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Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce the addition of three new lateral partners to its construction practice February 13, 2017 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) – David Buoncristiani moves from Jones Day and brings over 40 years of experience as a construction litigator recognized by Chambers USA and as a member of the American College of Construction Lawyers ...

A team led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack advised family-owned company DMB Dr. Dieter Murmann Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (DMB), Kiel, on the acquisition of all shares in DBW Advanced Fiber Technologies Group (DBW) from Süd-Kapitalbeteiligungs-Gesellschaft mbH. Süd-Kapitalbeteiligungs-Gesellschaft mbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Süd Beteiligungen GmbH (SüdBG), which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg ...

Advokatfirman Delphi has been legal advisor to Amasten in Amasten’s acquisition of two real properties in Finspång with an underlying real estate value of SEK 177,5 million. The real properties consists of 16 351 square metres and the areas for lease include 215 apartments and a few commercial properties. Delphi’s team was led by partner Nina Persson, assisted by Katarina Häggqvist, Andréa Rylander and Rebin Ahmad. Contact: Nina Persson Partner/Advokat Delphi Ph ...

Delphi has assisted NIBE Industrier AB in the merger filing and the subsequent Phase II investigation as regards the acquisition of the main parts of British-owned Enertech Group, which resulted in that the Swedish Competition Authority on 27 January 2017 decided to clear the concentration since the investigation showed that the merger did not significantly impede effective competition in the market for heating systems ...

Agnes Hammarstrand and Agne Lindberg have been awarded the Client Choice Awards 2017 within IT law. Client Choice is an international survey conducted by the International Law Office and Lexology. The award is given to lawyers around the world who distinguish themselves through their extraordinary ability to add value to the client's business and it is legal counsels who have nominated and ranked lawyers around the world. Read more about Client Choice's survey here ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Autumn Highsmith was the exclusive winner of the 2017 International Law Office (ILO) and Lexology Client Choice Award for insolvency and restructuring lawyers in Texas. Established in 2005, the award recognizes law firms and partners around the world that provide excellent client care and add real value to their clients' businesses, above and beyond the other players in the market ...

Following a long stint working on electric power matters in the public sector, Jennifer Littlefield has joined the Austin office of Haynes and Boone, LLP as a member of the firm’s Energy, Power and Natural Resources Practice Group. Littlefield worked most recently for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) on projects and issues impacting all segments of the electric industry ...

National law firm Shoosmiths was ‘highly commended’ in the legal or regulatory adviser category of the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) Awards. Presented at the House of Lords, the awards celebrate excellence in a number of related fields with firms, advisers, individuals and journalists being recognised for their outstanding performance in the context of EIS/SEIS schemes during 2016 ...

Chambers Asia Pacific 2017 ranked SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan as Band 1 in all categories applicable to Philippine firms. The firm’s complete rankings may be found at the following link: www.chambersandpartners.com/asia/firm/3072/sycip-salazar-hernandez-gatmaitan. Firm and individual rankings are summarized below: Banking & Finance - Band 1 - Mia G. Gentugaya (Band 2) - Vicente D ...

A team led by Dr. Anne de Boer, partner at the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, comprehensively legally advised CG Group on issuing a bearer bond and overall financing. Subscribers to the bond are exclusively institutional investors. The bond was issued in a private placement. Net proceeds from the financing were used to acquire a property bought by CG Frankfurt Ostend GmbH & Co. KG at Danziger Platz in Frankfurt am Main, Ostend ...

In Parr v. Aruba, a case that has been closely followed by the oil and gas community, a Texas court of appeals on February 1 reversed a $2.9 million judgment against Aruba Petroleum Inc., holding that the plaintiffs failed to establish that the company’s natural gas operations constituted an intentional nuisance. The suit stemmed from drilling and production activity in the Barnett Shale in Texas ...

Munich-based DOMICIL Real Estate Group (Domicil) acquired two residential portfolios with a total of some 1,800 residential and commercial units from London-based Cording Real Estate Group (Cording) in a share deal following a structured bidding process. The residential portfolios consist of 60 properties spread all across Germany and held by Dutch companies ...

Effective January 1, 2016, USU Software AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard, ISIN DE000A0BVU28), Möglingen, Germany ("USU"), acquired all shares in unitB technology GmbH, Berlin, to epand USU’s range of services in the area of individual solutions and portals. The team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised USU ...

