Press Releases

Shoosmiths has advised Berkley Care Group on a deal involving a £207m care home portfolio.The sale-and-leaseback transaction sees Clariane SE, a French care home group and previous owner of Berkley Care, sell its UK care home portfolio to Elevation Healthcare Properties. The portfolio spans 12 care homes located across England – providing a combined 805 beds ...

Please note the following press release. This press release is availableat our homepage.HEUKING represents LOTTO Hamburg in averting strike actionThe team led by Dr. Johan-Michel Menke, LL.M., successfully represented LOTTO Hamburg GmbH ("LOTTO") in averting strike action. Following a decision by the Hamburg Labor Court late in the evening of April 11, 2024, the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (Ver.di) had to withdraw a warning strike call ...

On 4 April 2024 the conference “Labour Law and Labour Disputes - 2024” was held by Pravo.ru. Irina Anyukhina, Partner in ALRUD Labour and Employment practice, moderated the round table of the third session: “UNCONFERENCE. “Brain drain” – trend to relocation and staff shortage” ...

Szecskay named no. 1 leading IP law firm in Hungary for the second year in a rowSzecskay Attorneys at Law has been awarded with the Managing IP award ‘Firm of the Year’ in Hungary in 2024. The award was handed over to Szecskay’s Gusztáv Bacher and Gábor Faludi Jr. at an awards ceremony in London, UK ...

By: Jaci Flug, Esq. and Louis J. Terminello, Esq. Many third-party tech companies market themselves with the phrase “three-tier compliant” and little else to explain how they navigate our nation’s diverse and complex alcohol laws ...

Los Angeles – April 15, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce the launch of its Environmental practice group in the Los Angeles office, to be chaired by new partner Christopher “Smitty” Smith. Alongside this exciting development, we welcome senior counsel Barbara Croutch and associate Azadeh Gowharrizi who have joined as fellow members of the Environmental, Insurance Recovery and Litigation practice groups ...

Bradley partner Elisha Kobre was quoted in Bloomberg Law regarding an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to potentially limit the federal programs bribery statute long used by prosecutors to target local corruption. Limiting the statute to quid pro quo bribery – that is bribery paid pursuant to a tit-for-tat agreement – could have major implications for public corruption enforcement, Kobre explained ...

Law firm Shoosmiths is advising Five Arrows, the alternative investment arm of Rothschild & Co, on its acquisition of Rimes – a leading provider of EDM (enterprise data management) as-a-service and investment platform solution to the global community. Data management company Rimes, which was founded in 1996, serves 60 of the world’s top 100 asset managers, as well as the 10 largest asset servicers in the world ...

Bradley partner Jeff Luechtefeld was quoted in Law360 Pulse on the recent move of the five-person tax controversy team to from Chamberlain Hrdlicka to Bradley. The team includes three partners and two senior attorneys. "As a southeast-based, litigation-heavy tax controversy practice, joining Bradley just made sense for us," Luechtefeld said. "Bradley, which already has strong ties to the southeastern U.S ...

Chile’s Grupo Cerro makes US$98 million green bond issuance Maya Kendall Shah 11 April 2024 US firm Milbank and Morales & Besa in Santiago have helped Chilean renewables company Grupo Cerro issue US$98 million worth of green bonds. Grupo Cerro made the private placement of notes through the holding company for its hydroelectric portfolio, Anpac. Morales & Besa also advised several of Anpac’s subsidiaries as guarantors of the debt ...

Buchalter's Community Development Finance Group has experienced remarkable growth, boasting a team of 15 lawyers and 4 paralegals spread across 6 offices along the west coast. This year marked a significant milestone as we facilitated our clients' investments in projects exceeding $4.6 billion nationwide ...

Bradley partner Gene Besen was featured in Law360 Pulse in a Q&A session regarding the firm’s Dallas office growth and expansion strategy. Besen, who serves as managing partner of the Dallas office, explained that office growth “has been seeing us go from the smallest office by revenue and headcount to now the firm's third-largest office by revenue and headcount ...

Bradley is pleased to welcome partners Jeff S. Luechtefeld, John Nail, and Sean R. Gannon, as well as senior attorney Gabriella Cole and associate Jessica R. Stephan, in Atlanta as members of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. All were previously with Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry. “We are delighted that this group of highly accomplished tax controversy attorneys is joining the firm ...

