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China Law & Practice recently announced the finalists for the China Law & Practice Awards 2018. Han Kun was shortlisted in 27 award categories; 1. China Firm of the Year 2. Most Innovative Firm of the Year 3. Capital Markets Firm of the Year 4. Competition Firm of the Year 5. Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year 6. Investment Funds Firm of the Year 7. M&A Firm of the Year 8. Private Equity & Venture Capital Firm of the Year 9. Pro Bono Initiative of the Year 10 ...

Recently, Mr. James Yong Wang of Han Kun Law Offices was invited by Thomson Reuters' Practical Law Global Guide to author articles to give a general introduction of the regulatory regime over hedge funds and retail funds in China. Practical Law Global Guide invites leading practitioners from different countries and jurisdictions to share their first-hand experiences on investment funds and views on the current status and trends of investment funds in their respective jurisdictions ...

Pellerano & Herrera acted as local counsel to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, underwriter in a US$1.3 billion bond offering by Dominican State. The transaction was closed on July 12, 2018. The Dominican Republic intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the bonds for general purposes of the government. Pellerano & Herrera's team was led by partner Luis R Pellerano and senior associate Caroline Bono ...

On July 28, 2018, Bank Leumi Le-Israel and the Azrieli Group signed an agreement with the Warburg Pincus private equity funds for the sale of Leumi Card, one of Israel’s principal credit card companies, for NIS 2.5 billion. The transaction is being effected against the backdrop of Israeli legislation intended to reduce the concentration in the Israeli banking sector by requiring Israel’s two largest banks to sell their credit card subsidiaries ...

On behalf of its client, Kia Motors America, Dykema today won a major victory in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which granted Dykema's petition for en banc review of the court's three-judge panel decision throwing out a $210 million nationwide class-action settlement for certain vehicle owners. The Ninth Circuit convenes its 11-judge en banc panel to rehear only a small handful of cases each year. Oral arguments are set for the week of September 24 ...

Wirtschaftswoche has once again recognized Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek as a “Top Law Firm 2018” in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions. In 2016, the Wirtschaftswoche jury had already selected the experts from the Mergers & Acquisitions department as being some of the best. “Wirtschaftswoche’s repeated awards validate our work ...

For the sixth consecutive time the India Business Law Journal has recognized Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek as “top international law firm for India-related work”. The trade magazine quoted Indian and German clients in particular highlighting the legal expertise and intercultural competences of the team which significantly contributed to the clients’ success. India Business Law Journal’s “Intelligence Report” draws on an own research and a survey conducted among law firms and Indian companies ...

Han Kun advised and acted as the PRC counsel to Aurora Mobile Limited in its U.S. initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ Global Market under the stock symbol “JG”. Aurora Mobile Limited is a leading mobile big data solutions provider in China ...

A team led by Dr. Peter Vocke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Düsseldorf office, successfully advised Domicil Real Estate Group on the acquisition of the “Solitude” portfolio in Stuttgart. Domicil acquired the residential portfolio of 145 residential and 11 commercial units from LC Liegenschaft Consulting for some EUR 50 million in an asset deal. The buildings are mainly located in Stuttgart, additionally in Leonberg, Reutlingen, and Calw ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Dan Webster, senior counsel in the firm�s San Antonio office, was selected by the San Antonio Bar Association (SABA) as the 2018 recipient of its highest honor, the Joe Frazier Brown, Sr. Award of Excellence. Dan will receive the award at the San Antonio Bar Foundation�s annual Gala Benefit & Awards on September 15, 2018, at the Valero Event Center. The Joe Frazier Brown, Sr ...

Hunton & Williams LLP and Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP combined on April 2, 2018, to become Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. Both firms’ partnerships voted overwhelmingly to approve the combination, which will create a 1,000-lawyer firm operating through 15 domestic and five international locations, making it one of the top 50 US legal practices by headcount and anticipated combined revenue ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael C. Toth to its Commercial Litigation practice group as senior counsel in the firm�s Austin office. Toth joins Dykema after serving as Special Counsel to the First Assistant Attorney General in the Texas Office of Attorney General in Austin. In his prior role, Toth worked closely with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, handling numerous cases ...

With a Frankfurt-based team led by partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm HKLW advised Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH on refinancing existing loans and promissory note loans. The new credit facilities with a total volume of EUR 780 million were concluded with Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and Unicredit on the London capital market. Commerzbank, DZ Bank, and Santander additionally support the placement with international investors ...

