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Renowned international ratings agency Chambers and Partners has recognised ENSafrica for its Africa-wide expertise and client service in several practice areas, including corporate/M&A, banking and finance and projects and energy. In its recently released Chambers Global Guide 2017, Chambers and Partners says of ENSafrica: “The firm’s strengths include good turnaround times, a can-do attitude and practical advice. .. ...

On April 17, 2017 Arbitrazh Court of the Moscow District approved the settlement agreement concluded between the Federal Anti-monopoly Service (hereinafter – “FAS Russia”) and Google, which ended two-year dispute between anti-monopoly authority and Google Corp ...

British publishing house Law Business Research has released the 8th edition of annual guide, “The Employment Law Review”, devoted to overview of international employment legislation and changes in employment legislation in 48 countries. Among the authors of the guide are leading lawyers from all over the globe. Irina Anyukhina, ALRUD Partner, heading Labour and Employment Practice, traditionally prepared an overview of Russian legislation ...

“Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP recently authored the mini-treatise, “New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation for Financial Institutions, A New Age of Cybersecurity Regulation: Raising the Bar and Demanding Leadership Accountability”. The mini-treatise, published by and available on Bloomberg Law provides a general overview of the sweeping new cybersecurity regulations issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services, the state’s top banking and insurance regulator ...

Asters Law Firm assists Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, the lead counsel to JSC Oschadbank, one of the largest financial institutions in the country, as local Ukrainian counsel in connection with Oschadbank's claim against the Russian Federation for recovery of over USD 1 billion in compensation as a result of the total loss of its investments in Crimea ...

A Dallas appellate court has rejected a defamation suit by Jose Reyes, a high-profile former Dallas Symphony Orchestra volunteer who sued D Magazine over its coverage of the symphony’s decision in 2013 to terminate its affiliation with Reyes. D Magazine was represented by Dallas Partner Jason Bloom, head of Haynes and Boone, LLP’s Copyright Practice Group, Fort Worth Partner Tom Williams, and Dallas Associate Ryan Paulsen ...

SyCipLaw partners Emmanuel M. Lombos, Arlene M. Maneja and Franco Aristotle G. Larcina conducted a briefing regarding the Philippine Competition Act for PLDT Inc., and its subsidiary, Smart Communications, Inc. on March 24, 2017. The briefing was attended by members of PLDT’s and Smart’s marketing, sales, finance, legal, regulatory and supply chain management teams ...

Lavery is proud to announce that Ms. Anik Trudel has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the firm, effective immediately. Ms. Trudel has 30 years of experience in the professional services industry, including twenty as a lawyer in a prominent Canadian law firm and ten in public relations for major international firms. Lavery will benefit from her exceptional experience related to management issues and organizational transformation ...

The leading international rating agency Chambers and Partners has named Plesner "Denmark Law Firm of the Year 2017". Plesner is named "Denmark Law Firm of the Year" based on interviews with clients and law firms. The award is a tribute to the high quality service and legal advice consistently provided by Plesner. "We are honoured to be recognised as the leading law firm in Denmark ...

In recognition of its accomplishments and forward thinking related to diversity and inclusion, Haynes and Boone, LLP is a proud recipient of the 2017 Diversity Leadership Award from PracticePro. The award was presented at PracticePro’s Fourth Annual San Francisco Career Conference and Diversity Reception, which was attended by law students, attorneys, and corporate executives from across the country ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP congratulates Partners Purvi Patel Albers, Jeff Becker and David McCombs for their inclusion in the World Intellectual Property Review 2017 Leaders Directory (Newton Media Ltd.). World IP Review names leaders in the patent and trademark bars through a four month nomination process in which it seeks the views of 12,000 IP professionals ...

Pellerano & Herrera announced the creation of the P&H Alumni Circle, which will be formally launched on May 10, during an inauguration event in the auditorium of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre & Maestra ...

