Press Releases

On 20 June 2022, Clint O’Connell (Partner, Cambodia Deputy Managing Director & Head of the Cambodia Tax Practice) was featured as panellist on e-commerce event organized by the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia with a special join by H.E. Dr. Eng Ratana, Director of the Large Taxpayer Department at the General Department of Taxation and Huy Bunchay, the Head of Business Registration at the Ministry of Commerce ...

DFDL is pleased to announce Anne Coulon (Regional Legal Adviser – Consultant) has been elected as a vice-president of the European Association for Business and Commerce, Thailand (“EABC”). Anne will serve a two-year term and will be a member of the EABC’s new Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is led by Farid Bidgoli, the new president, and Paranee Adulyapichet and Jan Eriksson, who were also elected as vice-presidents ...

Dear valued clients, colleagues and friends, Shearn Delamore & Co. is proud to announce that our Partner and Head of the Intellectual Property Practice Group, Karen Abraham, has been recognised as one of Asian Legal Business Asia’s Top 15 Female Lawyers 2022. Karen is honoured to be the only Malaysian lawyer to receive this recognition. She was selected out of 155 high-achieving female lawyers from both domestic and international law firms across Asia ...

Dear valued clients, colleagues and friends, Shearn Delamore & Co. is pleased to announce that our partners, Datin Jeyanthini Kannaperan and K. Shanti Mogan, have been recognised in Benchmark Asia-Pacific’s Top 100 Women in Litigation 2022 ...

It is with great sadness that Beccar Varela announces the passing of advisory partner Dr. Emilio Nicolás Vogelius, which occurred on June 22nd, 2022, in the city of Buenos Aires. Emilio obtained his Law degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1976. He started his professional career as a Clerk in a National Commercial Court. He joined Beccar Varela in 1980, where he co-headed the Arbitration and the Healthcare & Life Sciences departments ...

Leading Hong Kong law firm, Deacons launched its inaugural Non-Fungible Token (NFT) today to mark the culmination of its 170th anniversary celebrations. The firm has partnered with HashKey Group, a digital asset financial services group in Asia, for institutional-grade minting, distribution and custody support for its commemorative NFT. Registration for the complimentary, limited edition NFT is open for the public on the firm’s website ...

DFDL was proud to be a sponsor and participant in the France-Cambodia Business Forum which was held on 9 and 10 June 2022 in a range of premium venues across Phnom Penh. Audray Souche (Regional Managing Partner) led a team of DFDL participants that included Charles Amar (Consultant), Etienne Rieuneau (Head of Business Development; Head of Connector Unit) and Julie Keo (Legal Consultant; Business Development Specialist) ...

Mamo TCV Advocates in collaboration with the Foundation for Human Resources Development (FHRD) have organised and delivered a number of lectures on various topics related to Maltese employment law including employment contracts, termination of contracts, occupational health and safety, GDPR and immigration, as part of the newly launched course, ‘Award in the Practical Applications

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths attended and featured in a host of London Tech week highlights, including its sponsorship of a female founder Tech Nordic Advocates event held at the London Stock Exchange. Shoosmiths’ head of technology sector James Klein and corporate partner Helen Burnell presented at the event which focussed on how to scale diverse technology business internationally ...

A panel discussion organized by DFDL and featuring DFDL experts was highlighted on the website of Cambodia Investment Review on 20 June 2022. The article, headlined “Cambodia’s e-commerce sector seeks clear and regionally uniform regulations,” reported that Nishant Choudhary (Partner and Myanmar Managing Director) was the moderator for the workshop “E-Commerce in Cambodia and Southeast Asia ...

DFDL is pleased to announce that Clint O’Connell (Partner, Cambodia Deputy Managing Director & Head of the Cambodia Tax Practice) was selected as chairman of the Tax and Legal Advocacy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (“AmCham”). The announcement was made on 16 June 2022 at an AmCham meeting held at the Rosewood in Phnom Penh ...

Today we launch the first episode of our KSB Czech Legal and Business News Vlog for our international friends, colleagues and clients around the world! This inaugural episode introduces our vlog concept and presents an overview of the Czech Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rules. https://www.linkedin ...

