Webber Wentzel Bowens and Mallinicks have merged to become one of the largest firms in South Africa with over 130 partners and more than 280 lawyers. Bringing together track records of success in high-profile matters, the new Webber Wentzel incorporating Mallinicks continues to offer clients an enhanced pool of world-class talent. ...

Minter Ellison's work on two market-leading deals was recognized at the annual Australasian Legal Business Law Awards which celebrate the most significant and innovative transactions of 2007. The deals honored for Minter Ellison were ...

At Managing Intellectual Property’s 3rd Global Awards ceremony, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., WSG law firm Thailand, was awarded “Firm of the Year 2008–Thailand" for the second year in a row. Also, following five months of research, Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) revealed the results of Part 2 of its survey of the intellectual property market in its March 2008 issue, listing the leading firms in trade mark prosecution and contentious work in 65 jurisdictions. For Thailand, the results this year mirror that of last year, with Tilleke & Gibbins retaining its Tier 1 position for both trade mark prosecution and contentious work. In the same ceremony, Deacons, WSG law firm China, was awarded the "Hong Kong Firm of the Year" also for the second year in a row. ...

Asters acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with a $139.3 million secured loan facility provided to three Ukrainian subsidiaries of Panorama Group Ltd., a Ukrainian holding company wholly owned by Expert Capital S.A., a leading Luxemburg’s development company. The relevant loan agreement was signed on 27 March 2008.
The borrowed funds will be used to finance the design, development, construction, ownership and operation of the shopping centre in Kyiv, the hypermarket, shopping and entertaining centre in Kryvyi Rig and the administrative building with the complex of technical service, camping and shopping centre in Simferopol ...

Borislav Boyanov & Co. advised Allied Irish Banks, Ireland’s leading banking and financial services organization, on the acquisition of a 49.99% interest in BACB, a specialist provider of secured finance to small and medium sized companies in Bulgaria. Borislav Boyanov & Co. advised on Bulgarian law matters relevant to the share purchase agreement ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen has acted as RREEF Real Estate’s legal advisor on the signing of a 341 million € transaction of three real estate projects. RREEF Real Estate which has more than 48.9 billion € in assets acquires and manages investments...

SMS - San Martin, Suarez y Asociados, WSG Accounting firm for Argentina, expands its professional services to the province of Mendoza, the most important wine making area of Latin America. This expansion positions SMS Argentina as the largest auditing, tax advisory and ...

For the second year in a row, the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) has given Carey y Cia. the “Chilean Law Firm of the Year” award. IFLR Awards are set on the basis of legal complexity or innovation. ...

DuPont awarded its 2007 Challenge Award at its Primary Law Firm Annual Meeting. DuPont recognized Potter Anderson for its sustained contributions to the DuPont Legal Model particularly for its outstanding legal services in the areas of M&A and Pension related litigation. The DuPont Legal Model is a comprehensive and integrated process that takes a business-focused and results-oriented approach to the delivery of legal services, and and helps law firms and corporate law departments improve the quality, cost and efficiency of legal services ...

Akerman Senterfitt's National Real Estate Practice represented AVE, LLC. in negotiating and finalizing a 42-year ground sublease with the United States Postal Service (USPS). The project includes a thirty acre site at the AVE Aviation and Commerce Center located at the Opa Locka Executive Airport. The 500,000 square-foot USPS regional distribution center facility will sort all of South Florida's incoming mail. Akerman re-negotiated on the prior public-private contract with the County assisting ...

Stites & Harbison, WSG law firm from Kentucky, is listed number 1 among the "Top Trademark Firms" in Kentucky in the May issue of “Intellectual Property Today”. The firm also ranks among the top trademark firms in the Southeast. “Intellectual Property Today” is a national magazine focused on legal issues that ranked firms according to the number of ...