Beccar Varela and FERRERE (Paraguay) jointly advised McDonald’s Latin America LLC on the negotiation and execution in March of a multi-unit franchise agreement (“MUFA”) with Paraguayan Developmental Licensee for the operation of 25 existing McDonald’s restaurants in Paraguay.Paraguay currently has 25 McDonald’s restaurants, but new openings are expected to happen in the near future as per an opening plan included in the agreement ...

Recently, the well-known periodical Commercial Dispute Resolution ("CDR") published the CDR Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2024. Han Kun Shanghai partners Andy Liao, Vincent Sun, and counsel Yuxian Zhao were exclusively invited towrite the PRC chapter (https://www.cdr-news.com/cdr-essential-intelligence/1264-cdr-essential-intelligence-fraud-asset-tracing-and-recovery-2024/china) ...

10 April, 2024. Buchalter is proud to announce the addition of two new Shareholders in its Denver office - Rajesh “Raj” Kukreja and Kara Chrobak have joined the firm’s Family Law practice. Both come to Buchalter from Sherman & Howard. "We are thrilled to welcome Raj and Kara to the firm,” said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Their wealth of experience and dedication to excellence will further strengthen our capabilities in serving clients' diverse family law needs ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that J. Lucas Adair, Ph.D., has joined as a senior advisor in the firm’s Governmental Affairs Practice Group in Huntsville, bringing more than a decade of experience in local, state, and federal policy and politics ...

The In-House Community ("IHC") has recently published its survey results for Firms of the Year, 2023. Han Kun was named in five award categories as below:Alternative Investment Funds (Including Private Equity) Law Firm of the YearCapital Markets Law Firm of the YearBanking & Finance Law Firm of the YearCompliance and Regulatory Law Firm of the YearMost Responsive Domestic Law Firm of the YearIn-House Community ("IHC")In-House Community is an influential legal organization in Asia ...

By: Matthew J. Schiller, Esq. “What’s called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go, there are penalties.” — Elia Kazan (1909-2003) One of the most common questions I hear from clients is some version of “Can you remove the penalties from my tax bill?” While penalty abatement is available, I typically caution clients to first focus on obtaining a formal resolution to the tax debt ...

Experts from Shoosmiths’ real estate practice have advised Porterbrook on acquiring the freehold of the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire.The law firm supported the rolling stock financier and asset management company on the deal for the 135-acre site, which is home to a 3.5km test track and facilities for testing, training, maintenance and storage for the railway. It follows Shoosmiths advising Porterbrook on the lease of the centre in 2021 ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Christopher A. Bowles, a partner in the firm’s Nashville office, has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). Founded in 1978, ACREL is a national association of preeminent commercial real estate lawyers focused on service to clients, colleagues, and the profession ...

Take Another Look: Investigation as a Standalone Basis for a Just and Equitable Winding up in the Cayman Islands The recent Privy Council decision in FamilyMart China Holding Co. Ltd v. Ting Chuan Holding Corporation [2023] UKPC 33 addressed the interplay between the enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate and the just and equitable winding up jurisdiction in the Cayman Islands, calling for an even closer collaboration between onshore and Cayman lawyers when that issue arises ...

SyCipLaw is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Ms. Carina C. Laforteza as the head of the firm's Tax department, which practice group she has led since 2020. Ms. Laforteza is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of extensive experience in corporate and tax matters, including transaction structuring, finance, and tax litigation and administrative proceedings ...

SyCipLaw Co-Sponsors PIArb’s Annual Golf TournamentMarch 26, 2024The Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (PIArb) recently held its annual golf tournament at the Tagaytay Highlands Golf & Country Club co-sponsored by SyCipLaw. The tournament had over 40 players participating in the tournament, including SyCipLaw senior partner and Litigation Department head Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko, partners Anthony W. Dee, Ronald Mark C. Lleno, and John Christian A ...

SyCipLaw's Banking, Finance and Securities (BFS) Department, with the support of officers of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), organized a visit for the firm's BFS lawyers to the bourse's offices at Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. The activity, meant to provide associates with a deeper insight as well as more practical understanding of PSE operations, is part of the BFS department's training program.The visit started at the PSE Museum, where Mr. John G ...