed by Aquila Capital, has sold three freight terminals in Berlin, Leimen near Heidelberg, and St. Ingbert in Saarland to Savills Investment Management. A team led by Dr. Sönke Görgens and Dr. Michael Dröge, both Partners at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Aquila Capital on the sale. Savills Investment Management acquired the three freight terminals on behalf of European Logistics Fund 2 for a purchase price of some EUR 48.7 million ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce 178 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® . Dinsmore attorneys selected include: CALIFORNIA San Diego, CA Mikel R ...

Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce 32 of its attorneys were recently named Best Lawyers® 2020 “Lawyer of the Year.” In each city, one lawyer from each practice area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” The attorneys received the honor based on high reviews by their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity. Dinsmore’s Best Lawyers® 2020 “Lawyers of the Year”: KENTUCKY Lexington Mindy G ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> —Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that 11 of the firm's attorneys were named 2020 “Lawyers of the Year” by <em>The</em> <em>Best Lawyers in America</em>. Only a single attorney is recognized as such for each practice area in each community.<br /> <br /> <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em>, published by Woodward White, Inc ...

Dinsmore & Shohl’s Faith C. Whittaker has been appointed to the Cincinnati Ballet Board of Trustees. Whittaker will serve a three-year term, replacing Dinsmore’s George Wilkinson. “I am honored and humbled to join the Cincinnati Ballet Board of Trustees. The Ballet is an important part of our community as well as my personal life. It’s a tremendous opportunity to contribute to this art and to the ballet’s success,” said Whittaker ...

UK law firm Shoosmiths has recruited a leading planning and development partner to boost its real estate team. Karen Howard has more than 30 years of experience in resolving complex planning law issues including large mixed use schemes, infrastructure development – such as a gas pipeline and motorway schemes – and compulsory purchase orders including acting for objectors on the Olympics and Emirates Stadium developments ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Michael R. Carey, a Member in Dykema’s Minneapolis office, was nominated by The Irish Legal 100 for his success as a lawyer of Irish descent. The Irish Legal 100 searches through many lawyers of Irish descent and honors those who have greatly excelled in their careers. Their award is recognized as one of the most prestigious awards in America for Irish lawyers ...

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 ...