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Buenos Aires, August 15th, 2017. Beccar Varela advised Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires on a notes issuance worth AR$2.3 billion (approx. US$130 million), issued in two notes classes under the entity’s Global Program for short, medium and long term notes with a maximum global nominal value of up to US$500 million (or its equivalent in other currencies). In this transaction, Banco Ciudad acted as issuer, organizer and placement agent ...

SyCip, Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, as lead counsel, represented Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) in an arbitration case against the Republic of the Philippines, which was represented by the Office of the Solicitor General and Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. This arbitration case was an UNCITRAL-governed international arbitration held in Singapore ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 110 of the its attorneys, in multiple practice areas and markets, have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 guide. Additionally, 10 of the firm’s practitioners have been named Best Lawyers 2018 “Lawyer of the Year,” a special distinction conferred upon a single lawyer within a practice area and metropolitan market. The Best Lawyers in America® is the pre-eminent national listing of outstanding attorneys ...

The development of Internet technology has deeply penetrated financial models, and the combination of the Internet and finance has spawned an innovative "Internet finance", which is increasingly becoming a supplement to the traditional financial system. However, the rapid development of Internet finance is accompanied by a series of problems ...

The well-known London-based legal publisher Law Business Research recently published its Year of 2017 edition of The Transport Finance Law Review. Han Kun partner Ms. Wang Shu and Mr. Zhu Jun authored the China chapter. Han Kun was the only PRC-headquartered law firm invited to contribute to the China chapter. Han Kun associate Ms. Zhang Ling also made contributions to the writing of the article ...

A team led by Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert advised Resource Group on the management buyout of the Aviation and Aerospace Resourcing (including Contractair Ltd) and Aviation Technical Training businesses. They will be taken over by newly incorporated Resource International Group Investments AG based in Zug, Switzerland. Resource Group, headquartered in Worcester, England, employs over 250 people across the UK, Switzerland, France, and Asia ...

The shareholders of Synaix Gesellschaft für angewandte Informations-Technologien mbH and of Synaix Service GmbH, jointly Synaix Group, each sold 100% of their shares in Synaix Group to Cancom SE. A team led by Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten, Partner at the Cologne office, advised the shareholders of Synaix Group. The total acquisition price is in the mid-double-digit million-euro range ...

Buenos Aires, August 10th, 2017. Pul Argentina S.A., Frigomerc S.A. and Pulsa S.A., companies controlled by Minerva S.A., a South American leader in the production and sale of fresh beef, live cattle and cattle by-products, with operations also in the beef processing segment, completed on July 31st the acquisition of shares representing 100% of the capital stock of JBS Argentina S.A., JBS Paraguay S.A., Industria Paraguaya Frigorífica S.A. and Frigorífico Canelones S.A ...

The South Asian Bar Association of North America honored Haynes and Boone, LLP with its Diversity Champion Award at the group’s national convention in July in Washington, D.C. The award goes to a corporation or law firm that “demonstrates a commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today Detroit and Ann Arbor-based member Robert A. Boonin was elected to be a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Boonin was nominated by his peers and elected by the American Bar Foundation’s Board ...

News & InsightsShare EmailPrint PDF In the News Press Releases Blogs Media Contacts Dykema to Receive Texas Appleseed Pro Bono Leadership Award August 9, 2017 Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that it has been chosen by Texas Appleseed’s Board of Directors as one of three law firms to receive the organization’s Pro Bono Leadership Award ...

The American Lawyer highlighted Haynes and Boone Partner David Siegal as Litigator of the Week for success in getting a full dismissal of criminal charges against our client, private equity executive Benjamin Wey. The legal work of the Haynes and Boone team, which generated international headlines, also was recognized in Law360’s “Legal Lions” section of this week’s Legal Lions & Lambs column ...

New York federal prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against high-profile private equity executive Benjamin Wey, indicted in 2015 for alleged securities fraud and related charges. A trial in the matter was scheduled for October 2017. The rare voluntary dismissal by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York comes in the wake of a June 13 ruling by U.S ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's patent experts successfully enforced IP rights of Dutch company Sisgrass B.V. On June 27, 2017, Düsseldorf Regional Court ruled that a South German manufacturer of sports field machines infringed the German part of European patent EP 3 029 199 and German utility model DE 20 2016 104 072.5. These IP rights relate to machines implanting individual artificial lawn threads into a natural lawn, much like a large sewing machine ...

