Press Releases

Asters is delighted to announce that Anzhelika Livitska has joined the Firm's Energy & Natural Resources practice as counsel. Anzhelika has more than 22 years of experience in Energy & Natural Resources and Real Estate & Construction ...

In August 2018, Chambers and Partners, the prestigious English publication, released the 2019 edition of their rankings of the Latin American legal market. In this new guide, Carey stands out for receiving the most band 1 rankings in Chile, as well as being the only firm in Chile ranked in all the practice areas that they cover. With 38 lawyers recognized in their respective areas of practice, Carey received the highest number of individual recognitions in Chile ...

Zijin Mining, one of China's biggest gold producers and the second biggest producer of copper ore, won the tender to become a strategic partner in 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 ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Lindsay S. Henry to its Financial Industry Group as a Senior Counsel in the firm’s Chicago office. Ms. Henry joins Dykema after practicing at Chapman and Cutler in Chicago for nearly seven years, where she worked closely with recent Dykema lateral hire Scott R. Fryzel on banking and financial services-related matters. In her practice, Ms ...

Robert P. Tiplady and Marie R. Deveney, Ann Arbor-based members of the Dykema’s Estate Planning & Administration practice, were recognized in the 2018 edition of Chambers High Net Worth Guide (Chambers HNW) in the area Private Wealth Law in the State of Michigan. This marks Tiplady’s third-consecutive inclusion in the publication (which first launched in 2016) and Deveney’s first ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised HypoVereinsbank on the invitation to bid on and the re-awarding of the facility management for some 500 German properties used by banks, including data centers. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s comprehensive legal advice ranged from drawing up the specifications to drafting and negotiating the new contract. The advisory team for HypoVereinsbank was jointly led by Dr. Carsten Schrader, Partner in Munich, and Dr. Thomas Nickel, Partner in Frankfurt ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan joined the kick-off activity of the Philippine Business for Social Progress’ (PBSP) annual “Ready for School” (RFS) campaign last May 26 at the Taguig National High School (TNHS) in New Lower Bicutan, Taguig City. SyCipLaw volunteers helped prepare the school in time for the opening of classes last June. The activities included repainting of school chairs and blackboards, covering of books, construction of reading nooks, and cleaning of classrooms ...

Asia Business Law Journal’s list of top 100 lawyers in the Philippines includes nine lawyers from SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. The list was based on extensive research conducted by the publication, including nominations made by professionals in Filipino and global companies and law firms. The SyCipLaw lawyers featured in the list are: • Hector M. de Leon, Jr., managing partner - Corporate/M&A; projects, infrastructure and energy; finance; tax • Emmanuel M ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan’s Managing Partner Hector M. de Leon, Jr. is one of six finalists worldwide for TrustLaw’s Lawyer of the Year award. The award recognizes exceptional pro bono work. Public online voting is open until August 31 (Friday) through this link: www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4496581/Vote-for-TrustLaw-Lawyer-of-the-Year-2018. TrustLaw is Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal program ...

A team lead by Dr. Anne de Boer assisted Hengst SE, a globally operating specialist for cutting-edge filtration solutions headquartered in Münster, in the acquisition of the DELBAG business from FläktGroup. DELBAG engineers, manufactures and markets air filters and air filtration systems for use in commercial, industrial and residential applications. DELBAG’s headquarter is in Herne / Germany and it has further locations in the Czech Republic, France, Poland and Austria ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Laura Lee Prather will receive the 2018 James Madison Award from the Freedom of Information (FOI) Foundation of Texas for serving as a champion of free speech and government transparency. The award honors those who demonstrate outstanding commitment to upholding the principles of the First Amendment and open government. Prather will receive the award Sept. 21 at an awards luncheon during the foundation’s Bernard and Audre Rapoport State Conference in Austin ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Vanessa Rogers has joined the Louis D. Brandeis Inn of Court as an associate member. Part of the American Inns of Court, the Brandeis Inn is an organization for legal practitioners that promotes skill development and professional excellence. The Inn is limited to 84 members and has a focus on litigation and trial techniques ...

A team led by Boris Dürr advised CANCOM SE on the acquisition of The Organised Group Ltd, parent company of UK-based IT solution provider OCSL. The total volume of the transaction is about EUR 32 million, of which some EUR 29 million will be paid in cash. For the remainder, OCSL executives who will continue to work for the company will receive 12.5% of the shares in the acquiring UK subsidiary of CANCOM SE ...

