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On September 8, 2017, Asian Legal Business (ALB) held the annual Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2017 ceremony in Hong Kong. The Han Kun-advised deal, “Didi's Acquisition of Uber’s China Operations,” was awarded “M&A Deal of the Year (Premium)” and “Deal of the Year.” Han Kun was one of the most highly awarded PRC law firms at the event. The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2017, an annual celebration of legal excellence in Hong Kong, has come to its 16th year ...

Advokatfirman Delphi has acted as legal advisor to Veolia Sweden AB on its acquisition of CRVR ETT AB (uct Veolia Industrial Services Sweden AB) from Corvara. Veolia Sweden AB have now carried out the acquisition of CRVR ETT AB (uct Veolia Industrial Services Sweden AB), comprising Corvara’s business area Industrial Services, comprising services for industrial cleaning, chemical cleaning and high pressure flushing. The transaction was completed on 1 September 2017 ...

As is done at the conclusion of every Jewish calendar year, the Israeli Supreme Court justices select the monumental cases of the recent year. We are pleased to share with you that among such cases are several handled by our firm: Our firm (a team led by Oded Revivo) represented the Mayor of the City of Bat-Yam in proceedings on precedential matters relating to the cancellation of the mayoral elections for the city ...

The impact of Hurricane Harvey on tens of thousands of southeast Texas residents and a broad range of industries is raising a flurry of legal questions — about employment, insurance, health care, the environment and other areas — that Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers have been helping to answer through client alerts and media interviews ...

The Thames Valley real estate team at national law firm Shoosmiths has expanded with the recruitment of two new lawyers. Charlotte Bowerman and Abigail Gisbourne have joined the Reading-based team, part of Shoosmiths’ national real estate practice, which was this year shortlisted for Real Estate Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards ...

A team led by Kristina Schneider and Dr. Christoph Schork advised FERNAO Networks Group on the acquisition of Berlin-based globits GmbH and Netzwerk Kommunikationssysteme GmbH, headquartered in Barleben, as well as the expansion of existing financing. globits GmbH is a nationwide operating IT system vendor specializing in IP networking, security technology, and the realization of holistic solutions (data centers, VDI) ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed leading family partner Caroline Watson to head up a new family team in their Milton Keynes office. Caroline joins from Slater & Gordon where she was regional head of their family practice and based in Milton Keynes. Recognised in both the Legal 500 and Chambers directories, Caroline provides high net worth individuals with advice on all aspects of family law. Caroline is a trained collaborative lawyer and a member of Resolution ...

Montréal, September 07, 2017 – Lavery is pleased to announce the arrival of a new partner, Karine Joizil, who is joining the Litigation and Conflict Resolution group. Over the years, Ms. Joizil has developed an expertise in commercial and administrative law litigation as well as impressive experience in the areas of class actions, access to information and the protection of personal information ...

Mike Hatchell has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as counsel in the firm’s highly regarded Appellate Practice. Chambers USA 2017 (Chambers & Partners) recently described Hatchell as the “dean of Texas appellate practice ...

Craig Stahl and Jeffrey Kuehnle have joined the Houston office of Haynes and Boone, LLP as partners in the firm’s Litigation and Energy Practice Groups. “Craig and Jeff are a perfect fit for our thriving energy practice,” said Partner Jeff Nichols, co-chair of Haynes and Boone’s Energy Practice Group. “Their experience serving on the front lines of complex oil and gas lawsuits will be a huge asset to our clients and bolsters our substantial presence in this area ...

Business leaders from across Scotland gathered at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Edinburgh on 5 September to attend the Growing Scotland Business Dinner, co-hosted by Shoosmiths, Santander and KPMG. Guest speaker Bob Keiller CBE presented various talking points in what was an interactive evening of dinner and thought provoking discussion between peers of top organisations in Scotland ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Frankfurt-based VR Equitypartner GmbH on acquiring the majority of refrigeration and air conditioning specialist Kälte-Eckert GmbH and supported the transaction. Kälte-Eckert has an excellent market position in special equipment construction for commercial refrigeration systems with a focus on large kitchens, industrial cooling, and air conditioning ...

