Press Releases

Shearn Delamore & Co. is again ranked high by the Chambers and Partners, Asialaw Profiles and the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000. Details in the link below: http://www.shearndelamore.com/events/Announcement-4.12.2018-Chambers-Asialaw-IFLR ...

With a team led by Dr. Pär Johansson from its Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised investment firm Odewald KMU II on the acquisition of a majority stake in GIATA GmbH. As a leading provider of non-bookable content, GIATA has been supporting its customers from the tourism industry since 1996, continually setting new standards in hotel content processing and distribution. Its modular product range allows GIATA to offer complete solutions tailored to individual customers ...

Buenos Aires, December 21st, 2018. International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), member of the World Bank Group, granted a credit facility to BIND Banco Industrial for a total amount of US$55,000,000. BIND Banco Industrial will use the loan funding to expand its lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina. Through this financing, BIND will offer SMEs longer-term financing than currently available in the local market ...

Buenos Aires, December 21st, 2018. International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), member of the World Bank Group, granted a credit facility to Banco Itaú Argentina for a total amount of US$50,000,000. Banco Itaú Argentina will use 70% of the loan funds to finance “green” initiatives, expecting annual savings in greenhouse gas emissions by more than 35,000 tons of CO2. These sustainable energy initiatives will be certified under the “Green Loan Principles” ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that the firm’s Public Finance Practice Group served as counsel for the underwriters on the Michigan Finance Authority $288.6 million bond sale that was named The Bond Buyer’s Midwest Deal of the Year for 2018. The transaction was recognized at The Bond Buyer’s 17th Annual Deal of the Year Awards gala in New York ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s beer, wine and spirits practice group will offer brewery owners and managers a broad variety of learning opportunities in the new year as part of its 2019 craft beer webinar series. The slated lineup, released today, includes employment, financial, and safety topics specific to the industry ...

Zijin Mining, one of China's biggest gold producers and the second biggest producer of copper ore, became a major shareholder of the Serbia's sole copper complex RTB Bor. The Chinese company pledged to invest USD 1.46 billion in return for a 63% stake. Karanovic & Partners advised Zijin Mining in this privatisation procedure ...

Buenos Aires, December 20th, 2018. Beccar Varela advised Tarjeta Naranja S.A. on the issuance of Class XLII Notes, carried out on December 17th under the company’s global program for the issuance of short, medium and long-term notes, for a maximum amount of up to US$1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies). Class XLII Notes were issued in the local market for a nominal value of AR$1,263,303,300 ...

A cross section of our Partners were recognised by Who's Who legal (WWL) for their outstanding performance in various practice areas over the years ...

We are proud to announce that several of our lawyers were recognized by IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms - rankings for 2019. Onyinyechi Iwuoha (Associate) and Ngozi Efobi (MCIArb) (Senior Associate) were recognized as "rising stars". Four of our partners,Soji Awogbade, Theophilus Emuwa, Lawrence Fubara Anga and Sina Sipasi were also recognized under the "highly regarded" category ...

The Head of our Arbitration Practice Group at ǼLEX, Mrs. Funke Adekoya, SAN was featured in the latest issue of the Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) / Oil Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) Newsletter. The article is titled ‘Is International Arbitration Truly International? - The Role of Diversity’ ...

Judgment was delivered on 22 October 2018 by Hon. Justice Olaterogun of the Federal High Court in favour of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) (the Plaintiff) against a body that described itself as The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Nigeria) Ltd/Gte (the Defendant). The Plaintiff instituted the action in passing-off against the Defendant as it was using the Plaintiff’s name, logo and membership grades. The Defendant on the other hand, counterclaimed against the Plaintiff ...

The Energy Sustainability Conference 2018 held on 11th of October at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos (Nigeria). It featured panel discussions and specialist sessions on the various segments of the Nigerian energy sector. Mr Soji Awogbade, a founding partner in the firm of ǼLEX which has a major energy practice, chaired two sessions namely; ‘Energy Policy & Security – Demand and Supply Outlook for Nigeria’ involving Engr ...

