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Senior cyber incident response lawyer joins Shoosmiths UK law firm Shoosmiths has appointed Philip Tansley, an expert in cyber incident response, as a partner based in their London office. Philip was previously a partner at Keystone Law and co-founded a multi-award winning multi-disciplinary incident response service... |
Birmingham Advisors Complete Cross Border Transaction AWS Electronics Group (“AWS”) has been acquired by Incap Corporation (“Incap”), a company headquartered in Finland and quoted on the Nasdaq Helsinki Stock Exchange. Springboard Corporate Finance and Orbis Partners advised AWS and Incap respectively... |
Shearn Delamore & Co. Highly Ranked Again as a Top Tier Firm in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 Rankings We are delighted to announce that Shearn Delamore & Co has again been highly ranked as a Top Tier firm by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, with eight out of 12 practice groups ranked as Top Tier... |
DATAGROUP Acquires Majority Stake in Diebold Nixdorf Portavis A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised DATAGROUP SE on the acquisition of 68 percent of the shares in Diebold Nixdorf Portavis GmbH from Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated... |
Heuking Accompanies Sale of Burger Chain Hans im Glück A team led by Prof. Dr. Georg Streit advised HANS IM GLÜCK Franchise GmbH on the sale of burger chain Hans im Glück. Former majority shareholder AML Invest Treuhandgesellschaft mbH sold and transferred its stake in HANS IM GLÜCK Franchise GmbH to an investor group... |
Lawyer Moves Firms for the First Time to Join Shoosmiths’ Real Estate Team UK law firm Shoosmiths has expanded its award-winning real estate team with the appointment of Simon Foster as a partner. Simon previously worked at Laytons Solicitors for the entire 13 years of his career and established his name by building a property litigation practice from the ground up. He is recommended in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners... |
WuXi Biologics Acquires from Bayer a Drug Product Plant with Heuking A team led by Dirk W. Kolvenbach advised the globally active company WuXi Biologics on the acquisition of a sterile filling and freeze-drying plant from Bayer AG. The plant is designed for the filling and freeze-drying of the blood-coagulation medication Kovaltry®. The plant will be operated on the premises of the Chempark in Leverkusen... |
Morgan & Morgan Appoints Two New Associates to its Corporate Law Practice Morgan & Morgan is pleased to announce the recent hiring of Ms. Maria Eugenia Crespo and Mr. Miguel A. Arias, as associates of the Corporate Law team of the firm. Before joining Morgan & Morgan, Ms... |
Asters Wins Stockholm Arbitration over Crypto Mining Equipment for ASK Technology Limited Asters successfully represented ASK Technology Limited, a leading Hong Kong manufacturer of multi-GPU systems for mining, rendering and AI, in a dispute with a Finnish company that was resolved in Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce... |
Asters Announces Promotion of Four Lawyers to Counsel Asters is delighted to announce promotion of Olga Lepikhina, Kateryna Oliynyk, Anton Sintsov, and Oleksandr Volkov to counsel effective 1 January 2020. Olga Lepikhina Olga Lepikhina’s track record includes more than 10 years of experience working at leading international and Ukrainian law firms... |
Asters Announces New Partner Talina Kravtsova Asters is delighted to announce appointment of Talina Kravtsova as Partner effective 1 January 2020. As a result, Asters partnership has grown to include 29 partners... |
Dykema’s Automotive Industry Group Named “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360 Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that its Automotive Industry Group was recognized as a “Practice Group of the Year” in Transportation Law for 2019 by Law360. Dykema was one of only five firms selected nationwide... |
George Vincent Reelected as Dinsmore Chairman and Managing Partner for 5th Term Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is proud to announce George H. Vincent has been reelected to a fifth term as chairman and managing partner. Vincent came to Dinsmore in 1982 and began his first term as managing partner 25 years later in 2007... |
Dinsmore Leadership Changes Look to the Future Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is kicking off 2020 with a wave of changes within its leadership ranks. The firm welcomes new board of directors, department chairs, practice group chairs, and partners. Dinsmore Chairman and Managing Partner George H. Vincent begins his fifth term stewarding the firm... |