Ten of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan's lawyers are included in the Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2017. The list features the prominent practitioners in 18 practice areas in 24 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region. Results are based on an extensive survey of in-house counsel, corporate executives and lawyers at local, regional and international law firm. The SyCipLaw lawyers featured in the list are: - Hector M. De Leon, Jr ...

Seasoned litigator Christian Reusch joins Simonsen Vogt Wiig's litigation team. He comes from the Attorney General's office, which serves as the Norwegian Government's legal advisors and litigators in high profile and important matters on behalf of the state. Previously, he also held a position as a specialist director at the office of the Norwegian Prime Minister. Mr ...

Cechova & Partners, a leading Slovak full service business law firm, is pleased to announce Jana Cernakova has been named its newest partner, effective from July 1, 2017. The promotion strengthens one of the firm’s core practice areas: employment law and adds further depth to the firm’s offering. Jana has been with the firm since 2011 and already has wealth of experience in her respective areas of expertise ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 1 dismissed its civil fraud suit against high-profile private equity executive Benjamin Wey and his wife, Michaela. The dismissal follows the August decision by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York to drop all criminal charges against Mr. Wey, who in 2015 was indicted and sued by the SEC for alleged securities fraud and related charges ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 70 of its attorneys from the firm’s nine Michigan and Texas offices—and from multiple practice areas—were named to the 2017 Super Lawyers list by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine and Texas Super Lawyers Magazine. Additionally, 20 of the firm’s attorneys were named to the 2017 Michigan Rising Stars list. In March of this year, 11 of the Firm’s attorneys were also included on the 2017 Texas Rising Stars list ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP represented Traxys, a worldwide metals and natural resources trader based in Luxembourg, in its purchase of CMC Cometals, the industrial raw materials division of Commercial Metals Company. The multi-jurisdictional transaction, whose completion was announced Aug. 31, involved operations in the United States, Europe, China and Russia ...

Legal counsels of the most important companies in Chile gathered last August 30th at Carey’s offices for the launching of the “GC Powerlist: Chile”, from The Legal 500”. The event, which reunited almost a hundred of general counsels, was hosted by Tim Girven, Editor of The Legal 500 Latin America and Carey’s Chairman, Jorge Carey ...

Latinvex, publisher of daily news and weekly analysis on Latin American business, has ranked Haynes and Boone, LLP as one of the top international law firms doing business in Latin America for the sixth consecutive year. Overall, the firm was ranked 18 in the 2017 list of the top 70 law firms in Latin America — up from a ranking of 20 in 2016. The editorial and research staff of Latinvex ranks the top international law firms in Latin America overall and in 18 practice areas ...

National law firm Shoosmiths was a project partner in Bruntwood’s successful consortium bid for funding to launch a tech hub in Leeds, delivering a major boost to the city. Leeds City Council has awarded Bruntwood, the largest regional property developer and operator in the UK, £2m to open a tech hub at their new Platform development located at the city’s mainline rail station ...

SyCipLaw's Subic Office and Employment & Immigration Department (EID), in partnership with the Clark Development Corporation External Affairs Department (CDC EAD), held a seminar for foreign employers and local employees in the Clark Freeport Zone last June 30 at the Widus Hotel & Casino ...

Pellerano & Herrera acted as local legal counsel to the bondholders committee in the restructuring of over US$350 million debt of Cap Cana, luxury tourism project in the Dominican Republic. The legal team was led by partner Luis R Pellerano and senior associate Alessandra Di Carlo. The restructuring of Cap Cana's 10% Senior Secured Notes and 10% Senior Secured Recovery Notes, both due 2016, was completed in July 2017 ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Patrick Hughes and a team of lawyers represented affiliates of Landry’s, Inc., in its $57 million acquisition of certain restaurant assets of Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. and affiliates, which own the Joe’s Crab Shack and Brick House restaurant chains across the country. The transaction closed August. 29. The Ignite group filed chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in June ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Belgian Antonio Invest N.V. on the acquisition of 70 percent of the shares in myra GmbH & Co. KG and its subsidiaries spp direkt / ibex personal. The Federal Cartel Office already approved the acquisition and the transaction is closed. The purchase price remains confidential. Myra group is a personnel service provider. The company has more than 900 employees at seven offices in Germany ...