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A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer advised Photonics Systems Holding GmbH on the acquisition of LS Laser Systems, a specialist in laser trimming. Photonics aims to expand its status as a leading laser machine manufacturer. The acquisition also serves as a succession solution for the previous owners of LS Laser Systems, who intend to withdraw from the company in the medium term. Photonics Systems group around InnoLas Solutions GmbH is a leader in laser micro material processing ...

Buenos Aires, 29 January 2019. On January 22nd, the signing of the agreement to transfer 51% of Prisma Medios de Pago S.A. shares in favor of Advent International Corporation took place. Prisma is the leading payment company in Argentina, in turn a licensee of the VISA brand and the owner of Banelco, Todo Pago and Pago mis Cuentas. In this transaction, Beccar Varela and Covington & Burling LLP advised Prisma Medios de Pago S.A ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that Carrie H. Grundmann, Bryce J. Hunter, Jason C. Pizatella and William P. Smith were elected as Members of the law firm effective January 1, 2019.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that three of its San Antonio-based attorneys were chosen to hold leadership positions with the Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation for 2019. Lindsay Riley was named president-elect, Danielle Rushing will serve as secretary, and Melanie Fry will remain in her position as a director with the Foundation. In addition, both Rushing and Dykema attorney Rachel Skinner Fernandez were selected to be a part of the Foundation’s LEAD (Lead. Empower ...

Covington partner Lewis Diaz has been elected chair of Eastern Kentucky University's Board of Regents.  Diaz is a dual alumnus of the university, having earned his undergraduate and master's degrees from EKU before receiving his J.D. from Northern Kentucky University's Chase College of Law. A native of Cuba, he is the first minority chair of EKU's Board of Regents. At Dinsmore, Diaz concentrates his practice on affordable housing and traditional governmental finance ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Tom Alleman, Dallas-based Co-Director of the firm’s Insurance Industry Group, was elected as a Fellow to the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC). Alleman joins Dykema colleague Sean Hanifin, who was elected in 2014, as Fellows of the ACCC. Established in 2012, the ACCC is the preeminent association of U.S. and Canadian lawyers who represent the interests of insurers and policyholders ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce two of its attorneys have been named to the Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star list for 2019. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The exclusive list recognizes no more than 5 percent of attorneys. Dinsmore Chicago Rising Stars are: Timothy L ...

Shearn Delamore is pleased to announce the appointment of Dhinesh Bhaskaran as the firm’s new Managing Partner effective 1st January 2019. Dhinesh has been a Partner since 2001, and his areas of practice include civil, commercial and corporate litigation, arbitration, product liability, medical malpractice law, insurance law and environmental law. He is the Head of our Medico-Legal Practice and Environmental Practice ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that four Member attorneys were recognized by Super Lawyers.<br /> <br /> The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys from more than 70 practice areas that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and consumers in the search for legal counsel ...

The fourth quarter was a busy one for Dykema’s M&A practice. In total, we closed 14 transactions, representing the buyers in eight deals and the sellers in six. The industries covered included liquor distribution, healthcare, automotive, technology, transportation logistics, dental service organizations and death care, and the average deal size was $21M. Below are the details on some of the more significant deals we closed. The fourth quarter was a microcosm of the year for our M&A practice ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Shelly J. Edgerton, who will join the firm’s Government Policy and Practice group as a senior counsel in the firm’s Lansing office on January 24, 2019. Edgerton joins Dykema after serving as Director and Chief Data Systems Officer of the State of Michigan’s Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs (LARA) ...

Pellerano & Herrera has promoted three lawyers to partnership reinforcing its prominent position in the corporate and litigation sphere. Pellerano & Herrera announced the promotion of three outstanding senior associates, Carolina León, Alessandra Di Carlo and Félix Fernández, to partners of the firm, invigorating its corporate and litigation practices. The promotion increases the firm’s partnership team to 8, of whom 5 are women ...

