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A team led by Private Equity lawyer Dr. Andreas Lenz, Partner at the Cologne office, advised Lenbach Equity Opportunities I SCSp, Luxemburg, on the acquisition of the business operations of Karl Miller GmbH & Co KG, Kirchberg. Karl Miller GmbH & Co KG, Kirchberg, has been operating in the field of metal processing and laser forming ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that eight of its Los Angeles-based attorneys have been named 2018 Rising Stars in the Southern California edition of Super Lawyers. The Rising Star list is the result of an exhaustive, multi-phase selection process that mirrors the patented methodology used to assemble the Super Lawyers list. Attorneys designated as Rising Stars are up-and-coming attorneys who are 40 years of age or younger and have practiced law for 10 years or less ...

​Rastko Petaković, managing partner at Karanović & Nikolić, held a presentation of the latest private equity trends CEE region on the 2018 Balkans M&A and Private Equity Forum. Organized by Mergermarket, a leading media company that provides specialist news, research, analysis and data on financial markets, this is the second year this conference was held in Belgrade ...

We are pleased to announce that Karanović & Nikolić has won the 2017 Deal of the Year Award for Serbia for the EBRD and IFC financing of Vetrolektrane Balkana - Čibuk 1 Windfarm. Organized by the renowned CEE Legal Matters magazine, this is the first year that these awards were held and they are a way of recognizing the biggest and most important deals by leading law firms in Central and Eastern European jurisdictions ...

At its annual meeting held on June 5, the Commercial Club of Cincinnati announced its newly elected officers for the 2018-2019 term. The officers are: President – Craig Lindner, Co-President, Co-CEO and Director, American Financial Group Vice President – Greg D. Carmichael, Chairman, President and CEO, Fifth Third Bank Secretary – C. Francis Barrett, President and Founding Member, Barrett & Weber LPA Treasurer – Ronald D ...

The London-based leading legal publisher Law Business Research recently published the 2018 (7th) edition of The Global Private Equity Review. James Yong Wang was commissioned by LBR to author the China Fundraising Chapter of this global review for the fifth time. Han Kun is the only PRC-headquartered law firm contributor to this global review ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added Abby E. Chermely and S. Joseph Stephens, III to the firm’s Cincinnati office. They will both practice out of the employment group. Chermely joins Dinsmore after clerking for the Honorable Judge Michael R. Barrett of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and for the Honorable Judge Beth A. Myers in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas ...

Taxify, a ride-hailing startup born in Estonia closed $175 million in new funding that takes it valuation to the $1 billion mark. Daimler, the German automotive giant which owns Mercedes-Benz among other things, led the round. COBALT Estonia advised Taxify&s shareholder, the world’s leading ride-hailing platform DiDi Chuxing in relation with an investment round of Taxify led by Daimler ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that four of the firm�s Intellectual Property group attorneys were listed as 2018 IP STARS by Managing Intellectual Property (Managing IP). In addition, Dykema�s entire IP practice was named a recommended firm in Michigan all three ranked categories; Patent Contentious, Patent Prosecution and Trade Mark ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Nicholas Wittner was inducted as a Life Member of the American Law Institute (ALI). He is Of Counsel to the firm and is located in its Bloomfield Hills office. ALI bestows the honor on members who have devoted 25 years of service, contributing to ALI�s pivotal projects that have shaped the law. Wittner received the honor at the May ALI Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., where U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G Roberts, Jr ...

One of the UK�s leading law firms has launched a new private client advisory service to manage the affairs of professionals and entrepreneurs in sport, media and entertainment. National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed the former Head of Player Liaison at Manchester City, Haydn Roberts, to lead the company�s new Elite Advisory team. The new service will draw expertise from across Shoosmiths and other specialist firms to meet the needs of elite clients ...

Dr. Rainer Herschlein and his team of lawyers comprehensively advised Frankfurt-based investment company VR Equitypartner GmbH and the other shareholders of vohtec Qualitätssicherung GmbH – BÖLLINGER GROUP Holding GmbH and the company’s two managing shareholders – on the sale of their shares to ELEMENT Materials Technology Herne GmbH and accompanied the transaction. The relevant agreements were signed on June 1, 2018. The sale is subject to antitrust approval ...

