Press Releases

Montréal, August 29, 2017 - Lavery is pleased to announce that a new team composed of two partners has joined its Litigation and Conflict Resolution group in the Québec City office. Judith Rochette, who joins the firm as a partner, is returning to her roots because she previously worked with Lavery for twelve years ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael D. Bernard to its Business Litigation practice group as a member in the firm’s San Antonio office. Bernard joins Dykema after practicing in the San Antonio office of Bracewell LLP. Prior to that, Bernard served as City Attorney to the City of San Antonio from 2005-2013, which includes time serving under former Mayor and current Dykema senior counsel Phil Hardberger ...

On August 24, Baidu Waimai was merged with Ele.me. Through the merger, the two platforms will complement each other by integrating their respective resources in transactions, delivery and “new retail,” so as to consolidate their leading positions in the industry ...

Delphi represents MDTM Invest and the remaining owners in the sale of Acne-group to Deloitte Digital. Acne-group comprises Acne, Acne Production, Acne Film, Acne Advertising, Acne Drama, Acne Digital and Acne Photography. Delphi’s team consisted primarily of Michael Juhlin (responsible partner), Jeppa Persson and Marcus Halling. Founded in 1996, Acne is an internationally acclaimed marketing house focusing on storytelling for brands ...

SyCipLaw partners Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez and Alan C. Fontanosa, together with associates Neil Jason T. Casas and Laiza Kristel C. Gingoyon, conducted a seminar on Data Privacy, Contractualization and Labor Advisory No. 6-2017 last July 27, 2017 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. The seminar was attended by around 100 Human Resource practitioners from locators of the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) 1 and 2. Ms ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed international litigation partner Susannah Wakefield to its insurance practice in London. Susie joins from Taylor Wessing in London where she was partner and head of the insurance practice. Having qualified at Cameron McKenna in 1997, Susie moved to LeBoeuf in London and spent seven years in their New York office handling complex high value (re)insurance litigation and arbitration ...

Shoosmiths has advised Hallam Land Management Limited on the sale of two strategic sites to BDW Trading Limited for a combined value of £46m. The sale of the sites in Faversham and Buckingham to BDW will result in the eventual delivery of more than 700 new homes and associated infrastructure. Both deals were handled by a team at Shoosmiths, including partner Thomas Hall, senior associate David Goy and solicitor Holly Bennett ...

Karanovic & Nikolic, in cooperation with the global law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, advised OTP Bank – one of the leading banks in Central and Eastern Europe, on the acquisition of Vojvodanska Banka. The National Bank of Greece signed an agreement to sell its Vojvodanska Banka unit in Serbia and NGB Leasing, as well as its corporate loan portfolio in Serbia to Hungary's OTP Bank, for 125 million euros ...

Karanovic & Nikolic advised River Styxx Capital on the acquisition of Telenor Banka. The companies signed an agreement by which the Bulgaria-based investment fund will acquire 85% of Telenor's shares in the Serbian online bank. Under this agreement of strategic partnership, the Norwegian telecommunications group will keep 15% of its shares in Telenor Banka ...

Worldwide technology provider Cisco Systems, Inc. has selected Haynes and Boone, LLP for its Excellence in Partnering Award in recognition of the firm’s stellar results on patent litigation and related issues ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan is pleased to announce the promotion of Jon Edmarc R. Castillo as Senior Associate effective on July 1, 2017. Let us extend our congratulations and support to him. Jon Edmarc R. Castillo is a member of the Firm’s Litigation and Arbitration Department. His practice covers commercial arbitration, and general litigation before courts and quasi-judicial agencies ...

Buenos Aires, August 22nd, 2017. Beccar Varela has incorporated Dorothea Garff as associate, drawing on her extensive experience both in top-tier legal firms and in the Argentine-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Argentina), where she worked for more than thirteen years. At the Chamber, she headed the Legal Department and, subsequently, the Legal & Compliance/Technology and Innovation Department ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> —Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that six of the firm's attorneys were named 2018 “Lawyers of the Year” by <em>The</em> <em>Best Lawyers in America</em>. Only a single attorney is recognized as such for each practice area in each community.<br /> <br /> <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em>, published by Woodward White, Inc ...