50+1 – the event title aptly summarizes Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s festivities held at artwork exhibition venue K21 yesterday. Since it had not been possible to celebrate the law firm’s 50th milestone anniversary in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, guests were invited a year later in honor of the occasion. Attendees enjoyed an evening surrounded by art. Lord Mayor Keller sent a welcome address to the Düsseldorf-based firm ...

Buenos Aires, 21 June 2022. On June 10th, Seguros Sura S.A., a company belonging to Suramericana S.A., one of the largest Latin American groups in the insurance industry operating in nine countries, sold its surety insurance business unit ACG (Aseguradora de Créditos y Garantías) to Argentine investors Marcelo Figueiras, José Urtubey, and Alberto Serventich, all of them with an extensive and recognized experience in the private sector ...

The awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of firms across the UK and offshore legal, tax, fiduciary and advisory professions over the past year. In total, the judging panel has shortlisted 28 firms across 11 award categories. Carey Olsen has previously enjoyed success at the awards, having won the Offshore Law Firm (multi-jurisdiction) category at the inaugural eprivateclient Excellence Awards in 2021 ...

Destaxa, which was founded in 2021, provides merchants with a solution to point of sale (POS) payment processing issues by offering access to all major payment schemes and acquirers through a single exchange-traded fund integration. Destaxa routes payments through the most cost-efficient rails, resulting in savings for merchants and a seamless reconciliation experience ...

DFDL has been honored by LegalOne for its key role in an historic deal to secure cross-border financing for a solar energy farm in Vietnam – the country’s first-ever “Green loan.” Members of DFDL’s Energy, Mining and Infrastructure practice acted as legal counsel in Vietnam for B.Grimm Power Plc, which secured a USD 186 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (“ADB”) and other key lenders, and its Vietnamese subsidiary Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that John C. Hood has rejoined the firm as a healthcare associate in the Tampa office. “We are pleased to welcome John back to Bradley, and we look forward to having his understanding of state and federal healthcare policies enhance the capabilities of our team in Florida,” said Bradley Tampa Office Managing Partner R. Craig Mayfield. Mr ...

Dykema is proud to announce that Todd Gale was selected for Fellowship in the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). In a letter from the invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society, the LCA stated that Gale's professional excellence and integrity speaks for itself and that his commitment to diversity if central to its mission. Membership in the LCA is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of all American lawyers ...

Law firm Shoosmiths was recognised for excellence in client service, innovation and technology solutions by winning four awards at the 2022 Managing Partners’ Forum awards on 15 June.The panel of independent judges were impressed by Shoosmiths’ unique and effective approach to delivering excellence in helping clients achieve their non-legal goals, with the firm winning ‘Best Enhanced Solutions for Clients’ in the client theme section ...

Shoosmiths has supported M3 Capital Partners with the real estate aspects of the sale of its portfolio company, Extra MSA Group, to a consortium of institutional investors.The law firm advised on the real estate aspects of the deal for Extra MSA Group – a developer and operator of motorway service area sites in the UK ...

The pioneering Fund, which will look to back technology solutions that will help global food system and environmental challenges, was oversubscribed, and has attracted investment from institutional investors, corporate partners, family offices and high net worth angel investors. It is believed to be the largest ever fund raised in the foodtech sector and comes a little over a year since the establishment of the London-based investment manager ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Wendi Campbell Rogaliner, a partner in the firm’s Dallas office, has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The ABF Fellows comprise a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of the communities ...

At the beginning of June, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek was awarded the title of Best Law Firm Corporate and M&A 2022 in the “Germany” region. At the 13th ILASA - International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards in Paris, a top-class jury had recognized the work of German legal experts for the first time ever. Boris Dürr, Managing Partner, and Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert, Head of the French Desk, personally accepted the award on behalf of the law firm in Paris ...

Shoosmiths’ real estate division and planning practice has been recognised for its pre-eminent work supporting clients across the property industry after taking home awards at two national ceremonies.The law firm was named Legal/Professional Team of the Year at the Property Awards 2022, while also being crowned Planning Law Firm of the Year at the Planning Awards 2022 ...