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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 13, 2019 – Hanson Bridgett has chosen Neepa Ranavat to be a member of the 2019 class of Pathfinders, participating in a program designed by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to train high-performing, early to mid-career attorneys in critical career development strategies including leadership and the building of professional networks. “This is a great honor for Neepa,” said Managing Partner Andrew Giacomini ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 13, 2019 – Hanson Bridgett has chosen André Campbell to be a member of the 2019 class of Fellows, participating in a landmark program created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession. “This is a singular honor for André,” said Managing Partner Andrew Giacomini ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s corporate finance team has reported a bumper year for deals activity, with the value of transactions more than doubling to £8.65 billion. The team advised on 114 deals globally in the year to December 2018, up from 98 deals in 2017, boosted by a number of notable technology-led transactions, including advising Scotland’s first tech unicorn FanDuel on its sale to Paddy Power Betfair ...

Supported by a team led by Dr. Peter Vocke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Düsseldorf office, Silverlake Real Estate Group acquired the office building at Ben-Gurion-Ring 174 in Frankfurt, a former SEB branch. With the acquisition of the building, Silverlake is implementing its intended market entry in Frankfurt. The currently vacant four-story building in Nieder-Eschbach features a rental space of some 10,000 square meters ...

Buenos Aires, 22 February 2019. On February 8th, the French renewable energy group Total Eren announced the closing of an agreement with the international banks KfW and FMO for the financing of the “Malaspina I” wind project, worth up to US$103,690,583.78. Central Eólica Pampa de Malaspina S.A.U. was awarded a Renewable Electricity Purchase Agreement within the framework of Resolution No ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce the formation of its dedicated Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) team. As one of only a few law firms currently defending Illinois companies against BIPA class action suits, Dykema is uniquely situated to handle the anticipated influx in related litigation due to arise as a result of the statute and recent case law developments ...

We are proud to announce that Karanovic & Partners has once again been top-ranked on the most recent Chambers Global leading law firm listing. The 2019 Chambers Global guide highlights the Corporate & Commercial practice group in the jurisdictions of Montenegro and Serbia as belonging to band 1 ...

After winning the Deal of the Year Award in 2018, Karanovic & Partners is this year once again in the finals for this prestigious accolade – this time with 5 deals and in 5 jurisdictions. Organized by the renowned CEE Legal Matters magazine, these awards are a way of recognizing the biggest and most important deals by law firms in Central and Eastern European jurisdictions ...

Coca-Cola HBC announced the agreement to acquire Bambi, the leading Serbian biscuit and confectionary maker, from Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe. Karanovic & Partners, working together with White & Case and KPMG, advised Mid Europa Partners in this transaction – which is now subject to customary competition authority clearance and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019 ...

The Asian Lawyer recently announced the finalists for the Asia Legal Awards 2019. The Asian Lawyer, in association with The American Lawyer, China Law & Practice and Legal Week, has held the Asia Legal Awards annually since 2014, with the intent to recognize the region's landmark deals, best-performing law firms and standout partners ...

Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, recently released its Chambers Global 2019 guide, as well as its global rankings of lawyers and law firms. Multiple Han Kun lawyers and practice areas have been ranked. Han Kun was also recognized as one of spotlight table Chinese firms for International & Cross Border Capabilities (PRC Firms) ...

O’Neal Webster announces the expansion of its litigation team with the addition of Dan Wise, formerly Head of Litigation at Martin Kenney & Company, who joins as a partner in the firm’s Tortola office. Mr. Wise specializes in complex, cross border commercial litigation and is admitted to practice in England and Wales, the British Virgin Islands, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines ...

In fiscal 2018, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek again recorded significant gains in revenue: 2018 annual revenue amounted to EUR 177 million, an increase of EUR 27.5 million over the previous year. With last year’s revenue standing at EUR 149.5 million, growth of 18.4 percent was recorded in 2018. “On the one hand, this very appreciated increase in revenue is due to the fact that our employment situation is excellent in all core areas of our practice ...

UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised long-standing client Kier Living on its successful bid to provide exclusive, high-quality homes in one of Cardiff’s largest and more prestigious residential developments. The Churchlands development site in Lisvane, Cardiff, will be transformed into a 1,000-home site with a new school, district centre and extensive areas of public open space. Kier Living will build up to 330 homes on the site from two-bedroom starter homes to five-bedroom properties ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP earned high marks in The Bond Buyer 2018 rankings, including being ranked second overall in Kentucky and Ohio and second in Pennsylvania for the number of transactions. Dinsmore earned a top-25 spot nationally for bond counsel. Thomson Reuters compiles transaction data for The Bond Buyer. Nationally, Dinsmore completed 133 deals totaling $3.4 billion. In Kentucky, Dinsmore earned the second overall ranking by serving as bond counsel on 33 issues totaling more than $1 ...

A joint project company of ON Real Estate and TPH Real Estate sold a project development at Wattenscheider Straße 13 in Düsseldorf. A team led by Düsseldorf-based partner Dr. Peter Vocke advised the company on the share deal. The buyers are two family offices from Frankfurt and Hamburg. The building with 56 micro-apartments in Düsseldorf will be completed in the course of 2019 ...

In autumn 2018, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) commissioned business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek to prepare a comprehensive study to take stock of the relevant actors in cyber security architecture in Germany. The study is intended to identify the relevant public and private sector actors cyber security architecture and to examine their powers and legal and factual possibilities for influence in more detail ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael R. Carey to its Products, Class Actions & Professional Liability Practice Group as a Member in the firm’s Minneapolis office. He joins Dykema from Bowman and Brooke LLP, where he practiced for more than a decade. Carey is a trial lawyer with experience in complex commercial and high‑stakes products liability litigation. He has taken numerous cases to successful verdict in state and federal courts across the country ...

We are delighted to share with you that Kochhar & Co. is the recipient of the India Legal Awards for the Best Intellectual Property Firm of the Year 2018-2019.The Award was presented by Mr. Soli Jehangir Sorabjee, prominent jurist and former Attorney-General of India and Mr. Lalit Bhasin, President, Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) at the 4th India Legal Summit & Awards Ceremony held in New Delhi. On behalf of the Firm, the Award was received by Senior Partner - IP, Mr ...

Jason Hanselman, Lansing-based member in Dykema’s Government Policy and Practice group, was named one of Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2019 “Leaders in the Law.” A luncheon celebrating the honorees will be held on April 18, 2019, at the Detroit Marriott in Troy, where the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” will be announced. In his practice, Hanselman advises clients in highly-regulated fields, such as energy, elections, education, and health care ...

With a team led by capital market lawyer Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised publicly listed Vectron Systems AG on a capital increase. The company intends to use the proceeds from the issue to further expand its digital business areas. Excluding shareholders’ subscription rights, the company’s share capital was increased by issuing up to 661,199 new bearer shares against cash contributions ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP and individual attorneys earn spot on prestigious trademark list Dinsmore IP partners James Dimitrijevs, Lisa Parker Gates, Karen Gaunt and Lynda Roesch have been recognized by World Trademark Review (WTR) in its 2019 edition of WTR 1000, a listing of the standout firms and attorneys in trademark law. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP was also one of seven firms to receive recognition in Ohio ...

<p><code></code></p> <p>The World Trademark Review (WTR), an independent information service covering trademark issues, published the WTR-1000 rating on February 6, 2019. Directory included ALRUD into the <a href="https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/directories/wtr1000/rankings/russia">top Russian firms</a> providing legal services in the trademark practice area ...

UK law firm Shoosmiths is celebrating after its corporate team won two prestigious national UK awards in just 24 hours for its work in the venture capital sector. Shoosmiths was named Best EIS / SEIS Tax Adviser 2018 at the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Association Awards at the House of Lords last night. This reflects the growing recognition of Shoosmiths’ tax team as one of the UK’s top specialist advisers at the technical cutting edge of EIS and Seed (SEIS) law ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to welcome L. Todd Gibson as a partner in its Cleveland office, where he establishes a local presence for the firm’s national public finance practice of nearly 50 attorneys in 11 of the firm’s offices coast to coast. Gibson joins the firm from Squire Patton Boggs LLP and concentrates his practice on tax-exempt health care finance and debt-related derivatives ...