Press Releases

Effective April 1, 2018, the commercial law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek will appoint Dr. Alexander Bork and Dr. Tobias Woltering as Salaried Partners. Having previously worked at the law firm as a Research Associate, Alexander Bork joined Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Düsseldorf after graduating as a lawyer on February 1, 2012. He has been a Senior Associate since 2015 ...

Legal news website Above the Law ranks Haynes and Boone, LLP among the top 10 U.S. energy law firms based on a survey of in-house counsel in the energy industry in 2018. The industry-specific rankings are part of Above the Law's new Outside Counsel Rankings, based on a national survey of corporate counsel. More than 1,000 in-house lawyers across over 500 companies based in more than 50 cities responded to the survey ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has been named 2017 “Law Firm of the Year” from the Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio. Dinsmore was recognized for its contribution and service to the community.  Dinsmore partner Susan Zaunbrecher is on PBPO’s board of directors and associate Corey Asay is secretary of its young professional’s board, Grow PBPO ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan is pleased to announce the promotion of Anthony R.V. Jacoba as senior associate effective January 1, 2018. Anthony R.V. Jacoba is a member of the firm's Litigation and Arbitration practice group. He has represented clients in a broad range of commercial litigation, including intra-corporate disputes, insolvency cases, and enforcement of foreign judgments, before all levels of the Philippine judiciary ...

The 2nd CAM CCBC Hanseatic Pre-Moot, held in Hamburg on March 21, 2018, will give skilled law students from all over the world the opportunity to test their arguments in an international context ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the UK’s development finance institution CDC Group on its $15 million investment into RFL Electronics Ltd, which will grow the Bangladeshi company’s manufacturing capacity. The funding will be used to acquire specialist equipment for RFL Electronics’ state-of-the-art facility, in Narsingdi, which produces consumer electronic goods for the local market ...

Lawdragon, a legal media company, has named Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Nina Cortell among its "500 Leading Lawyers in America" for 2018. This is the fourth straight time for Cortell to make the Lawdragon 500. Those selected include high-profile practitioners, top administration lawyers, litigators who have made headlines in billion-dollar cases and all nine U.S. Supreme Court justices ...

Hanson Bridgett Welcomes Neal Wolf as Litigation Partner Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that Neal Wolf has joined the firm as partner in its litigation group. He is resident in the firm’s San Francisco office. Neal’s practice focuses on business litigation, commercial transactions, corporate finance, real estate, debt restructuring and bankruptcy ...

On March 13, 2018, Frutarom reached an agreement with the shareholders of Meroar S.A. and Meroaromas S.A. in connection with the acquisition by Frutarom of a stake in these companies, representing 70% of the capital stock and votes for a purchase price of US$11,200,000. Frutarom is one of the world's 10 largest companies in the field of flavors and natural specialty fine ingredients. The group is expanding worldwide with the strategy to develop global activity in the field of fragrances ...

A team led by Munich-based partner Boris Dürr advised AL-KO KOBER SE technology group on the acquisition of hinge technology specialist WITTE Stromberg GmbH, a subsidiary of WITTE Automotive, the automotive supplier for vehicle access systems. AL-KO KOBER takes over WITTE Stromberg together with a consortium of buyers including Endurance Capital AG and a private investor ...

The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA) in Prague is an agency founded by the European Union whose mission is to implement the satellite programs GALILEO and EGNOS. GAL-ILEO is a satellite navigation system that will be completed in orbit by 2020, providing improved position-ing and timing information with significant positive implications for many European services and users ...

We are proud to announce that Karanović & Nikolić has once again emerged on top of the rankings on the most recent list of leading European law firms – the prestigiousChambers Europe 2018 ...

Morgan & Morgan is pleased to announce the promotion of attorney Fernando Boyd to the partnership of the firm. Fernando Boyd works in the Estate Planning and Corporate Services Department. Mr. Boyd concentrates his practice in business and corporate law, estate planning, private interest foundations, and company formation and management ...