Business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek successfully represented several companies of Sprengnetter group (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler), which is operating in the real estate valuation sector, in a multi-year legal dispute over copyrights, in particular database rights. In the summer of 2016, several companies of Sprengnetter group had received warnings for the alleged infringement of third-party rights, in particular copyrights and rights of the database producer ...

Buenos Aires, December 19th, 2018. On October 25th, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires (GCBA), together with the social investors group formed by Banco Ciudad, Banco Galicia, IDB FOMIN, IRSA, Organización Román and a private investor, launched Argentina’s first Social Impact Bond (SIB) that will aim to finance the program “Proyectá tu futuro” ...

Han Kun, as PRC legal counsel to the issuer, has advised AsiaInfo Technologies Limited (Stock Code: 1675) on its global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. AsiaInfo Technologies is the largest telecom software product and related service provider in China and also the largest BSS software product and related service provider in the telecom industry in China ...

Asters has acted as a legal counsel to International Finance Corporation in connection with its recent restructuring deal with the Mriya group. Overall, the restructuring negotiations and procedures took up to 20 months ...

Morgan & Morgan advised Banco La Hipotecaria, S.A. (BLH) in the structuring of its first covered bond program from which BLH may issue covered bonds pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 in series, from time to time, up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of US$200,000,000 ...

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has appointed Dinsmore’s William A. Sherman, II to serve on the board of directors for the United Medical Center (UMC). UMC is a statutorily created not-for-profit hospital corporation. It operates as an independent instrumentality of the District government. The hospital provides medical services to residents of D.C. and surrounding Maryland communities. Sherman serves as office managing partner of the firm’s D.C. office ...

DUBAI – Sunday 16 December 2018 – At The Oath Middle East Legal Awards on Wednesday 5 December 2018, Afridi & Angell received multiple honourable mentions including Regional Law Firm of the Year, Banking & Finance Team of the Year, and Employment Team of the Year. The Regional Law Firm of the Year category recognises excellence in service delivery, strength in legal strategy and vision, and commitment to providing the highest standard of legal services ...

DUBAI – Sunday 16 December 2018– At The Oath Middle East Legal Awards on Wednesday 5 December 2018, Afridi & Angell received multiple honourable mentions including Regional Law Firm of the Year, Banking & Finance Team of the Year, and Employment Team of the Year.The Regional Law Firm of the Year category recognises excellence in service delivery, strength in legal strategy and vision, and commitment to providing the highest standard of legal services ...

Han Kun Law Offices and its Hong Kong associated law firm advised RHB Capital Hong Kong Limited, the sole sponsor, on the listing of Huakang Biomedical Holdings Company Limited (Stock Code: 8622) on the Growth Enterprise Market board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Huakang is a medical device group specialized in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a wide range of in-vitro diagnostic reagents in China ...

A team led by Munich-based partners Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert and Dr. Markus Rabe advised Deutsche Raiffeisen-Warenzentrale GmbH (DRWZ) on the sale of sports and leisurewear manufacturer JOY sportswear GmbH. The buyer is Bremen-headquartered C. Melchers GmbH & Co. KG, which operates more than 50 subsidiaries in 23 countries. JOY sportswear GmbH, based in Ottensoos near Nuremberg, is a manufacturer of sports and leisure clothing for men and women ...

Dykema, a national law firm, announced today that it has been listed as one of the best law firms in the United States for client service performance. As part of its “2019 Client Service A-Team: The Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance” report, BTI Consulting Group has listed Dykema among the best 80 law firms for client service excellence ...

Dinsmore & Shohl has added Andrew J. Chamberlain as an associate to the firm’s Cincinnati office. Chamberlain will practice out of the business, acquisitions, and securities practice group. Chamberlain joins Dinsmore from Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL. He brings extensive experience counseling clients in secured and unsecured credit facilities, syndications, asset-backed financings, working capital loans and structured finance transactions ...