Dinsmore Adds Four New Board Members Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce four new members of its board of directors, as Gregory Kaskey, Ashley Pack, Donna King Perry, and Allison Goico were voted into the 18-member body. “It’s my pleasure to welcome our four new members to the board,” Vincent said... |
Dinsmore Promotes 18 Attorneys to Partner Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is proud to announce 18 attorneys were elected to partnership effective Jan. 1, 2020... |
Abbey Mansfield Ruby Joins Waller Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP has announced Abbey Mansfield Ruby has joined the firm’s Nashville office. Representing global, national and regional lenders, agents, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers in commercial financings and restructurings, Ms... |
Szecskay Attorneys at Law Appoints New Partner - Adrienn Tar to head the firm’s Corporate Practice Szecskay Attorneys at Law is pleased to announce that Adrienn Tar has been promoted to partnership effective 1 January, 2020. She will head the firm’s Corporate Practice managing and coordinating the firm’s corporate services. Adrienn Tar adds to the outstanding line-up of 16 experienced Partners... |
Shoosmiths Ushers in the New Year with Key Partner and Associate Appointments in Scotland National law firm Shoosmiths has further underlined its strategic intent in the Scottish market with the New Year appointment of two highly experienced new partners and two associates across its Edinburgh and Glasgow locations. Kim Pattullo has joined Shoosmiths’ as partner and head of its employment team in Edinburgh... |
Heuking Advises Munich Airport in Realizing an Innovative “Long-Stay Boarding House” A team led by Dr. Armin Frhr. von Grießenbeck, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Munich, advised Flughafengesellschaft München mbH and its wholly-owned subsidiary LABCAMPUS in a new hotel project on the Munich airport grounds. A “long-stay boarding house,” an apartment hotel with 230 units, is to be built in the “AirSite West” area... |
Heuking Advises Car Parts Dealer ATP on Merger with SAG A team led by Munich-based Partner Prof. Dr. Georg Streit advised ATP Auto-Teile-Pöllath Handels GmbH, a leading European supplier in the automotive parts aftermarket, on the merger with Swiss Automotive Group (SAG). The transaction is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. Closing is expected in spring 2020... |
Private Equity Investor LEO II. Acquires Gesellschaft für Reisevertriebssysteme mbH (GfR) Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek supported financial investor LEO II. Fonds, which was advised by DUBAG Group, on the acquisition of Gesellschaft für Reisevertriebssysteme GmbH (GfR), Bochum, from the portfolio of insolvent Thomas Cook Group... |
AHG Group Takes Over Entenmann Car Dealerships with Heuking With a team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Dr. Frank Baßler, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised AHG Autohandelsgesellschaft mbH on the acquisition of Entenmann Group with four car dealerships in the Stuttgart area... |
Springboard Advise Sykes Holiday Cottages on the Acquisition of Pure Cottages Group from LDC Springboard Corporate Finance is pleased to announce that it has advised Sykes Holiday Cottages on their latest deal to acquire Pure Cottages Group from private equity investor LDC for an undisclosed sum... |
Will the Brexit Confidence Bounce Translate into a Dealmaking Bonanza? With the Tory party securing a very substantial 80 seat majority in Parliament, with their “Get Brexit Done” slogan clearly resonating with the electorate, what will happen in 2020 and beyond? Simon Ward, Partner with Springboard CF, looks into his crystal ball and makes some predictions of his own, together with measured thoughts on the outlook for the UK economy in general and more specifical |
Morgan & Morgan Advised Minera Cerro Quema in Connection with a Credit Facility for an Amount of up to US$125 Million Morgan & Morgan advised Minera Cerro Quema, S.A. as guarantor of a credit facility granted to its holding company Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA) by Trinity Capital Partners Corporation and certain other lenders with respect to its previously announced US$125,000,000.00 project finance facility for the development of the “Camino Rojo” Oxide Gold Project located in Zacatecas, Mexico... |