A&L Goodbody has been named 'Corporate Law Firm of the Year' at the Insider Dealmaker Awards, held last night in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall. The award was once again presented to A&L Goodbody in recognition of its involvement in some of the most significant deals in 2017, including the sale of Vita Liberata to Crown Laboratories and sale of Moy Park to Pilgrim's Pride ...

Han Kun has been shortlisted for the ALB China Law Awards 2018 in the following award categories: 1. JC Consulting Award China Law Firm of the Year 2. Private Equity Law Firm of the Year - China 3. Beijing Law Firm of the Year 4. Anti-Trust & Competition Law Firm of the Year 5. Regulatory Compliance Law Firm of the Year 6. Healthcare Law Firm of the Year 7. Employment Law Firm of the Year 8. Dealmaker of the Year - China: Charles LI 9. Debt Market Deal of the Year ■ Baidu Inc ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. Shiwen (Stephen) Dong has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Dong works primarily in the firm's Shanghai office. Mr. Dong has extensive practical experience in a number of practice areas, including real estate-related acquisitions, real estate project finance, mergers and acquisitions, offshore securities offerings, etc. Mr ...

Managing IP, which covers intellectual property news and developments worldwide, selected Haynes and Boone, LLP for several top honors at its 2018 Americas IP Awards, held March 15 in New York City. Partner Phillip Philbin was named the Outstanding Litigator in Texas. Philbin was part of the litigation team that won a jury verdict in 2017 for ZeniMax Media Inc ...

In its March 15, 2018 judgment (Case: 9 Sa 1399/16), Hesse Regional Labor Court ruled that no employment relationship exists between Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. and Dr. Dittrich, so that Dr. Dittrich may not invoke Section 14 German Part-Time and Fixed-Term Contracts Act and may not demand continued employment as an employee ...

A team led by Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt, Partner at the Hamburg office, advised RPC Group Plc on the acquisition of NORDFOLIEN GmbH. The purchase price is based on an enterprise value of EUR 75 million. The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant antitrust authorities in Germany and Poland. The NORDFOLIEN management team will continue to manage the business from its current sites ...

In January, a consortium consisting of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, PwC Legal Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as Prague-based law firm KSB was awarded the contract for various legal advisory services in a call for tenders by GSA. The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA) in Prague is an agency founded by the European Union whose mission is to implement the satellite programs GALILEO and EGNOS ...

A&L Goodbody has been named 'Ireland (Contentious) Firm of the Year 2018' by the leading international publication Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), at an awards ceremony in London. Having previously been awarded Irish law firm of the year in 2016, 2014 and 2013 by MIP, this accolade reinforces the firm's strength and reputation in this field. The annual MIP awards recognise the leading firms in each jurisdiction across Europe, Middle East and Africa ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 16 of its Texas-based attorneys have been named 2018 Rising Stars in the Texas edition of Super Lawyers Magazine. Additionally, Alison Ashmore and Zachary Hoard were both recognized on the “Up-and-Coming 100: 2017 Texas Rising Stars” lists. Ashmore also received recognition on the “Up-and-Coming 50: 2017 Women Texas Rising Stars” list ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Cynthia A Neal has been elected to a second term as chair of the board of directors for Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank. Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank partners with local social service agencies to provide diapers to low-income families while raising awareness of the basic health need for diapers. Its vision is to eliminate the existence of diaper need in the Cincinnati area, thereby improving the health of local children ...

A team led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Lothar Ende of the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised the two shareholders of CruiseVision GmbH, Christian Paulick and Mirko Berloge, on the sale of a minority stake to BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft. With BWK as a partner, the provider of photo and video products on ocean cruise ships intends to implement its growth strategy more quickly and expand its business model to new markets ...

Twelve lawyers from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek were recognized by Chambers Europe 2018 in various legal fields. Dr. Ute Jasper's Public Sector & Public Procurement department is once again leading the pack: Since 2015, it has been ranked No. 1 in Public Procurement/PPP. Respondents emphasize "creativity" and "good cooperation within the team," but also team "speed" and "practice-oriented advice." Chambers Europe 2018 recommended the following lawyers: Dr ...