Press Releases

Dinsmore is pleased to announce attorney Travers Manley has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Horse Council, a group dedicated to the protection and development of the Kentucky equine community. Manley, whose term expires in 2020, also serves on the horse council’s Marketing and Development Committee ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes Elizabeth Turgeon Schindzielorz to its Charleston office, where she joins as an associate in the environmental practice group. Schindzielorz provides counsel to corporate clients in environmental litigation and regulatory compliance matters involving solid and hazardous waste, water and air issues. She also represents clients in civil litigation matters, and in proceedings before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. Schindzielorz earned her J.D ...

The Chambers UK legal directory, published by Chambers and Partners, has again ranked Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP highly in the Shipping - UK-wide category for its skills in advising in the shipbuilding and offshore energy sectors. The 2018 Chambers UK directory ranked Haynes and Boone CDG as a recommended law firm, singling out the Shipping Practice Group. In addition, Senior Partner Simon Curtis and London Head of Dispute Resolution William Cecil were listed as notable practitioners ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP and lawyers in its Mexican affiliate, Haynes and Boone, SC, have been recognized in the 2018 Chambers Latin America legal directory, published by Chambers and Partners, for their work in multiple legal practices. The newest edition of the highly regarded publication again recognizes the firm for the Mexico categories of Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Energy & Natural Resources and Real Estate and for Corporate/M&A in the Latin America-wide category ...

<strong>Greensboro, N.C.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that nearly 100 business leaders from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region gathered today for the law firm's Greensboro SuperVision™ symposium, during which presenters discussed the hottest labor, employment and human resources issues affecting today's businesses ...

The IFLR1000 2018 rankings are out. SyCipLaw is ranked Tier 1 in all practice areas covered by their research. These are: Banking, M&A, Project finance, Capital markets, Project development, and Restructuring and insolvency. Eight SyCipLaw lawyers are also listed as leading lawyers: - Hector M. De Leon, Jr., managing partner Highly Regarded Practice areas: Energy and infrastructure, Banking, Project finance, and M&A Industry sectors: Energy, Oil and gas, and Mining - Marievic G ...

Morgan & Morgan advised Multibank Inc., one of the largest and most important banks in Panama, in a public offering of revolving short term commercial paper for an amount of up to US$200,000,000.00 Multibank Inc., registered a program of revolving short term commercial paper in series for an amount of up to US$200,000,000.00 with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama. Payments due to holders of such securities are unsecured and backed by the general credit of the issuer ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has earned top honors in the latest edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2018 "Best Law Firms" rankings. Dinsmore was named Mining Law Firm of the Year. Additionally, it received six tier 1 national listings for Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law and Public Finance Law. The firm also received 118 first-tier metropolitan listings ...

TSMP is pleased to have advised entertainment company mm2 Asia in its acquisition of a household brand, Cathay Cineplexes, in a SGD 230-million dollar deal signed this morning. The deal will see mm2 Asia take over Singapore’s eight Cathay cinemas, bringing its total number of screens to 206 across 27 locations, including in Malaysia ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Felix H. Sharpe, II is one of four attorneys that have been recognized as a 2017 Outstanding Pro Bono Volunteer from the Legal Aid Society. “It’s an honor to serve. The Legal Aid Society is truly making a difference in our community, and our state, and I'm privileged to have the opportunity to work with this organization,” Sharpe said. Sharpe received the award for his volunteer work with Legal Aid’s Domestic Violence Advocacy Program ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm was nationally ranked in 13 practice areas in the 2018 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list, as well as receiving a total of 123 metropolitan rankings representing various areas of law. The U.S ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP advised KMG Chemicals, Inc. in a $186 million public offering of common stock that closed Oct. 23. The offering included 3,000,000 shares of common stock of KMG and an additional 450,000 shares purchased by the underwriters. Houston Partner Bill Nelson led the Haynes and Boone team representing KMG. He was assisted by Houston Partner Kristina Trauger and Houston Associate Sameer Saxena. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc ...