Szecskay Attorneys at Law Appoints New Partner Szecskay Attorneys at Law is pleased to announce that Adrienn Tar has been promoted to partnership effective 1 January, 2020. She will head the firm’s Corporate Practice managing and coordinating the firm’s corporate services. Adrienn Tar adds to the outstanding line-up of 16 experienced Partners... |
Hanson Bridgett Announces New Partner Class January 9, 2020 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) – Hanson Bridgett is pleased to announce the elevation of Samir Abdelnour, Liza Bunker, and Natalie Wilson to partnership, effective January 1, 2020. "Through their hard work, tremendous dedication and boundless enthusiasm, these talented attorneys have earned well-deserved promotions... |
Allison Goico, Faith Whittaker Take Reins in Dinsmore Labor & Employment Department Dinsmore & Shohl’s Labor & Employment Department is undergoing a momentous shift in leadership to begin the new decade, as Allison Goico is taking the helm as department chair, and Faith Whittaker has been named the new employment practice group chair... |
4 Dinsmore Attorneys Make Partner in Louisville Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is proud to announce four of its Louisville-based attorneys have been elected to partnership, effective Jan. 1, 2020. The four attorneys practice across multiple practice groups, including commercial litigation, Banking & Financial Services and Mergers & Acquisitions... |
Gregory Kaskey Joins Dinsmore Board of Directors as Firm Leadership Undergoes Youth Movement Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce Gregory Kaskey has joined its 18-member board of directors, taking the Dayton seat vacated by Partner Tim Hoffman. Kaskey’s addition to the board is one of several changes to firm leadership, which has become significantly younger and more diverse in 2020... |
Dinsmore Attorneys Christopher Hammond, Diana Vicen Promoted to Partner – Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is proud to announce two of its Columbus attorneys have been elected to partnership, effective Jan. 1, 2020. They are part of a larger group of 18 Dinsmore lawyers nationwide earning the title in the New Year... |
Dinsmore NCAA Attorney Nick Godfrey Promoted to Partner Dinsmore & Shohl’s Nick Godfrey has been elected to the firm’s partnership, effective Jan. 1, 2020. Godfrey practices out of Dinsmore’s Pittsburgh office, and he is one of 18 associates promoted to partner to begin the new decade... |
Dinsmore’s New Patent Practice Group Chairs Focus on Continued National Growth Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Patent Procurement & Management Practice Group has named two new co-chairs, as partners Matthew Molloy and Brian Tent are stepping into leadership roles. Molloy, who works out of the firm’s Dayton office, started with Dinsmore in 2004, while Tent joined the Cincinnati office three years later... |
Matthew P. Gunn to Lead Dinsmore’s Immigration Practice Group The New Year is here, and it is likely to continue to bring with it substantial change in the field of immigration law and its ever-evolving policies. To continue addressing these challenges, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has named Matthew P. Gunn to serve as the leader of the firm’s Immigration Practice Group... |
Donna King Perry Returns to Dinsmore’s Board of Directors Dinsmore & Shohl LLP leadership has elected Donna King Perry to return the firm’s board of directors. Perry joins the 18-member board for a three-year term effective immediately. Each Dinsmore office region is represented by at least one seat on the board. Perry represents the Kentucky offices... |
Dinsmore Promotes 10 Associates to Partner in Cincinnati Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is proud to announce 10 of its Cincinnati-based attorneys have been elected to partnership, effective Jan. 1, 2020. They include attorneys from multiple practice groups, including intellectual property, corporate, litigation, labor and employment, cybersecurity, and mergers and acquisitions... |
Dinsmore’s Aimee Stern Elected Partner Of Counsel in Wheeling Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce Aimee M. Stern has been elected as partner of counsel, effective Jan. 1, 2020. Stern is joined by 17 others who have been promoted to partner to begin the new decade... |