Buenos Aires, August 7th, 2017. Beccar Varela advised FCA Compañía Financiera S.A. on the company’s Class XIII notes issuance, carried out on July 28th for a nominal value of up to $262.5 million. In this issuance, Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A. and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A. acted both as organizers and placement agents ...

China Law and Practice recently announced the finalists for the China Law & Practice Awards 2017 in association with SSQ. Han Kun was shortlisted in 21 awards: 1. China Firm of the Year (SSQ Grand Prizes) 2. Banking & Finance Firm of the Year 3. Competition Firm of the Year 4. Healthcare & Life Sciences Firm of the Year 5. Intellectual Property Firm of the Year 6. Labor & Employment Firm of the Year 7. M&A Firm of the Year 8. Private Equity & Venture Capital Firm of the Year 9 ...

Finalists have recently been announced in the Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2017. Han Kun has been shortlisted as "PRC Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year", and two Han Kun-advised deals have been shortlisted for "M&A Deal of the Year". The deals are: 1. M&A Deal of the Year (Midsize) –Wal-Mart Stores - JD.com's Strategic Alliance 2 ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised screenlimit Limited, developers of the screen-time limiting application, on its recent angel investment round. Screenlimit (www.screenlimit.net/ss) is a downloadable software that allows parents to remotely control the amount of time their children spend on various devices ...

On 22 September 2017 the second Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF) will be held in Minsk. Asters Law Firm is the general partner of the Forum that is aiming to discuss the most relevant trends in the sphere of dispute resolution in the Eastern Europe. Dmytro Shemelin, Asters' counsel and a leading Ukrainian expert in international arbitration, has been invited to the Forum as a speaker ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Lin ZHOU has joined the firm as a salaried partner. Ms. Zhou will work primarily in the firm's Beijing office. With over eight years' experience in fund formation and asset management-related practice, Ms. Zhou focuses on the formation and operation of various types of RMB funds, including venture capital funds, private equity funds, M&A funds, film and entertainment funds, sports funds, infrastructure funds and funds of funds. Ms ...

A team led by Dr. Anne de Boer advised FAS AG and its main shareholders on their partnership with WTS Group, which is to become a future FAS AG shareholder. FAS AG is an established company in the financial, valuation, and transaction environment in the Germany/Austria/Switzerland region. Generating sales in excess of EUR 100 million, WTS is one of the top 7 tax consulting companies in Germany. The partnership will give FAS AG and its clients access to comprehensive tax expertise ...

SyCipLaw Managing Partner Hector M. de Leon, Jr. was interviewed for an article in the May 2017 issue of the International Financial Law Review (IFLR). The article, entitled "Philippines land ownership rules impact FDI" discusses foreign land ownership as a challenge to the country's inbound M&A activity. Read the article online at the IFLR website (www.iflr.com/Article/3718033/Philippines-land-ownership-rules-impact-FDI.html). Registration is required to read the entire article ...

SyCipLaw's Subic Office and Employment & Immigration Department (EID), in partnership with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Subic Bay Workforce Development Foundation, Inc. (SBWDFI), held the "Kapihan with SyCip in Subic: Updates on Labor and Immigration Law" last June 30 at the Subic Bay Travelers Hotel and Event Center. Representatives from around 60 companies attended the whole-day session, which featured lectures by SyCipLaw lawyers ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the executive board of British Powerlifting through the first phase of their national governing body organisational audit with the adoption of key constitutional documents at the national governing body’s AGM. The adoption of the new procedures and policies will make British Powerlifting one of the first sporting bodies to respond directly to the new code for sports governance issued by Sport England and UK Sport ...

Volksbank Rhein-Ruhr eG, Duisburg, has acquired the Werhahn mill in Duisburg's inner harbor from alltours Flugreisen GmbH, Düsseldorf. The Werhahn mill, comprising about 27,000 square meters of space with some 50 tenants, will be used as an office and restaurant complex. The brick building, which is partly protected as a historic monument, on the promenade of the inner harbor houses two renowned restaurants, "Diebels" inn and "Bolero ...