<strong>Harrisburg, Pa.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/annmarie_kaiser/details">Annmarie Kaiser</a>, former Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, has joined the law firm, further strengthening the firm's team in Pennsylvania.<br /> <br /> At Spilman, Kaiser will focus on government relations, regulatory compliance and gaming law ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Matt Lockhart has been accepted into Leadership West Virginia’s class of 2019. Lockhart is among 57 members of Leadership West Virginia’s newest class. Leadership West Virginia is now in its 28th year as the statewide education and leadership development program. The program is designed to build and support emerging leaders in the state of West Virginia and consists of eight monthly two-day educational sessions ...

Rome, January 18, 2019 – The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners is pleased to announce the election of seven new Non-Equity Partners. The new Non-Equity Partners are: Gerardo Carbonelli (Corporate/M&A), Luca Giannini (Corporate/M&A), Stefania Lo Curto (Corporate/M&A), Emanuele Panattoni (Labour), Gabriele Ramponi (Corporate/M&A), Salvatore Spagnuolo (Antitrust and Regulatory) and Raffaele Tronci (Energy and Infrastructure) ...

On January 16, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, the world's renowned legal media publisher, released its 2019 rankings of PRC law firms. Han Kun has 13 practice areas and 39 lawyers recognized in the 2019 rankings, and the firm is ranked as a "Tier 1" firm in private equity/venture capital, investment funds, fintech and TMT ...

Louisville partner J. Tanner Watkins has been selected as one of 41 members of the 2019 Bingham Fellows class.  The Bingham Fellows program is the advanced leadership program of the Leadership Louisville Center and brings together community leaders for a year-long collaboration focused on developing solutions to local challenges ...

Asters has been shortlisted for The Lawyer European Awards 2019 in the category "Law firm of the year: Russia, Ukraine & the CIS". This prestigious international award was established by The Lawyer, an industry leader amongst legal news sources, to recognize law firms that are professionally marking their places in the European legal market. The judges have handpicked the firms which have showcased the best legal work in the region over the past 12 months ...

On December 18, 2018 the German Federal Court of Justice decided on the validity of a patent relating to a product design of egg packages with a particular combination of major planar surfaces, egg-shaped areas and supporting ribs. The Federal Court of Justice ruled that the German part of the European patent EP 1 373 100 B1 is valid if its claim 1 is combined with the granted claims 29 and 30, which relate to a specific pattern of supporting ribs ...

With a Frankfurt-based team led by partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised HF Private Debt on the growth financing of ICP group. In connection with the acquisition of ICP Transaction Solutions GmbH by Operando Partners and other investors, HF Private Debt Fund SCSp provided debt financing for the further expansion of ICP group. The funding volume was not disclosed ...

TORTOLA, January 17, 2019 – British Virgin Islands-based law firm O’Neal Webster has appointed Naiyada Henry-Callwood to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Reporting to Managing Partner Vanessa King, Ms. Henry-Callwood will be responsible for the oversight of the group’s operations and strategy across its three offices in Road Town, London, and New York. “Naiyada has been a tremendous asset as our Financial Controller during the past four years,” says Ms. King ...

The corporate team at Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of Warwickshire-based environmental compliance experts Valpak on its sale to Telford-based Reconomy, the UK’s leading provider of outsourced waste management and recycling services, for an undisclosed sum ...

January 16, 2019 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)  – Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that  Noel Cook has joined the firm as a partner in its intellectual property practice. He is resident in the firm’s San Francisco office. “With more than 30 years of experience, Noel is a leading IP attorney who puts his clients first,” said managing partner  Andrew Giacomini ...

The German Soccer Federation (DFB) achieved another important legal victory with Dr. Johan-Michel Menke, sports employment law expert at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg. With today’s January 15, 2019 ruling (2 Ca 227/18), the 2nd Chamber of Verden Labor Court, chaired by Judge Trautmann, dismissed the complaint brought by former referee Patrick Schult against the DFB and established that referees are not employees ...

The Intellectual Property Department of Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP Consiliere in Proprietate Intelectuala SRL) is pleased to announce the promotion of Andreea Bende to the position of partner as of January 1, 2019. Thus, Andreea will now be the third partner of the division, together with Ana-Maria Baciu, head of the department, and Cosmina Simion ...