Germany
With a team led by capital market lawyer Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, partner at the Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised 7C Solarparken AG on a capital increase and a convertible bond issue. The capital increase is made against cash contributions in exclusion of shareholders' subscription rights. The issue price per share is EUR 2.30. 7C Solarparken intends to use the funds from the capital increase of some EUR 1
Germany
A team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Sygnis AG on the acquisition of C.B.S. Scientific Company Inc. in San Diego. Sygnis hopes to achieve sales synergies and a large potential for sales growth. It expects to realize cost savings by merging C.B.S. Scientific with the San Diego facilities of Expedeon. C.B.S. Scientific Company Inc. is a provider of life science instruments. The company is headquartered in San Diego, USA. Estimated 2016 sales exceed $1
Michigan, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Allan Gabriel, Jeff Huron and Derek Whitefield, each from the firm’s Los Angeles office, were named to the 2017 Super Lawyers list by Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine. The Super Lawyers designation, conferred upon the most respected legal practitioners in the state, is based upon peer recognition and professional achievement
England
The corporate team at national law firm Shoosmiths has advised long-standing clients, venture capital firm Octopus Ventures, on its investment in Dutch healthcare startup myTomorrows. Octopus Ventures co-led the €10m funding round with EQT Ventures, along with existing investors Balderton Capital and Sofinnova Partners
China
The Asian Lawyer recently announced the finalists for the Asia Legal Awards 2017. Han Kun was shortlisted in multiple award categories: 1. M&A Firm of the Year 2. TMT Firm of the Year 3. M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia – Didi & Uber China's $35B merger 4. M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia - JD & Walmart's $1.5B partnership 5. M&A Lawyer of the Year – Charles Li 6
Germany
A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack and Dr. Katharina Prasuhn advised RDG GmbH & Co. KG, Hanover, Germany (RDG) on the acquisition of upstream oil assets by acquiring all shares in Lingen-based Kimmeridge GmbH. RDG is a joint venture between Petroleum Equity, London, and Rohöl-Aufsuchungs Aktiengesellschaft (RAG), Vienna, Austria. Seller of the upstream oil portfolio is a fund held by U.S. private equity firm Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC, New York
Lithuania
International dealwatchers have announced M&A results for the year 2016. There is still seen a decrease in deal volume compared to 2015, however, according to Mergermarket the last quarter marked a high in dealmaking being the strongest quarter of the year in Europe. The Baltic State M&A market was led by Ellex, a circle of leading Baltic law firms, with the highest number of deals. Bloomberg has reviewed the total of 39 deals, Mergermarket – 23 and Thomson Reuters – 48 deals
England
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised up and coming surf pop band The Orielles on a deal with leading indie record label Heavenly Recordings. The Liverpool-based teenage band, originally from Halifax, have already played a string of festivals and they are tipped to take the music scene by storm with their infectious surf pop sound
England
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised Cambridge-based speech technology company, Speechmatics, on investments received from a range of investors to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its speech recognition products
Michigan, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that its Executive Board elected six new members to the firm effective January 1, 2017. Dykema’s new partners, and descriptions of their practices, are listed below. Jennifer Boueri Chilson is a member of Dykema’s Business Litigation Practice Group and is based in the firm’s Detroit office. Her practice focuses on business, commercial, and contract litigation
Germany
A team led by Dr. Pär Johansson of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's Cologne office advised data and information management specialist Schober Information Group, based in Ditzingen, on selling its Swiss business to KünzlerBachmann Directmarketing AG. Schober Information Group (Schweiz) AG, headquartered in Bachenbülach, Zurich, has been one of Switzerland's leading dialog marketing service providers for more than 40 years
England
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the management team of global tech specialists Phlexglobal on a significant investment by Vitruvian Partners (‘Vitruvian’). Phlexglobal are world-renowned thought leaders and specialists in the provision of electronic Trial Master File (eTMF) systems and services to the life sciences industry
Hungary
