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A team led by tax law expert Klaus Weinand-Härer, banking supervisory law expert Dr. Christoph Gringel, and Corporate/M&A expert Dr. Mirko Sickinger of the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised youmex AG, Frankfurt am Main, on taking over inprimo privatinvest GmbH's private client business. The business was integrated into youmex Wealth Management AG as a subsidiary of youmex AG ...

With a team led by Dr. Pär Johansson, the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Ufenau Capital Partners AG on the acquisition of Dr. Klein Klinik Group, headquartered in Gensingen. Dr. Klein Klinik Group specializes in the surgical treatment of spinal disorders (cervical spine and back pain). The group has been managed by its founder, Dr. Heinz Joachim Klein, since 1991. Prior to the group’s acquisition, the outpatient practice originally operated by Dr ...

Six Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers, led by Austin Senior Counsel Jeff Civins, updated chapters in the recently released 2016-2017 edition of the Texas Environmental Law treatise published by Thomson Reuters as Volumes 45 and 46 of its Texas Practice Series. The two-volume project, comprising about 2,000 pages contributed by more than 40 members of the State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, is intended to be a practice-oriented resource on Texas environmental law ...

World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR 1000) 2017 edition, one of the most recognized international guides to the world's top IP firms and practitioners, highly ranks Asters' trademark practice reflecting the Firm's strong performance over recent years. According to the research, "the IP department has been a vital cog in the Asters machine since the firm began operations in 1995 ...

Delphi has advised Comway Distribution A/S (“Comway”), a Danish IT distributor, on its acquisition of Convena International AB (“Convena”). Convena is a distributor of IT options, replacement parts and accessories. Convena had a turnover of approximately SEK 300 million in 2016 and has offices in Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom while Comway Distribution has offices in Denmark and France ...

James Yong Wang, Esq. has recently been recognized as leading expert for the investment funds field in China by Legal Media Group's 2016 Global Expert Guides for Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Expert Guide. Han Kun is the only PRC law firm listed by the 2016 Expert Guides for investment funds in China ...

China Business Law Journal recently announced its "Deals of the Year 2016". Four Han Kun-advised deals were recognized as "Deals of the Year 2016". They are: ■ Alibaba invests in Ucar ■ Meituan-Dianping’s US$3.3 billion fundraising ■ Didi Chuxing M&A with Uber China ■ JD ...

Karanović & Nikolić is pleased and proud to announce the promotion of a new generation of Senior Partners - Milan Lazić, Marjan Poljak and Darko Jovanović. Milan Lazić joined the firm as an Associate in 2007 after having spent three years at the Commercial Court in Belgrade. The combination of his outstanding legal skills, responsiveness and professional manner paved the way for his quick rise in the litigation team ranks. In 2009, he was promoted to Senior Associate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...