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<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C. </strong>— The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced today that attorney <a href="~/Attorneys/A-C/Atkinson,-Nathan-B">Nathan B. Atkinson</a> was formally inducted into The Litigation Counsel of America™ (LCA) as a Fellow. His selection is based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation ...

Wheeling, WV – <a href="~/Attorneys/A-C/Croft,-David-R">David R ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that attorney Jessica K. Burr recently won second place nationally in the Risk Management Association’s (RMA) 2014 Article Writing Competition. She also won first prize locally and second prize regionally ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced today that <a href="~/Attorneys/I-Q/Jones,-Heather-Heiskell">Heather Heiskell Jones</a>, Member in the law firm’s <a href="~/Locations/Charleston">Charleston office</a>, was named a West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow ...

<p><strong>Winston-Salem, N.C. –</strong> The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC announced that <a target="_self" href="~/Attorneys/R-Z/Roberts,-Stephanie-U">Stephanie U. Roberts</a>, counsel in the firm’s Winston-Salem office, successfully led the DRI Women in the Law Committee’s annual public service project. Her efforts resulted in donations to Dress For Success Phoenix of more than $8,000 in professional clothing ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va. —</strong> The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle announced today that John C. (Max) Wilkinson, counsel in the firm's Charleston office, was honored by the West Virginia State Bar with the 2011 Citizen Soldier Award for helping bring support to orphans in Afghanistan.<br /> <br /> Wilkinson is a member of the West Virginia National Guard's 1092nd Engineer Battalion and has participated in two combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

<p><strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> - The management team of the law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle announced today that T. Randolph Cox has been named the “Charleston, WV Best Lawyers Government Relations Lawyer of the Year” for 2011. Only a single attorney in each specialty in each community is recognized as such ...

Winston-Salem, N.C. – The law firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced today that <a href="~/Attorneys/A-C/Adams,-Rayford-K--Trip-III" target="_blank"><span>Rayford K. (Trip) Adams III</span></a>, Counsel in its <a href="~/Locations/Winston-Salem" target="_blank">Winston-Salem office</a>, was recently named to Business North Carolina magazine’s 2013 Legal Elite list for bankruptcy law ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va. </strong>— Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that nearly 50 community banking leaders gathered today for the firm’s Executive Resource: Symposium on West Virginia Community Banking. The event focused on best practices for managing a successful community bank amidst today’s unprecedented regulatory pressure, competition from nonbanks and new, preference-changing technologies ...

<p><strong>"Slicing A Shadow" West Virginia Style. Complex Changes In State Tax Rules</strong></p> <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>During the past three years, the West Virginia Legislature made numerous changes in the state’s corporation net income tax, some of which also affect the state’s business franchise tax. Many, but not all, of these changes first apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008 ...

<p><strong>2009 West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Returns and Instructions</strong></p> <p>The State and Local Tax Practice Group at Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC has studied the new West Virginia corporation net income/business franchise tax return due March 15, 2010, and has identified a number of problems with the forms and instructions ...

Hanson Bridgett Welcomes Counsel Brian Schnarr March 7, 2017 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) – Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that Brian Schnarr has joined the firm as counsel in its construction practice group. Resident in the San Francisco office, Brian’s practice focuses on litigating various matters including construction and product defect, toxic tort, business and contract disputes, corporate fraud, and trade secret misappropriation ...

2017 LCLD Fellow and Pathfinder March 7, 2017 – Hanson Bridgett is pleased to announce that Alison Wright and Candice Shih have been chosen to be a 2017 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Pathfinder respectively. Alison Wright is a partner and chairs the Employee Benefits group. She practices in the area of corporate and employee benefits law ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of IP veteran Van Lindberg to its Intellectual Property group in the firm’s San Antonio office. Lindberg will be focusing his practice on the intersection of technology and law. Lindberg was most recently Vice President of Intellectual Property at Rackspace, where he led Rackspace’s vigorous defense against patent trolls and worked to end patent law abuse ...

Delphi acted as advisor to IRLAB in connection with an IPO of approx. SEK 115 million as well as its listing on Nasdaq First North Premier. The first day of trading was 28 February 2017. IRLAB is a drug discovery and development company providing novel treatment for disorders of the brain, with focus on Parkinsons disease and dementia ...

A team led by Dr. Anne de Boer, partner at business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised KraussMaffei Group on the acquisition of IBS Plamag GmbH in Plauen. The team advised the group on due diligence and the negotiation and drafting of contracts. Financial due diligence and project management was performed by or jointly with FAS AG. KraussMaffei Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of machinery and equipment for the production and processing of plastics and rubber ...

Asters Law Firm acts as a legal counsel to ED&F Man, a leading transnational company operating in 60 countries worldwide, in connection with issuing of UAH 195 million customs guarantee by Ukrgasbank, one of the largest Ukrainian banks, in favor of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine for ED&F Man. This project was the first in Ukraine to involve customs guarantee issued by a Ukrainian bank. "The Customs Code of Ukraine provides for use of a customs guarantee ...

Shoosmiths' prominent position in the Manchester market has been recognised with a major win at the 2017 Manchester Legal Awards. In the face of stiff competition, Shoosmiths secured the Law Firm of the Year Award (large), the latest in a string of accolades won by the firm in the last 12 months ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Timothy D. Kelly, Minneapolis-based senior counsel in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, has been named a BTI Client Service All-Star for 2017, an honor bestowed upon just 319 attorneys. He earned this recognition after being identified by leading general counsel and legal decision makers for outperforming other attorneys. Kelly is just one of eight attorneys recognized in the state of Minnesota ...

The World's Leading Trademark Professionals 1000 2017 Reveal March 2017 – Hanson Bridgett is proud to announce its inclusion in the seventh edition of the WTR 1000, recognized as a firm that is, "regional in location but international in scope ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen announced the promotion of six lawyers to partnership, in one of the most important rounds of promotions within the firm in recent years. This step is part of NNDKP's strategy of continuously consolidating its position as a leader of the Romanian business law market ...

Leading Russian law firm ALRUD announces that on 1 March, 2017 German Zakharov became a partner. German is a member at “Competition/Antitrust” and “White collar crime, compliance and internal investigations” practices ...

Karanovic & Nikolic is pleased to announce that we, in cooperation with local lawyers, have been shortlisted by IFLR for "Deal of the Year" within the Project Finance category for our assistance in the SASA mine refinancing project in Macedonia. Together with colleagues from Mayer Brown LLP, we assisted a group of lenders consisted of Societe Generale, London Branch, Investec Bank PLC and Ohridska Banka AD Skopje on the transaction for financing the SASA mine ...

Estudio Beccar Varela advised Agrofina S.A. on the issuance of notes Class V and VI. Agrofina successfully completed this issuance, carried out in two Classes under the firm’s Global Program of simple notes (non-convertible into shares) for a maximum nominal value of up to US$ 60 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). Class V notes were issued at a nominal value of AR$331.696 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Downing LLP (Downing) on the £3m investment secured by the family-owned luxury e-commerce business, Xupes, from Downing managed funds. Founded in 2009 by Joe and Frank McKenzie, Xupes restores and retails pre-owned luxury goods including watches, jewellery, handbags, art and antiques and is an accredited Cartier and Omega servicing centre ...