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Fourteen Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers have been recognized as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in New York Metro’s 2018 Super Lawyers directory, published by Thomson Reuters. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations ...

The International Trademark Association (INTA) tapped Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Jason Bloom to co-write an amicus brief in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that will address a key issue regarding when copyright owners can sue for infringement. Some U.S ...

The International Trademark Association (INTA) tapped Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Jason Bloom to co-write an amicus brief in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that will address a key issue regarding when copyright owners can sue for infringement. Some U.S ...

The deal value was NOK 21 billion (EUR 2.2 bn.) and the transaction leads to the formation of a leading digital challenger in the Norwegian market. Simonsen Vogt Wiig assisted Telia in all aspects of the transaction. Telia Norway has more than 2.3 million mobile subscriptions in Norway and reported revenues in 2017 of NOK 9.8 billion, while GET TDC Norway reported revenues of NOK 4 billion. Get is a leading provider of fixed and TV services with more than 500 ...

Han Kun advised and acted as the PRC counsel to NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) on its U.S. initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange. NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China's premium electric vehicle market, and aims to shape a joyful lifestyle by offering premium smart electric vehicles and the ultimate user experience ...

On September 7, 2018, Asian Legal Business (ALB) held the awards ceremony for the Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2018 in Hong Kong. The Han Kun-advised deal, "China Literature's IPO," was awarded "Equity Market Deal of the Year". The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards, an annual celebration of legal excellence in Hong Kong, has come to its 17th year ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Jane Bockus was selected by the San Antonio Business Journal as one of only 12 attorneys to be named 2018 Outstanding Lawyers Awards recipients. Jane will be honored along with the other co-recipients at an evening event on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at The Veranda in San Antonio. Additionally, Jane and the other recipients will be featured in the Friday, Oct. 12 issue of the San Antonio Business Journal ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce three of its attorneys have been named to the Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list for 2018. 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 Michigan. Dinsmore's Super Lawyer: Andrey T ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 46 of its attorneys from the firm’s five Michigan offices—and from multiple practice areas—were named to the 2018 Super Lawyers list by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine. Additionally, 19 of the firm’s attorneys were named to the 2018 Michigan Rising Stars list. Of those recognized, both Robert Boonin and Jill Wheaton were each also included on multiple Super Lawyers “Top Lists ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 24 of its attorneys from the firm’s four Texas offices—and from multiple practice areas—were named to the 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list by Texas Super Lawyers Magazine. In March of this year, 16 of the Firm’s attorneys were also included on the 2018 Texas Rising Stars list. Of those recognized, both Chris Kratovil and Deborah Williamson were each included on Super Lawyers “Top Lists ...

Panama, August 25, 2018. With the topic "Panamanian Fiscal Regulatory Framework in International Securitization", Mr. Francisco Arias G., partner in charge of the Securities and Capital Markets practice group of Morgan & Morgan, participated as a speaker in the conference Latest Trends in Asset Securitization: Applications to the Panamanian Market. The event was organized by Flex Funds, a firm specializing in vehicles for worldwide investment ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s April L. Besl has been named to the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's WE Lead program. WE Lead is a 10-month leadership program geared toward women on established career paths. The program enhances professional growth and development to promote exceptional success. Besl began working for Dinsmore in its intellectual property law department in November 2009, becoming a partner in January 2016 ...

Christina Marshall, a former corporate partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, is returning to the firm following a stint as executive vice president and general counsel at Chalak Mitra Group of Companies, a Dallas-based group of investment companies focused in the hospitality and sports industries ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Ricardo Garcia-Moreno was lying on a stretcher, unable to talk or move as he went into full cardiac arrest the afternoon of Feb. 4. His heart had stopped beating for approximately 20 minutes, and he was not breathing when emergency medical personnel loaded him into an ambulance ...

DSD Advisors, LLC, is pleased to welcome Colleen Reynolds as director, government affairs. DSD, an affiliate of Dinsmore, is a full-service government relations firm dedicated to helping clients achieve their public policy objectives at the federal, state and local levels of government. “Colleen brings a wealth of experience in and deep knowledge of the political and policy-making process,” said DSD Co-Founder and President Matt Davis ...

A team led by Dr. Peter Vocke advised Domicil Real Estate Group on the sale of a portfolio consisting of eight existing properties, mainly in A-list cities with a total of almost 500 apartments. The portfolio, worth EUR 86 million, was bought by cooperation partner Wealthcap for its first fund, “Spezial Wohnen 1.” The properties are located in Düsseldorf-Hellerhof, Hamburg (Wandsbek and Borgfelde), Berlin (Treptow-Köpenick), Bielefeld-Jöllenbeck, and Gelsenkirchen-Mitte ...

Dykema is proud to announce that it successfully represented Sterling Commercial Credit LLC and CM Sterling LLC (Sterling) in the Thirteenth District of the Texas Court of Appeals. The Dykema team on the case consisted of Aaron Kaufman (lead) and Melanie Fry. Dakota Utility Contractors, Inc ...

Texas Super Lawyers recognized 57 Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers in the 2018 edition of the annual directory published by Thomson Reuters. Four Haynes and Boone partners were named Top 100 Texas lawyers: Nina Cortell, Ben Mesches, Lynne Liberato and Mark Trachtenberg. Cortell and Liberato also were recognized among the state’s Top 50 women lawyers ...

We are proud to announce that Karanovic & Partners won the Euromoney Real Estate Survey in the Advisors and Consultants category for the second year in a row! Karanovic & Partners was once again chosen as the Number One Legal Service provider in Serbia in the Real Estate industry. "It is truly a privilege to be honored with this award for the second time ...

Supported by the M&A team led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, ATH Altonaer-Technologie-Holding GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg and owner of KROENERT GmbH & Co KG, acquired all shares in Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. KROENERT and Coatema are machine and equipment manufacturers in the coating and converting industry and global leaders in their respective market segments ...

A team led by Dr. Peter Vocke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Düsseldorf office, successfully advised a large-scale financial investor with business seat in New York City, New York, USA, on the acquisition of an office building portfolio consisting of three office buildings in North-Rhine Westphalia. The portfolio was under asset management of publity AG and comprises lease space of approximately 70,000 sqm. The parties agreed on confidentiality about the seller and purchase price ...

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in connection with a USD 30 million loan to Astarta, a leading agricultural producer in Ukraine. IFC financial support will fund the Company’s two-year investment program aimed at increasing the resource efficiency of its processing plants and the productivity of its farming operations ...

Having successfully passed the New York Bar exam Constantin Solyar was admitted to the bar on June 27, 2018 allowing him to practice US law. In his role as Partner at Asters Constantin focuses on advising clients on a variety of international tax matters and structuring their investments across the USA and Europe. His practice areas include corporate, M&A, and business law. Constantin also advises a number of high-net-worth individuals on their inbound and outbound investments ...

10 Asters lawyers have been recognized as world's leading law experts in their practice areas by the 2018 edition of Who's Who Legal, one of the most authoritative international legal reviews. The independent research process encompasses more than 2 million recommendations from private practice experts and client sources and researchers have travelled to more than 60 jurisdictions to investigate local markets ...

Asters successfully defended a leading chemical producer in a 15 months anti-dumping investigation into urea formaldehyde concentrate (UFC) and urea formaldehyde resin (UFR) imports into Ukraine. The investigation was launched back in April 2017 following the complaint of a national player claiming that foreign UFC and UFR producers and exporters are engaged in unfair trade practices ...