Waller elects 14 partners in 2020 Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP elected 14 new partners who provide counsel on real estate development and construction, corporate and commercial transactions, labor and employment, bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, healthcare regulatory compliance, and litigation and dispute resolution... |
Dinsmore Partner and UK Alum Laura Holoubek to Teach Equine Law Course Laura Holoubek, a partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, will teach equine law at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law this spring. Holoubek is a national authority on the subject and chairs Dinsmore’s Equine Industry and Gaming & Sports Industry groups... |
Dinsmore Partner J.T. Wilson III Earns AV Preeminent Rating, Named LCLD Fellow J.T. Wilson III, a labor and employment partner in Dinsmore & Shohl’s Chicago office, received two prestigious honors to begin the new decade. He was named both a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) fellow and he received the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell... |
Verrill Welcomes Attorney Hannah Zukoff (January 8, 2019) – Verrill is pleased to welcome attorney Hannah Zukoff to the firm’s Boston office as a member of the Family Law Group. Zukoff represents clients in divorce, custody, guardianship, modification, contempt, and restraining order hearings... |
Morgan & Morgan promotes new partner to its Corporate Law practice Morgan & Morgan is pleased to announce the promotion of Aristides Anguizola to the partnership of the firm. The designation of Mr. Anguizola comes to reinforce the firm´s already robust Corporate Law team. Mr. Anguizola has concentrated his practice in mining and has significant experience providing legal support for mineral exploration and mine development and finance... |
Carey elects two new partners Carey elected Patricia Silberman and Manuel José Garcés as new partners of the firm this month. Thus, the firm formed by more than 270 professionals in their legal area will be directed by 34 partners. Patricia focuses her practice mainly on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law, national and international financing and capital markets... |
21 Dinsmore Attorneys in 60 Practice Areas Honored on 2020 Cincy Leading Lawyers List Cincy Magazine has named 21 Dinsmore & Shohl attorneys to its 2020 Leading Lawyers list. While Dinsmore’s 235 local attorneys comprise just 3.5 percent of all lawyers in the city, they represent seven percent of the 300 Cincy Leading Lawyers, demonstrating their superlative skills across dozens of practice areas... |
Passing of Dr. Damián Fernando Beccar Varela (03.27.1943 – 12.19.2019). Buenos Aires, December 21st, 2019. It is with great sadness that Estudio Beccar Varela announces the passing of its partner Dr. Damián Fernando Beccar Varela, on December 19th in the city of Buenos Aires. Damián was the firm’s senior partner from 1985 to 2006... |
Dinsmore Earns ISO 27001 Certification for Information Security Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce that after an audit by PECB Management systems, it is now ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified... |
Asters Advises EBRD on up to EUR 10 Million Financing to Kormotech Asters acts as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with its up to EUR 10 million financing to Kormotech Group. Kormotech is one of the top three market players in the Ukrainian pet food market and the first and largest Ukrainian producer of high-quality pet food for cats and dogs. The company exports its production to over 25 countries... |
Asters Arbitration Moot Court School Celebrates its First Graduates On 15 December 2019, the closing lecture was delivered at Asters Arbitration Moot Court School 2019. About 20 students of the leading Ukrainian law schools from Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv took part in this new educational programme aimed at developing skills of young lawyers participating in the most prestigious international arbitration moot courts... |
Kochhar & Co. Recipient of the India Legal Awards for the Best Mergers & Acquisitions Team of the Year 2019-20 We are pleased to share with you that Kochhar & Co. is the recipient of the India Legal Awards for the Best Mergers & Acquisitions Team of the Year 2019-20. The Award was presented by Mr. Soli Jehangir Sorabjee, prominent jurist and former Attorney-General of India and Mr. Lalit Bhasin, President SILF at the recently concluded 5th India Legal Summit & Awards 2019 in New Delhi... |
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