Carey advised CBRE Chile in the tender process for the supply of energy to 40 commercial buildings under the management of CBRE Chile. The advice involved the legal and regulatory analysis regarding the applicability of free negotiated tariff to the buildings; structuring the tender process, including drafting the tender terms and conditions, invitation and Q&A letters. Also it included the assessment of the bids submitted; and the negotiation of the PPA with AES Gener Chile, the awarded bidder ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP represented client VBI Vaccines Inc. in its successful underwritten public offering and concurrent registered direct offering of common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $71.9 million. Partner Rick Werner led the Haynes and Boone team representing VBI, assisted by Associates Jayun Koo and Pat Horan ...

As a sign of the improved financial health of the oil and gas industry, exploration and production companies appear to be in a better position to comply with strict lending guidelines released by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in 2016, according to a recent analysis by Haynes and Boone, LLP. The OCC in 2016 published revised guidelines to assist banks in assessing the risk of their oil and gas loans ...

Madeleine Zipperle and Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised mwb fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank AG on the successful issue of the Euroboden GmbH bond. Due to the high demand, the public offer ended already on the first subscription day – the period was originally set to end on November 7, 2017. The EUR 25 million issue volume was fully placed. Part of the new issue is to be used for redeeming the previous bond, while the remainder is to be used for operational business ...

Dinsmore & Shohl’s Harvey Cohen met with a delegation of 10 U.S. Department of State exchange high-level visitors from Tunisia on Thursday for a discussion about corporate ethics and anti-corruption. The meeting with the delegation, which included Tunisian government leaders, legal advisors and anti-corruption advocates, was part of an outreach effort through the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Cohen led the entire meeting in French ...

Medical technology specialist CLEARUM GmbH and Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH founded a joint venture by the name of Med-Tec Holding GmbH. CLEARUM and its founders, Dr. Torsten Klein and Jens Sieder, were supported by a team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek. Cheplapharm initially acquired a 24.9% stake in CLEARUM by way of a capital increase and will acquire 24.9% of the joint medical technology company Med-Tec Holding GmbH ...

With parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement announcing recently that they plan to continue renegotiations through February 2018, Haynes and Boone, LLP released a new report examining where the talks stand on more than 30 issues under discussion. Haynes and Boone, which has a longstanding office in Mexico City as well as offices across the U.S ...

A Haynes and Boone, LLP team led by Partner Thad Behrens and Associate Charlie Jones scored another win for the National Football League in litigation pursued by a fantasy football convention company owned by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo ...

The Danish IT consulting firm Netcompany has completed its largest acquisition to date by acquiring the British IT company Hunter Macdonald. Plesner has assisted Netcompany with the newly closed transaction. Netcompany continues its international expansion with the acquisition of Hunter Macdonald and the company adds a strong capacity as regards cyber security and IT infrastructure. Netcompany previously expanded in Poland and Norway ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/ashlee_webster/details">Ashlee A. Webster</a> joined the law firm, adding depth to its litigation services and marking the North Carolina office's fourth hire in the past two months ...

Barry Buchman has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP's Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Insurance Recovery Practice. Recognized as a leading policyholder insurance attorney by Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc. (2016-2017), Chambers USA, Chambers & Partners (2012-2017), and Washington, D.C ...

For the second year in a row, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) was named Philippine Law Firm of the Year, Arbitration Law Firm of the Year, and Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year at the 2nd ALB Philippine Law Awards. The firm also received the Construction and Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, while SyCipLaw partner Emmanuel M. Lombos was named Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year ...

October 26th ALRUD Law Firm and Bird & Bird, held a joint seminar “Project Development and Finance in Russia: key practical issues from English law and Russian law perspective”. Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner, Head of Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Practice, and Anton Dzhuplin, Partner, Head of Banking and Finance Practice, were speakers on the Seminar ...