Carey has appointed Juan Carlos Riesco as a new partner to lead the litigation and arbitration practice along with partners Gonzalo Fern�ndez, Ricardo Reveco and Aldo Molinari. Carey now has 32 partners, six counsels, two directors of tax and audit and more than 250 associates. Mr. Riesco focuses his practice mainly on civil and commercial litigation, antitrust and regulatory litigation, as well as national and international arbitration. Mr ...

Carey advised Tianqi Lithium Corporation (Tianqi) on the agreement to acquire a 24% stake of Sociedad Qu�mica y Minera de Chile (SQM) for approximately USD4.07 billion. Tianqi agreed to buy approximately 62.6 million Class A shares in SQM for USD65 each payable in cash. Closing is subject to regulatory and other customary authorizations in this type of transactions ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added Jacqueline Rau as an associate to the firm’s Columbus office. Rau will practice out of the labor practice group. After six years as a field attorney in Arkansas, Rau joins Dinsmore from the National Labor Relations Board, Region 15. Rau investigated hundreds of cases of alleged violations under the National Labor Relations Act and successfully represented the General Counsel in unfair labor practice hearings ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added Nicolas J. Echevestre and Ian G. Schuler to the firm’s San Diego office. They will practice out of the commercial litigation group. Echevestre joins Dinsmore after over seven years at Cooley LLP. His experience includes, representing clients in litigation matters regarding federal securities class actions, alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, and license agreement disputes. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and received his B.A ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP is opening an office in The Woodlands, a fast-growing corporate hub near Houston. The new office, the firm's 16th worldwide, will allow Haynes and Boone to better serve its clients, including those with offices in The Woodlands, which is home to many major energy and oilfield services companies. Haynes and Boone joins only a handful of the nation's largest law firms with an office in The Woodlands ...

Han Kun advised and acted as PRC counsel to the sole sponsor, South China Capital Limited, and joint bookrunner and joint lead manager, South China Securities Limited, on Niche-Tech Group Limited's initial public offering and listing on the GEM Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under stock code 8490.HK on May 30, 2018. Niche-Tech Group Limited is a well-known semiconductor packaging materials manufacturer in China ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP CDG lawyers and staff took part in the May 21 London Legal Walk, an event that drew thousands of participants to raise funds for legal aid groups. Partners Emma Russell and Zo� Connor, Associate Emily Fuller and legal secretaries Fiona Bishop and Tracey Ludlow walked in the event, a 10-kilometer walk led by the Lord Chief Justice of England, President of the Supreme Court and more than 100 other top legal officials, judges and members of Parliament ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm�s Automotive Litigation, Automotive Product Liability Litigation and Immigration practices have been ranked by the Legal 500 United States 2018 (The Legal 500). In addition to the practice rankings, seven total Dykema attorneys received individual recognition, including Terri Reiskin being named a �Leading Lawyer� in the Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Automotive/Transport category ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP hosted 10th graders from L.G. Pinkston's Collegiate Academy for a "mocktail" reception to help the students hone important skills needed to get jobs in the business world ...

As the broader legal industry makes only marginal gains in female attorney representation, Dinsmore has ranked among the best firms in the nation for women. In Law360’s 2018 Glass Ceiling Report, which surveyed more than 300 firms, Dinsmore places sixth among similarly sized firms for its percentage of female associates and partners ...

Buenos Aires, May 28, 2018. Beccar Varela advised Charles Taylor InsureTech group on the acquisition of a 100% stake in Inworx Argentina S.A. and in Softseg S.A. worth US$50 million. The deal took place on May 3. Inworx Argentina and Softseg�s main activity consists of the provision of software and technological consulting services focused on insurance ...

A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, Partner at the Hamburg office of law firm Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek, advised Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group plc - now named BigBlu Broadband PLC - on the acquisition of Sat Internet Services GmbH (including its Portuguese subsidiary and Italian-based OpenSky S.r.l.). The acquisition required shareholder approval. The transaction is mainly financed via a GBP 12 million share placement on London Stock Exchange and debt secured in Germany by HSBC ...

Shepherd and Wedderburn has acted as lead UK adviser to FanDuel on its sale to the global online sports betting and gaming group, Paddy Power Betfair. Corporate finance partner Stephen Trombala and associate John Morrison advised on the UK aspects of the transaction, supporting Todd Cleary and Ethan Lutske of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - FanDuel's lead advisers in the United States ...