Dr. Rainer Herschlein and his team of lawyers advised WhiteGreyBlack GmbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in Radeberger Fleisch- und Wurstwaren Korch GmbH from the previous shareholders, the Korch family, and accompanied the transaction. SIB Innovations- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH became a minority shareholder as part of the transaction ...

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has appointed Arabella Bennett as an executive consultant in our top-tier banking and finance department in Cape Town. Arabella, who was an executive at the firm until 2014, has over 15 years’ experience and is a specialist in pension law, collective investments, insurance and reinsurance transactions, regulatory work and local and cross-border structured debt and hybrid debt transactions ...

A team led by Dr. Georg Streit, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Munich office, advised Ring International Holding AG on the acquisition of automotive supplier BOA Balg- und Kompensatoren-Technologie from its German insolvency administrator. Lead counsel on the transaction, carried out by transferring assets as well as shares in subsidiaries, was Austrian law firm Brandl & Talos Rechtsanwälte GmbH. Ring International Holding AG is headquartered in Vienna ...

Effective August 1, 2018, TRUMPF GmbH + Co KG acquired Swiss company Teufel Solutions AG. A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised the technology company on the transaction. With the acquisition of Teufel Solutions AG, TRUMPF strengthens its portfolio around digitally networked manufacturing. Teufel Solutions has expertise in areas including TruTops Fab and TruConnect, which complement TRUMPF’s Industry 4.0 activities ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised leading stationary chain Office Outlet on its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), which has been announced today. As part of the CVA, Office Outlet proposes to close four stores this year, while keeping its online service and the remaining 95 stores open. Office Outlet was given legal advice by Shoosmiths corporate partner James Keates and senior associate Charles Williams. It is the seventh retail CVA Shoosmiths has advised on in under two years ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes Jacob W. Cassady to the firm’s Lexington office, where he will practice with the real estate development, leasing and ownership practice group. Cassady’s experience includes handling acquisitions, dispositions and financing various real estate projects, focusing on commercial property.  Prior to joining Dinsmore, Cassady was at Greenberg Traurig, LLP ...

Best Lawyers, published by Woodward/White, Inc., has selected four Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers to its 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” report. Based on peer-review surveys, the legal guide designates a single top lawyer per practice specialty in each geographic region. Honorees received high praise for legal prowess, integrity and professionalism. The following Haynes and Boone lawyers were recognized this year as “Lawyers of the Year”: DALLAS Ernest Martin, Jr ...

Han Kun recently represented Everbright Holdings in jointly setting up the RMB 5.1 billion Hunan Everbright Holdings fund of funds with Hunan Caixin Financial Holdings Group Co., Ltd. ("Caixin Financial", which represents the Hunan Emerging Industry Guidance Fund). The fund of funds will focus on investing in emerging industries such as advanced manufacturing, information technology and biomedical science and health in Hunan Province ...

Finalists have recently been announced in the Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2018. Han Kun has been shortlisted as "Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year", and six Han Kun-advised deals have been shortlisted for "Deal of the Year". The deals are: 1. Equity Market Deal of the Year - China Literature's IPO 2. Equity Market Deal of the Year - China Unicom's Mixed Ownership Reform 3. Equity Market Deal of the Year - iQIYI's IPO 4 ...

Dinsmore & Shohl has added Ann Charles Watts as an associate to the firm’s Dayton office. Watts will practice out of the tax, benefits, and wealth planning practice group, focusing on estate planning, probate, charitable gift planning, and nonprofit law, as well as guardianships and adoptions. Watts joins Dinsmore after many years in the nonprofit sector, running her own private practice as a fundraising and organizational development consultant ...

We are pleased to announce that Shearn Delamore & Co is the winner of the Malaysia Tax Disputes and Litigation Firm of the Year Award at the prestigious Asia Tax Awards 2016 organised by the International Tax Review ("ITR"). The award was announced at the Award Presentation Ceremony cum Gala Dinner held on 5 May 2016 at Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan has been ranked by IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2018 as a Recommended Firm. SyCipLaw IP department head Enrique T. Manuel and partner Vida M. Panganiban-Alindogan are also ranked as leading individuals. Released in June 2018 with an online edition available at www.IAM1000.com, IAM Patent 1000 identifies the world's leading patent services providers and top patent professionals ...