Szecskay Attorneys at Law was awarded the 'Hungarian Competition Law Firm of the Year' award at the first ever Lawyer of the Year Awards to be held in Hungary. The award was founded by Wolters Kluwer in 2016. Winners were announced at the gala ceremony at the end of the year. Szecskay Attorneys at Law won Competition Law Firm of the Year, while the other applicants in this category were CHSH, CMS and Schönherr. Dr. András Szecskay, managing partner, and Dr
England
The Edinburgh office of UK law firm, Shoosmiths, has advised the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) on the sale of their former headquarters to the University of Edinburgh in a multi-million pound deal. The former headquarters, based at Lauriston Place in Edinburgh will undergo a sympathetic refurbishment, sensitive to its past use and heritage, before forming part of the Edinburgh College of Art’s ambitious plans to transform the area into a hub for arts and culture
England
National law firm Shoosmiths has topped Experian MarketIQ (Corpfin) 2016 UK & Ireland M&A league tables to become the UK’s leading legal adviser by deal volume. Clinching the top national spot, in 2016 the firm acted on 183 disclosable deals in total, ahead of Gateley (177 deals), DLA Piper (142) and Irwin Mitchell (119). Shoosmiths also took first place in London and in the South East ranking respectively
Argentina
Estudio Beccar Varela advised Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A. and Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. on the sale of Compañía Financiera Argentina (“CFA”, better known by its brand “Efectivo Sí”) and Cobranzas y Servicios (“C&S”) to Galeno Capital S.A.U. and Julio Alfredo Fraomeni, owner of the private medicine group Galeno. Likewise, MBA Lazard participated as financial advisor
Michigan, USA
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that a total of 18 attorneys from the firm’s Chicago and Lisle offices, and from multiple practice areas, were named to the 2017 Super Lawyers list by Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine. Additionally, two of the firm’s Illinois-based attorneys were named to the 2017 Illinois Rising Stars list as well
China
On January 12, 2017, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Global 2017 guide, as well as its global rankings of lawyers and law firms. Chambers & Partners has highly recommended the following Han Kun lawyers and practice areas
China
On January 12, 2017, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017 guide, as well as its 2017 rankings of PRC lawyers. 9 Han Kun lawyers were highly recommended this year
China
On January 12, 2017, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017 guide. 8 Han Kun practice areas were ranked this year and 4 of them were recognized as Band 1
Israel
Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co would like to update you on the exciting news that Adv. and Partner Amit Pines and his team have joined our firm. Mr. Pines was a partner and head of the insolvency department at Weksler, Bregman & Co. Upon his arrival we’ve opened two new practice areas: Sports Law and Liquidation & Receivership
USA
Hunton & Williams LLP advised Mizuho Securities USA Inc., Regions Securities LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as joint book-running managers, on an SEC-registered offering by CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CEHE) of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.00% General Mortgage Bonds, Series AA, due 2027. CEHE, a wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., provides electric transmission and distribution services to retail electric providers serving over 2
Australia
Japanese heavy machinery manufacturer Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd (Hitachi) has acquired H-E Parts International LLC and H-E Parts Australian Holdings LLC (collectively H-E Parts). H-E Parts provides solution services to the mining, quarrying, heavy construction, and materials processing. It develops, manufactures, sells and repairs aftermarket parts for, among others, mining and construction machines in Australia, USA and other markets
England
National law firm Shoosmiths has announced three new partner appointments into the firm’s London office across the commercial, corporate and financial services practices. Specialist technology and outsourcing lawyer Bill Molloy joins Shoosmiths’ dispute resolution and compliance team in the commercial practice from Frasken Martineau where he managed a large multidisciplinary team and was Head of Technology
England
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised on the sale of Shetland based seafood producer, SI Seafarms Limited. Rope grown mussel producer and supplier SI Seafarms has been bought by Blueshell Mussels Limited. The take over saw Blueshell Mussels Limited make an offer to all 78 shareholders of SI Seafarms Limited to purchase the entire share capital of company
