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The Dutch property manager MVGM and the international real estate professional services firm Jones Lang LaSalle have reached an agreement for MVGM to acquire JLL’s continental European property management business and intend to enter into an alliance partnership. A team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by the Düsseldorf based partner Dr. Martin Imhof advised MVGM jointly with the Dutch law firm BarentsKrans in this transaction ...

We are very proud of the recognitions we received last month. We were awarded Best Chilean Firm by the "Americas Women in Business Awards", which highlights the best initiatives and firms by country and region. The awards are organized by the international publication Euromoney Legal Media Group, and this year, the ceremony was held at Essex House in New York, where the best firms, work teams and individual lawyers were recognized ...

Han Kun, as PRC legal counsel to the issuer, has advised Homeland Interactive Technology Ltd. (Stock Code: 3798) on its global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Homeland Interactive is a leading localized mobile card and board game developer and operator in China with a special focus on localized Mahjong and poker games ...

<p><img src="/upload/medialibrary/077/407A3220.jpg" alt="407A3220.jpg" title="407A3220.jpg" /></p> <p>On June 27, 2019, the conference <strong>"Market Power, Competition and Antitrust Regulation in Russia: #15yearschallenge"</strong> was held in Moscow.</p> <p>The conference participants discussed the development of antitrust regulation, market power, digital markets, the fight against cartels practices, public procurement ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s corporate team acted for Machine Labs in an £800,000 equity funding round. Machine Labs, which is developing a suite of machine learning products to optimise database marketing and advertising activities, plans to recruit eight new staff in Edinburgh and expand internationally ...

A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Benedikt Raisch advised VR Equitypartner GmbH on its acquisition of a majority stake in SIGNON Österreich GmbH. The complex cross-border transaction was managed jointly with Austrian law firm DORDA (team led by Dr. Bernhard Rieder). Antitrust clearance is still pending. SIGNON Austria’s management team will continue to hold a significant stake in the company ...

A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised 7C Solarparken AG on a capital increase with a gross issue volume of EUR 15.2 million. The transaction was significantly oversubscribed. The solar power plant operator intends to use the proceeds to finance its 2018-2020 strategic plan, which provides for increasing the group’s portfolio to 220 MWp by the end of 2020 ...

Effective July 1, 2019, the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek appointed Dr. Leonie Schwarzmeier, LL.M. (35) and Michael Below (43) as Salaried Partners. Dr. Leonie Schwarzmeier joined the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Düsseldorf in October 2011. After a brief move to another major law firm in 2014, Schwarzmeier returned to Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Berlin office as Senior Associate in March 2016. She advises in the fields of Private Clients and Real Estate ...

A consortium of investors advised by Deutsche Invest Mittelstand (DIM) has acquired Babcock & Wilcox Loibl GmbH (Loibl), a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., as part of a carve-out. A team led by Private Equity lawyer Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten, Partner at the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised DIM on the transaction. Loibl is one of Germany’s leading providers and manufacturers of customized transport solutions for bulk goods ...

A team led by Cologne-based Private Equity lawyer Dr. Andreas Lenz, Partner at the Cologne office, advised Lenbach Equity Opportunities I SCSp (LEO I), a Luxemburg-based PE fund, on the sale of MMC group in Cologne. MMC group was sold as part of a structured process, with Frankfurt am Main-based investment company NOVUM CAPITAL prevailing in the bidding process ...

The German states of Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia will invest in sustainable equities for their pension funds. They commissioned Stoxx Limited to design and subsequently maintain sustainable share indices for seven billion euros. Stoxx Limited will consider sustainability criteria and specifications such as CO2 intensity, no nuclear power generation, no production of controversial weapons ...

A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe assisted DEAG Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft in the successful EUR 5 million increase of its corporate bond originally issued in the fall of 2018. The bond was increased by means of an institutional private placement, raising the volume to EUR 25 million. The private placement was managed by IKB Deutsche Industriebank and was oversubscribed several times ...

Buenos Aires, July 1st, 2019. Beccar Varela won the Gold Award for “Best Latin American Law Firm” in Corporate Law at the 12th edition of the “International Legal Alliance Summit and Awards”, held on June 27th at the Marriott Essex House, in New York City, USA. This is the second consecutive year the firm has won this award. At the Awards Ceremony, the firm was represented by Horacio E. Beccar Varela, Roberto A. Fortunati and Emilio Beccar Varela ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has earned multiple honors from the National Law Journal for the fifth consecutive year. Last week, Dinsmore landed at No. 86 on the NLJ 500, which ranks the largest U.S.-centric law firms. It also ranked 79th nationally on the Journal’s Women’s Scorecard, which accounts for female representation across all attorney positions ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, represented the Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter and Associated General Contractors of America Apprenticeship Program Trust (AGC) in securing a preliminary injunction in the Superior Court of California, San Diego County, precluding the City from applying conditions disallowed by a San Diego Ordinance ...

UK law firm Shoosmiths is celebrating after winning the award for the National Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2019 held last night. Chairman Peter Duff and CEO Simon Boss accepted the award on behalf of Shoosmiths at a glittering ceremony that took place at Grosvenor House Hotel in London, hosted by Sandi Toksvig, TV personality and writer ...

Ashleigh Danker has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s business restructuring group as of counsel in the firm’s growing Los Angeles office. Ms ...

The corporate team at UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised August Equity LLP on its sale of supported living specialist Aspirations group to Elysian Capital II LP. Aspirations is a specialist provider of supported living services for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs, with revenue of over £22 million to March 2019. Aspirations has grown significantly since its inception in 2011, and now provides support to over 650 adults across the UK and employs more than 950 staff ...

The Trump administration has selected Dinsmore partner Justin Walker for a federal judicial seat on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. At Dinsmore, Walker has practiced commercial litigation, with a focus on appellate law. In his role as assistant professor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, he has conducted research in the areas of separation of powers, national security, and federal courts ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to welcome Landra D. Blackwell as a partner in the firm’s commercial finance and banking practice. She joins Dinsmore from the Louisville office of Stoll Keenon Ogden. With a diverse practice that spans finance, real estate and transactional law, Blackwell counsels financial institutions, lenders and equity investors regarding deal structure and financial compliance ...

The leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe Mid Europa Partners sold Bambi, the leading Serbian biscuit and confectionary maker, to Coca-Cola HBC. The sale was completed on 18 June, and Bambi, one of the most recognisable brands in Serbia, will continue its development under Coca-Cola HBC ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added to its impressive intellectual property team in Detroit with the hire of associate Justin B. Foster. He has experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications as well as intellectual property litigation, particularly in the electrical and computer science technology fields–a byproduct of his master’s degree in electrical engineering ...

Atlanta Inno, an online technology publication, named MMM attorney Bess Hinson to its inaugural group of “50 on Fire.” The honorees include the 50 companies and individuals Inno says are driving and defining the region’s innovation economy and making major moves in the tech ecosystem. Inno celebrated the 50 at a sold-out event June 7 on the rooftop of Ponce City Market. Judges chose the 50 winners from hundreds of nominations. Hinson chairs MMM’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. Li Huhuan has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Li works primarily in the firm's Shanghai office. Mr. Li Huhuan focuses his practice on asset securitization, insurance fund management, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Han Kun, Mr. Li practiced with several well-known PRC law firms for more than eleven years. Mr ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. Li Baofu, an expert in civil and commercial dispute resolution, has recently joined the firm. Mr. Li has more than 30 years of judicial experience. He is familiar with the adjudication of civil and commercial cases, and is well-versed in judicial practice in China. Mr ...