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DUBAI – Wednesday, 15 May 2019 – Afridi & Angell received the 2019 Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Award. The award was presented during the Lex Mundi Leadership Summit and Annual Conference in London on May 4. Bashir Ahmed, Afridi & Angell’s managing partner, accepted the award on the firm’s behalf ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Scott A. Hughes to its Government Policy & Practice Group as a Senior Counsel in the firm’s Lansing office. He joins Dykema after serving as General Counsel for the Michigan State Senate ...

Dinsmore has opened its doors as the first anchor business tenant of the just-completed City Center development in downtown Lexington. The firm occupies approximately 20 percent of the office space in the eight-story tower, with attorneys across a full range of practice areas, as well as administrative staff members ...

Dinsmore & Shohl associate Elvira Cortez was presented last Thursday as the president-elect of Lawyers Club of San Diego at the organization’s annual dinner. Learn more about her here—her background with the club, her passion for its mission and what she hopes to accomplish in her presidency.   What is your history with Lawyers Club of San Diego? Elvira Cortez: I got involved when I moved to San Diego in 2011 ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce eight of its attorneys have been named to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list for 2019. Attorneys selected for the Super Lawyers list have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Attorneys selected for the Rising Stars list are being recognized as the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state of Pennsylvania. Dinsmore attorneys recognized as Super Lawyers are: Joel M ...

<strong>Pittsburgh</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that four of its Pittsburgh-based attorneys were recognized by Super Lawyers. Although no more than 5 percent of a state's lawyers are named to the Super Lawyers list each year, this number represents more than a quarter of Spilman's Pittsburgh-based attorneys ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP partner J.T. Wilson III and associate Elizabeth Duncan Brewer earned an impressive outcome at trial for a railroad client last week in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff—a railroad police offer—alleged negligence by the railroad after he suffered a torn distal bicep tendon while going through training to use a new expandable police baton ...

A team led by Dr. Mathias Schröder, Partner at the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Munich, comprehensively advised BayWa AG on its investment in Tjiko GmbH by way of a cash capital increase. BayWa AG is an internationally operating trading and services group. Trading and logistics form the overarching core competencies in the Agriculture, Energy, and Construction segments. BayWa Group is also active in the venture capital sector and invests in promising young companies ...

With a team led by the two partners Ralf M. Schnaittacher and Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Terragon AG on the issue of a corporate bond with an issue volume of up to EUR 20 million. Terragon intends to use the proceeds to finance the acquisition pipeline and to optimize its financing structure. The offering will be made publicly in Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and as a private placement with qualified investors in Europe ...

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of six new managing associates. These appointments reflect PLMJ’s clear commitment to a policy of organic growth and to recognizing the technical and human qualities and professional merit of its lawyers ...

A team led by capital market expert Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Joh. Friedrich Behrens AG on the issue of a third corporate bond of up to EUR 15.0 million. The new bond will have a term of five years and will redeem the existing 2015/20 bond early. An annual interest rate of 6.25 percent is planned. In terms of financing structuring / investor relations, the transaction will be supported by EULE Corporate Capital GmbH ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Angela W. Konrad has been named to the 2019 West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellows class. Konrad is one of 16 new members who will be honored during the Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on April 25. The West Virginia Bar Association selects members based on their dedication to the legal profession and to improving their community.  “It’s a great honor to be named a Bar Foundation Fellow ...

Benchmark Litigation, an internationally renowned legal rankings organization, recently released its 2019 edition of Benchmark Asia-Pacific, which recognizes outstanding dispute resolution law firms and individual lawyers. This year, Han Kun was ranked in two practice areas, and three Han Kun lawyers were recognized as "Dispute Resolution Stars" ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Sun Qiunan has joined the firm as a partner. Ms. Sun practises in dispute resolution and has extensive experience in representing clients in major and complex litigation cases. Before joining Han Kun, Ms. Sun worked at another distinguished law firm in Beijing, as a senior partner and a member of the firm's management. Prior to private practice, Ms ...

Han Kun advised and acted as the PRC counsel to Yunji Inc. on its U.S. initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "YJ". Yunji Inc. is a leading membership-based social e-commerce platform in China ...

Our partner, Diego Peralta, authored the Chilean chapter of the 7th edition of Lending & Secured Finance published by International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG), which provides a global analysis of related laws and regulations across 51 jurisdictions, written by leading lawyers in the field and presented in a useful comparative Q&A format. To view the Chilean chapter, click here: https://www.carey.cl/download/filebase/noticias/ICLG-Lending-and-Secured-Finance-2019 ...

A team led by Klaus Weinand-Härer, Tax Advisor and Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised LOANCOS Group on the acquisition of VR-IMMOBILIEN-LEASING (VRIL), a subsidiary of VR-LEASING Aktiengesellschaft. Schalast & Partner and a team led by partner Alexander Gebhard advised on financial regulatory issues ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to welcome Andrew N. Howe, who joins the firm from Spruce Law Group as a partner in the labor and employment department. Howe counsels corporate clients on business matters on a local, national, and international level, drawing from his labor and employment experience as well as a background that includes commercial litigation. He provides on-site training to clients on issues such as workplace discrimination and avoidance of labor disputes and liability ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek and a team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Benedikt Raisch advised Frankfurt-based investment firm VR Equitypartner GmbH on the acquisition of a minority stake in Informatik Consulting Systems AG (ICS). The acquisition is made as part of a succession plan and aims to consistently implement ICS’s successful expansion course ...

A team led by Dr. Marc Scheunemann advised Mapp Digital US, LLC, one of the largest private marketing technology companies, on the acquisition of Webtrekk, the German market leader of marketing analytics and customer intelligence. The seller is DPE Deutsche Private Equity and other co-investors. Closing of the transaction is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2019. The transaction is subject to clearance by the competent antitrust authorities ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that on April 29, 2019, its client Specialty Auto Parts USA, Inc. prevailed over Holley Performance Products, Inc. in a significant appellate victory in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The Sixth Circuit’s 15-page opinion will require Holley Performance Products, which was acquired by Sentinel Capital Partners in October 2018, to answer serious allegations of wrongful conduct in its prior dealings with Specialty ...

Han Kun advised and acted as the PRC counsel to So-Young International Inc. ("So-Young") on its U.S. initial public offering and listing on NASDAQ under the symbol "SY". So-Young is the most popular online destination for discovering, evaluating and reserving medical aesthetic services in China ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP continues to grow its presence in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, where it has recently welcomed six attorneys. Dwight D. Myfelt joins the Cincinnati office as an associate of counsel and brings more than two decades of experience to the firm with a strong focus on immigration law. He engages with employers and health care professionals throughout every stage of the immigration process, from securing visas at U.S ...

May 1, 2019 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Hanson Bridgett is pleased to announce the addition of attorneys Andrew Bassak and Christopher Rheinheimer to the firm. Bassak joins as partner in the firm's litigation section, most recently having served as partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP for more than 20 years. He has advised and represented clients who are key players in leading industries such as real estate, energy and utilities, environmental, financial services, and more ...

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2019, a leading ranking of business attorneys and law firms, bestowed national rankings on three Morris, Manning & Martin groups and six partners. It also recognized several more practices and attorneys with regional rankings ...