Press Releases

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Kyle R. Dufrane, Detroit-based member in the Firm’s Financial Services Litigation Practice Group, has been reappointed by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the State’s Military Appeals Tribunal for a term that expires in April 2023. Dufrane has now been appointed by Governors from both major political parties, with his first appointment to the Tribunal coming from Governor Rick Snyder in 2011 ...

With a team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Dr. Frank Baßler, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised confectionery specialist Gubor Schokoladen GmbH on the merger with its competitor Hans Riegelein & Sohn GmbH Co. KG. With the transaction, the two family-owned companies aim to increase their growth, innovative strength, and volumes. Both for seasonal and year-round products, the two companies intend to offer the retail sector a comprehensive range of confectionery products from a single source, ...

Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce its attorneys have received top rankings, including one Band 1 ranking, in the 2019 Edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. In compiling the current directory, interviews were conducted throughout the United States carried out by a team of 150 full-time researchers. Law firms and individual attorneys are ranked in bands from one to six, with one being the best ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP has promoted two of its lawyers to Partner and four to Legal Director, effective May 1. Judith Stephenson, a property and infrastructure specialist who joined the firm’s Glasgow office as an Associate in 2014, and private client and tax specialist Douglas Sinclair, who joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a trainee in 2005, have both been assumed as Partners ...

Robert A. Boonin, Detroit- and Ann Arbor–based member in Dykema’s Labor & Employment Practice Group and co-founder of the Wage and Hour Defense Institute, was the subject of a Society for Human Resource Management blog, “#SHRM19 Interview with Robert Boonin, Esq., Wage and Hour Geek & Guru,” publicizing his forthcoming presentation on wage and hour compliance for employers set for June 24 in Las Vegas ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Lawyers of Color named the Firm one of its Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Leaders. As published in the Black Student’s Guide to Law Schools & Firms, Dykema is ranked 38th amongst large law firms with 4.85 percent black attorneys. According to Lawyers of Color, the D&I Leader designation is presented to law firms with a black attorney percentage of 3 ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 17 attorneys from multiple offices and practice areas received individual rankings and 10 practice areas have been recognized in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Published annually, Chambers has been ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990, and now covers 185 jurisdictions throughout the world ...

<h2>On March 12, 2019 worldwide-known international rating agency Chambers and Partners has published the results of the Chambers Europe 2018 research ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that it served as outside legal counsel for Atar Capital, a Los Angeles-based global private investment firm (Atar), in its acquisition of Sustainable Solutions Group (SSG) through Atar’s portfolio company, Recycling and Waste Solutions (RWS). The transaction marks the third acquisition for which Dykema has assisted Atar in the past six months ...

Dykema is proud to announce that David West, San Antonio-based Member in Dykema’s Financial Services Litigation Practice Group, has earned a Lexology Content Marketing Award for Q1 2019 ...

IAM Patent 1000 named MMM’s Ping Wang and Michael Ye as two of the world’s leading patent practitioners. Ms. Wang is ranked in the category of Individuals: Prosecution and Individuals: Transactions and Mr. Ye is ranked in the category of Individuals: Prosecution. As recommended experts, Ms. Wang and Mr. Ye are frequent IAM 1000 collaborators ...

Han Kun has been recognized as a "2019 Employer of Choice" in the ALB China Employer of Choice Rankings 2019. This is the seventh time for Han Kun to receive the honor. The 2019 Employer of Choice survey was launched in January and received more than 1,200 responses from employees of different law firms during the one-month survey period ...

ALB recently released its list of China's Top 15 TMT Lawyers. Han Kun Partner Ms. Yang Ying is included in this list. Ms. Yang Ying focuses her practice on private equity and venture capital financings, securities issuances and listings and mergers and acquisitions. Ms ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn has elected Andrew Blain as its new Managing Partner. He will assume the role on 1 May 2019. Andrew has been a member of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Board since 2009 as Divisional Director of the Corporate Division. He will build upon the firm’s significant progress and achievements on behalf of clients in recent years ...

Dinsmore ranks among the top U.S. law firms for its percentage of black attorneys, according to the newly released Black Student’s Guide to Law Schools & Firms. The report, published by nonprofit organization Lawyers of Color, is the first comprehensive listing of black attorney percentages across nearly 400 firms. Lawyers of Color recognized firms with a black attorney percentage of 3.8 or more as “D&I Leaders.” Dinsmore’s percentage is 5 ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/dawnielle_grace,%20mba/details">Dawnielle Y. Grace</a> and <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/alexander_turner/details">Alexander L. Turner</a> have joined the firm's litigation team in its Winston-Salem office ...

Kochhar & Co. successfully represented the three leading public sector units (PSUs) namely Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited – BPCL; Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited – HPCL; and Indian Oil Corporation Limited – IOCL; together referred to as the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against allegations of anti-competitiveness and abuse of dominant position ...

The Center for Drug Evaluation under the National Medical Products Administration has recently accepted the investigational new drug application for a new death receptor 5 agonist antibody (JCT205) jointly developed by Transcenta Holding and U.S.-based InhibRx. JCT205 is intended for use as a monotherapy for treating various tumors, such as digestive tract tumors and mesothelioma. Previously, JCT205 was also entered into a Phase I clinical study in the United States in December 2018 ...

On April 18, 2019, the Asian Legal Business China Law Awards 2019 were held in Beijing. Alibaba's acquisition of full ownership of Ele.me, in which Han Kun acted as counsel to Ele.me, was awarded "M&A Deal of the Year - Premium". The ALB China Law Awards has reached its 16th year. Each year these awards are presented to recognize the excellence and outstanding achievements of China's leading law firms and in-house legal teams as well as the top deals and dealmakers over the past 12 months ...

Jennifer represents private and public employers on all manner of labor and employment issues, including defending employers in single plaintiff and class action litigation matters, as well as administrative charges, representing management in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitrations, and providing advice and counseling on various questions related to employees and contractors. She also has a bit of a niche specialty in advising on employment issues in M&A transactions ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that five attorneys from the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, and from multiple practice areas, were named to the 2019 Super Lawyers list by Washington D.C. Super Lawyers Magazine. The Super Lawyers designation, conferred upon the most respected legal practitioners in a region, is based upon peer recognition and professional achievement ...

Jennifer represents private and public employers on all manner of labor and employment issues, including defending employers in single plaintiff and class action litigation matters, as well as administrative charges, representing management in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitrations, and providing advice and counseling on various questions related to employees and contractors. She also has a bit of a niche specialty in advising on employment issues in M&A transactions ...

Jennifer represents private and public employers on all manner of labor and employment issues, including defending employers in single plaintiff and class action litigation matters, as well as administrative charges, representing management in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitrations, and providing advice and counseling on various questions related to employees and contractors. She also has a bit of a niche specialty in advising on employment issues in M&A transactions ...

Jennifer represents private and public employers on all manner of labor and employment issues, including defending employers in single plaintiff and class action litigation matters, as well as administrative charges, representing management in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitrations, and providing advice and counseling on various questions related to employees and contractors. She also has a bit of a niche specialty in advising on employment issues in M&A transactions ...

Jennifer represents private and public employers on all manner of labor and employment issues, including defending employers in single plaintiff and class action litigation matters, as well as administrative charges, representing management in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitrations, and providing advice and counseling on various questions related to employees and contractors. She also has a bit of a niche specialty in advising on employment issues in M&A transactions ...