On August 18, 2017, the signing ceremony for the sale of the Karl Lagerfeld brand in Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore) between the Chou family and Septwolves (SZSE: 002029) was held in Hong Kong. After the closing, Septwolves will, through its wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary, hold 80 ...

Hanson Bridgett Ranks in Top 50 Best Firms for Minority Partners August 21, 2017 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) — Hanson Bridgett is honored to be recognized by Law360 again as one of The 50 Best Firms for Minority Partners coming in at #3 in the country. Law360's 2017 Diversity Snapshot revealed that "less than 9 percent of partners at U.S. law firms are minorities ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to the US multinational company General Electric (GE), in connection with the worldwide sale of GE Water & Process Technologies, acquired by French company Suez and Canadian group Caisse de Dépot et Placement de Quebec. For this transaction, the firm was required to advise GE on legal matters related to the part that included a Panamanian company and the business of this corporation in Panama ...

Morgan & Morgan advised Banco Inbursa, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, as buyer in the master agreement for the purchase and assignment of non-recourse credits through an evolving discount purchase facility for a value of US$ 415,000,000.00 of certain specific credit rights of Consorcio Linea 2 de Metro de Panama, comprised of FCC Construccion, S.A. as seller and assignor, and Constructora Norberto Odebrecht, S.A. as assignor. In addition, Metrotrust, S.A ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian legal counsel to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, with respect to a tender offer by the Republic of Panama to bondholders of 3.875% Global Bonds due March 17, 2018, up to an additional US$253,988,000 aggregate principal amount of said 3.875% Global Bonds due March 17, 2018, and the issue by the Republic of Panama of up to U.S. $1,168,292,000.00 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Global Bonds due March 15, 2047 ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is now also officially expanding its international offering with a French Desk. All Desk members have either attended university or worked in France and are able to advise our clients in French on all their legal issues. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek thus has an expertise that allows it to offer tailor-made solutions for cross-border enterprises between Germany and France ...

A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers led by Houston Partner Bill Nelson is advising Alta Mesa Holdings, LP, which has reached a definitive agreement to combine with Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II and Kingfisher Midstream LLC. The transaction is subject to the approval of Silver Run II stockholders and the satisfaction or waiver of other customary closing conditions ...

Patterson Belknap won a permanent injunction in the Eastern District of New York on behalf of a medical device manufacturer. The injunction bans multiple distributors from buying, selling or importing counterfeit versions of a blood glucose test strip our client produces. The strip, which is used by diabetics to monitor their blood glucose levels, has been the victim of counterfeiting multiple times, forcing our client to take action on several occasions ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Christopher M. Carlisle to its Corporate Finance practice group as a senior counsel in the firm’s growing Dallas office, which has now added four attorneys in the past two months. Prior to joining Dykema, Carlisle practiced at Locke Lord LLP before spending five years working as in-house transactional counsel at Dean Foods. Carlisle’s practice is primarily focused on business transactions ...

A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers led by Partners Brian Barnard and Tom Tippetts are advising iconic Fort Worth-based clothing company Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co., which has entered a merger agreement with VF Corporation for the acquisition of Williamson-Dickie for approximately $820 million in cash ...

Buenos Aires, August 16th 2017. Beccar Varela turned 120 years old on July 8th. The firm members will celebrate this anniversary by renewing their brand. Horacio E. Beccar Varela, Managing Partner, noted “Beccar Varela is an innovation leader, and these changes demonstrate that we are always prepared to grow.” He added he is particularly proud of the participation of the firm’s members in the process of creating the new image. Name ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that 67 of the firm's attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in <em>The Best Lawyers in America </em>2018 directory of leading attorneys.<br /> <br /> <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em>, published by Woodward White, Inc., is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 55,000 leading attorneys cast more than 6 ...