Estudio Beccar Varela advised Tarjeta Naranja S.A. on the international issuance of notes Class XXXVII, issued under the company’s Global Program for short, medium and long-term notes for a maximum nominal value of up to US$ 650 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). The notes were issued on April 11th, for nominal value of US$ 250 million. The maturity of the notes will take place on 11 April 2022, accruing interest at a floating rate (Badlar +3 ...

The real estate team of Morris, Manning & Martin helped close one of the most prominent real estate deals in Atlanta recently when it successfully represented WRS, Inc. in acquiring Underground Atlanta from the City of Atlanta ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) scores 12 Tier 1 rankings out of the 13 areas of practice researched in Romania by Legal 500 - EMEA, a benchmark publication on the international legal market. Based on these results, NNDKP is again the best positioned law firm active in Romania, with all its practice areas being acknowledged as Tier 1 ...

Han Kun Law Offices has been recognized as a "Top 5 China Venture Capital & Private Equity Legal Advisor of the Year" in Chinaventure's "2016 China Venture Capital & Private Equity Annual Rankings," which were announced at a recently held awards ceremony ...

Han Kun advised on the Didi Chuxing - Uber China Acquisition, which has been recognized as one of “Asian-Mena Counsel's: Deals of the Year 2016”. Asian-Mena Counsel is published by the In-House Community. The In-House Community is comprised of over 21,000 individual in-house lawyers and those with a responsibility for legal and compliance issues within an organization in the Asia-Pacific and the UAE ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised DATAGROUP SE on a capital increase against cash contributions with exclusion of subscription rights. The company has generated proceeds of some EUR 21.7 million from the transaction. 759,000 new shares were placed with institutional investors as part of the capital increase. The company intends to strengthen its equity and finance further growth with the gross issue proceeds of EUR 21.7 million ...

A team led by Dr. Katharina Prasuhn from the Hamburg office advised the sellers on the sale of rental car company CARO Autovermietung ("CARO") to Enterprise Rent-A-Car Deutschland ("Enterprise"). The acquisition of CARO by Enterprise establishes one of Germany's largest car rental companies. CARO was founded by Stefan Peters in 1998 and operates in the corporate and replacement sectors. The company has more than 800 employees at 46 locations throughout Germany. Enterprise Holdings Inc ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP helped client Endeavor Energy Resources strike a $300 million agreement with a Houston company to develop properties located within the Midland Basin in Texas. Endeavor, a Midland, Texas-based operator with expertise in the development of Wolfcamp horizontal wells, will partner with Development Capital Resources (DCR), a Houston-based oil and gas company formed by Ares Management, L.P ...

Deacons has advised Asia Grocery Distribution Limited in relation to its listing on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of share offer, seeking to raise up to HK$81.2 million (subject to the offer size adjustment option). Asia Grocery Distribution is an established food and beverage grocery distributor in Hong Kong with over 40 years of experience since its original “Hung Fat Ho” grocery store was established in the 1970s ...

Carey advised Séché Environnement, one of France’s leading players in the recovery and treatment of all types of waste, in the due diligence process and further acquisition from Befesa Group's Chilean subsidiary, Soluciones Ambientales del Norte. This company specializes in processing and storing hazardous waste derived mainly from the mining industry ...

Chambers Europe, an influential annual review of the best lawyers and law firms in 53 jurisdictions across the European continent, highly recommends Asters in its 2017 edition recently published in London. The guide distinguishes the Firm's outstanding professional achievements ranking 13 Asters' lawyers which is unparalleled by any other Ukrainian law firm ...

Sheryl Toby, metro Detroit-based member of Dykema’s Business Services Department, was recently asked by the United States Department of Commerce (USDOC) to give a cross-cultural educational business presentation to a group of Pakistani business leaders through its Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) Supply Chain for Pakistan program. Toby’s presentation, titled “Introduction to Automotive Supply Chain,” was given on March 30, 2017, in Ann Arbor ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised DATAGROUP SE on a capital increase against cash contributions with exclusion of subscription rights. The company has generated proceeds of some EUR 21.7 million from the transaction. 759,000 new shares were placed with institutional investors as part of the capital increase. The company intends to strengthen its equity and finance further growth with the gross issue proceeds of EUR 21.7 million ...