The public procurement procedure for the extension of Glina Waste Water Treatment Plant and the construction of a sludge incinerator has come to an end ...

National law firm Shoosmiths is providing global companies with crucial advice on doing business in the UK with its online guide. ‘The complete guide to doing business in the UK’ is available to download from the Shoosmiths website and offers international businesses expert insight on what needs to be addressed when venturing into the UK market ...

With a team led by Dr. Marc Scheunemann, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Wertgrund Immobilien AG in connection with the acquisition of the “Barthonia-Living-Portfolio“ in Köln-Ehrenfeld for the account of the special AIF WERTGRUND Wohnen D. Seller was a joint venture of Europe-focused fund EPISO3, advised by Tristan Capital Partners, and Freo Group ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the British Retail Consortium (BRC) on their sale of BRC Global Standards to the LGC Group (formerly known as the Laboratory of the Government Chemist). BRC Global Standards is the world’s largest provider of safety and quality standards programmes for food and non-food manufacture, packaging, storage, and distribution, and the LGC Group is the leading international life sciences measurement and testing company ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised PA Power Automation AG on the entry of a new strategic investor as part of a capital increase. By way of a cash capital increase in exclusion of the subscription right, Taiwanese control systems producer Techmation Co. Ltd., Taipei, will subscribe 1,278,469 new shares of PA Power Automation AG at the nominal value of about EUR 2.56 per share in through its Luxemburg-based subsidiary Tech Euro S.à.r.l. With a stake of 19.88%, Tech Euro S.à.r.l ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Eric T. Fingerhut and Jennifer Fraser, Washington, D.C.-based members in Dykema’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, were each ranked in World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR 1000 2017). Both Fingerhut and Fraser, as well as Dykema, received recognition in the United States: DC Metro Area category. This marks the sixth-consecutive year that both Fingerhut and Fraser have been recognized as top practitioners ...

Chambers & Partners has recently announced its nominees for the Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2017. Han Kun has been nominated for Chambers Asia-Pacific "PRC Corporate & Finance Firm of the Year" in China & Hong Kong, which is one of only two PRC law firm award categories. This is the second consecutive year for Han Kun to be nominated for the award ...

By judgment of January 19, 2017, Coblence Higher Regional Court sentenced a business owner to pay monetary compensation of EUR 50,000. In the court’s opinion, the business owner had personally discredited and vilified the plaintiff, represented by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, and his group on hate-based websites operated from abroad. This had followed from a failed collaboration in a start-up project in the IT sector, which the defendant used to commit character assassination on the internet ...

A Dallas federal jury on February 1 returned a large verdict for Haynes and Boone, LLP clients ZeniMax Media Inc. and idSoftware in a high-profile trial followed closely by the technology industry. The ZeniMax trial team combined a Haynes and Boone team led by Partner Phillip Philbin and included Associates Mike Karson and Tiffany Cooke, with a group from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom led by Tony Sammi ...

SyCipLaw is shortlisted in two categories of the Asia Legal Awards 2017. Aside from a nomination as Asian Law Firm of the Year, the SMC $435M multi-facility coal power plant financing is also nominated for Finance Deal of the Year: Projects. The SyCipLaw team, composed of partners Simeon Ken R. Ferrer, Hector M. de Leon, Jr. and Angel M. Salita, Jr. with senior associates John Paul V. de Leon, Jr. and Bhong Paulo A. Macasaet, acted as local counsel to the lenders in the transaction ...

The size, complexity and speed of execution of Pacific Hydro’s sale to State Power Investment Corporation of China impressed Latin Finance, magazine which chose it as the “Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year” of 2016. IFM Investors, an Australian pension fund, sold the renewable energy Company for roughly USD3 billion. Pacific Hydro was founded in Australia in 1992 and currently owns 19 hydroelectric plants and wind power farms in Australia, Chile and Brazil ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of government contracts attorneys John C. Dulske and Bryan L. Kost to its Government Policy & Practice Group in the firm’s San Antonio office. John comes to Dykema from his own firm, Dulske & Gluys in San Antonio, which he formed in 2002 with Joan K. F. Gluys ...