With a team led by Frankfurt-based partner Dr. Günther M. Bredow, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Janoschka Group on restructuring and expanding its corporate financing. A consortium consisting of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Baden-Württembergische Bank, and Sparkasse Offenburg/Ortenau provide a total of EUR 35 million for working capital needs and additional investments, some of which are refinanced from KfW funds ...

Haynes and Boone CDG today finalized an offshore drilling dispute on behalf of Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited, which earlier this month won an English High Court judgment for $273 million, plus interest and expenses. At issue was a five-year drilling contract for Seadrill’s semi-submersible drilling rig “WEST LEO” concluded with Tullow Ghana Limited in 2012 for a drilling campaign offshore Ghana ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Mark Trachtenberg led a team of lawyers that won a federal court dismissal for Teichman Group, LLC and T&T Offshore, Inc. OSG Lightering and its insurance carriers brought the declaratory judgment lawsuit against the firm’s clients in federal court, claiming that neither OSG nor its carriers owed an indemnity for settlements that had been paid out because the agreement containing the indemnity had expired ...

Two teams of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers have been recognized for transactions in the 2018 Global M&A Network Turnaround Atlas Awards. The firm’s work was recognized for different deals that won the Turnaround of the Year and the Special Situation M&A Deal of the Year awards in the middle markets segments ...

With a team led by Jens-Hendrik Janzen, Partner at the firm’s Stuttgart office, and Dr. Mirko Sickinger, Partner at the Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is advising SBS Familien-Verwaltungs AG on performing a mandatory delisting offer: The shareholders of Sinner Aktiengesellschaft have the option of offering to SBS all of their no-par bearer shares in Sinner Aktiengesellschaft. SBS currently holds 75.14 percent of the shares in Sinner Aktiengesellschaft ...

ALB released the list of China's Rising Lawyers 2018 on July 20, 2018. 15 ambitious young lawyers across China are spotlighted because of their potential to become the next power players in the legal industry. Their growing record of achievements, coupled with their expanding client portfolio, make a solid case for why they have what it takes to climb to the top. Han Kun Partner Chengyao (Aaron) Zhou is included in this list. Mr. Zhou is a member of the PRC and New York State Bars ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to the shareholders of Hidrotenencias, S.A., a company that owns and operates three run-of-the-river hydropower plants located in the province of Chiriqui, in connection with the sale of their stake in the company to EnfranGen Spain, S.A. This cross-border transaction, which involved attorneys from Panama and the United States of America, consisted in the sale of the 100% of the shares of Hidrotenencias, S.A ...

Emilie B. Cooper, an accomplished litigator with significant experience handling disputes in the real estate and hospitality arenas, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York Office. “Emilie is a highly skilled, first-chair trial lawyer who will bring tremendous value to our clients and help us continue building our litigation practice in New York and throughout the firm,” said Rick Anigian, chair of Haynes and Boone’s Litigation Department ...

After years of pitched litigation with the City of Costa Mesa over its ordinance restricting occupancy at local motels to no more than 30 days, the parties reached a settlement in a housing discrimination suit brought in Orange County Superior Court. The settlement also resolved the companion suit in Los Angeles against the City and developer Miracle Mile, LP over the closure of the Costa Mesa Motor Inn and eviction of its long-term residents ...

A Haynes and Boone, LLP legal team led by Partners Leslie Thorne and Emily Westridge Black won a major victory July 13 for a Honduran client seeking asylum when Chief United States District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, of the Southern District of Texas, exercised jurisdiction over immigration proceedings and granted a temporary restraining order enjoining the client’s removal from the United States ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Sakina Rasheed Foster is no doubt on the rise in her career. After receiving accolades from The American Lawyer and the Dallas Business Journal (DBJ) earlier this year, Texas Lawyer selected Foster for its 2018 “on the rise” list of lawyers under the age of 40 who have made their mark on the legal profession in Texas. Foster, a partner in the Finance Practice Group in Dallas, has worked at Haynes and Boone since 2007 ...

DFDL is tremendously proud to announce that we have won yet another FT Innovative Lawyers Award for Innovation in Accessing New Markets and Capital in the Asia-Pacific region. The award is a fantastic achievement for DFDL, and for our Bangladesh unit in particular, Dhaka-based Partner Shahwar Nizam led the team advising CIMB on the Evergreen IPO. For the first time, a company whose main business operations are usually performed in Bangladesh became listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange ...