Press Releases
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Successfully Advises Accentro on Cash Capital Increase A team led by Cologne-based Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Accentro Real Estate AG and its joint bookrunners Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Quirin Privatbank AG on a cash capital increase as transaction counsel. Within a short period, 2,120,000 shares were placed, so that the capital increase was increased from up to EUR 1.6 million to EUR 2.12 million due to the high demand... |
Morgan & Morgan among the 100 companies with the Best Corporate Reputation in Panama Panama, October 12, 2018. Morgan & Morgan was the only Panamanian law firm ranked in the first version of the “Top Companies with the Best Corporate Reputation in Panama”. Likewise, Juan David Morgan G... |
PREMIUM Equity Partners Sells Weka Group with Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek to Outdoor Life Group A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack advised funds advised by PREMIUM Equity Partners, Frankfurt/Main, on the sale of all shares in weka group to Dutch Outdoor Life Group (OLG). weka, headquartered in Neubrandenburg, employs some 140 people and generates sales in excess of EUR 30 million... |
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Advises 6B47 Germany GmbH on Acquisition of Project Property in Offenbach A team led by Dr. Peter Zimmermann advised 6B47 Germany GmbH on the acquisition of a high-rise construction site of about 2,800 square meters in Offenbach Harbor. The company plans to erect an office building with a height of up to 70 meters referred to as the “Mainhafentower” on the eastern edge of the Offenbach Harbor development... |
M&T Supports Danau Toba Eco-Tourism Development Makarim & Taira S., as represented by our partner Maria Sagrado, is proud to have witnessed the agreement signing with seven investors committing to develop Danau Toba as an eco-tourism destination in the country. This was conducted by the Lake Toba Tourism Authority (Badan Pelaksana Otorita Danau Toba/BPODT) as a follow up to the Pre-Market Sounding on 21 September 2018... |
Morgan & Morgan advised Engie Solar in the sale of its ownership in PanamaSolar2, S.A. Morgan & Morgan represented Engie Solar in the sale of its ownership in PanamaSolar2, S.A., to Latin Renewables Infrastructure Funds managed by Real Infrastructure Capital Partners... |
Financial Times Recognises Ellex as one of the 50 most innovative law firms in Europe On October 4, the Financial Times announced the highly-anticipated results of its annual survey, the FT Innovative Lawyers Report, recognising Ellex as one of the 50 most innovative law firms in Europe... |
Shepherd and Wedderburn Banking Team Reports Double-digit Deals Growth with Combined Value of £132 billion Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team has reported a strong year for deals activity, with a 12% rise in the number of completed deals and a 41% increase in the overall value of transactions... |
O’Neal Webster Expands Presence to US with New York City Office October 9, 2018 – TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – O’Neal Webster is pleased to announce its expansion to New York City, New York, being the first British Virgin Islands law firm to stake a physical presence in the city. Headquartered in Tortola, the firm also staffs an office in London, UK... |
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Advises Uraca on the Acquisition of Dynajet A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at the Stuttgart office, advised pump manufacturer Uraca GmbH & Co. KG on the acquisition of Nürtingen-based Dynajet GmbH. The acquisition allows Uraca to strategically expand its current product and service portfolio. Dynajet will remain an independent brand after the takeover... |
The African Legal Awards 2018 The African Legal Awards brought together private practice lawyers to recognize the firms setting a new standard in progressive work practices and leading the way in their field... |
Team of Experienced Neutrals Set to Lead Dinsmore’s New Dispute Resolution Entity Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce the launch of its ADR Center, a full-service dispute resolution practice serving parties’ needs throughout the Midwest... |
Dinsmore’s Calvin Buford Inducted to Hall of Fame Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Calvin Buford is one of five inductees to be honored at the African American Chamber Black Business Hall of Fame. The African American Chamber was founded in 1996 and is the largest African American Chamber in Ohio... |
Nagel Holding Invests in Copaltec with Support by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Nagel Holding GmbH & Co. KG invested in young growth company copaltec GmbH as part of a corporate investment. A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at the Stuttgart office, legally advised Nagel Holding comprehensively. With this investment, Nagel Holding offers copaltec not only additional capital, but also strategic expertise and market access... |
Maria Sagrado Reminds about Confidentiality Risk on Personal Data for Fintech Loans An increasing number of people in the country has been using digital or fintech-based financial services as it is more efficient time-wise and cost-wise. With this development, however, certain risks arise especially when it comes to access of personal data. The development of fintech, particularly peer to peer lending (P2P) in Indonesia, only happened in the last decade... |
Jeremy Rogers honored with First Amendment Award Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Jeremy Rogers has received the Scripps Howard First Amendment Center’s James Madison Award for outstanding service to the First Amendment. Rogers received the award during a ceremony on Tuesday at the University of Kentucky, where the First Amendment Center is located... |
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advises Luxemburg-based PE fund on sale of Lomapharm group A team led by private equity lawyer Dr. Andreas Lenz, Partner at the Cologne office, advised Lenbach Equity Opportunities I SCSp, a Luxemburg-based PE fund, on the sale of Lomapharm group. Lomapharm group’s core company is Lomapharm KG with over 140 years of tradition in pharmaceutical manufacturing... |
Dinsmore Attorneys Selected to Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation Leadership Institute Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Heidi Dorn and Alicia Stefanski were both selected as members of Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation Leadership Institute 2018 class. The OWBF Leadership Institute helps emerging female leaders with knowledge and strategies on business development in order to excel in leadership roles... |
M&T’s Latest Rankings in Asialaw Profiles Asialaw Profiles has released its rankings for 2019 and Makarim & Taira S... |
Robert C. Freed and Conrad A. Hansen of Minneapolis IP Firm Moore & Hansen Join Dykema
October 1, 2018 Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Robert C. Freed and Conrad A. Hansen of the intellectual property law firm Moore & Hansen have joined its Minneapolis office, both as Senior Counsel. The addition further enhances Dykema’s capabilities in the intellectual property (IP) sector in Minneapolis, where Moore & Hansen has been a leading IP firm for more than 130 years... |
Shepherd and Wedderburn Expands Property and Energy Expertise with Appointment of 11-strong Team Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP has appointed three new property and infrastructure partners and a further eight specialist lawyers and paralegals to its Property and Infrastructure Division, further expanding its market-leading clean energy and commercial property practices... |
International Tax Review highlights Carey as Tax Firm of the Year International Tax Review, the prestigious publication that highlights law firms and auditing firms specialized in tax matters, recognized Carey as the Tax Firm of the Year in Chile, in a ceremony held at the Pierre Hotel in New York... |
Laura (D’Angelo) Holoubek Appointed Chair of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce PAC Committee Dinsmore & Shohl’s Laura (D’Angelo) Holoubek has been appointed chair of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce PAC Committee, serving a two-year term. Holoubek was appointed after completing the past six years on the Chamber’s board... |
The Largest Merger in the Legal Market of Ukraine Has Been Completed On September 27, 2018 the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine cleared merger of Asters and EPAP Ukraine. This completed the departure of EPAP Ukraine from the law firm of Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners. The newly created firm named Asters Law Firm Attorneys' Partnership was registered on October 1, 2018... |
Morgan & Morgan Distinguished as a Panamanian Top Law Firm in Chambers Latin America 2019 Morgan & Morgan and sixteen attorneys of the firm were recognized in the Chambers Latin America 2019, guide of the best lawyers and law firms across 20 countries of Central America, the Caribbean, South America and Mexico... |
WSG Elects 2018-2019 Board of Directors WSG is pleased to announce the election of the 2018 - 2019 Board of Directors including officers: Francesco Gianni, Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners as Chair; Michael Bernard, Dykema as Chair Elect; Ramon Moyano, Beccar Varela as Secretary and Judith Whitehead, Graham Thompson as Treasurer. “I am honored to serve as Chair of WSG, said Mr. Gianni... |
Larry Pascal of Haynes and Boone Awarded WSG Outstanding Member of the Year 2018 World Services Group (WSG) awarded Larry Pascal, Partner of Haynes and Boone, as the WSG Outstanding Member of the Year 2018 at the 17th Annual Meeting in Nassau, Bahamas. Mr. Pascal’s commitment to championing the growth and integration of the accounting, international banking and legal sectors has more than earned him this title. Mr... |
Dykema’s Michael C. Toth Sworn in as Justice for the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Michael C. Toth, Austin-based senior counsel in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, was sworn in as justice on the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals yesterday, September 26, 2018. Toth was appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to replace Justice Bob Pemberton, who retired after 15 years on the Court... |
Lia Alizia Talks about Franchising under Indonesian Law to US Franchise Companies Lia Alizia was invited as a resource speaker in the recently held U.S. Franchise Trade Mission to Indonesia on 21-22 September 2018. Ten experienced and well-known franchising firms from the U.S... |
M&T Provides Legal English Training at UNDIP Law It is vital to learn and use legal English in Indonesia as English is used in more legal documents in the country, given the influx of foreign investments and foreign clients... |
Universitas Sebelas Maret Students Visit M&T Makarim & Taira S. welcomed over 40 law student-members of the International Law Community - Universitas Sebelas Maret chapter last Monday, 27 September 2018. This is as part of their three-day Legal Visit activity... |
Dinsmore Welcomes 21 Associates Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added 21 associates to the firm across eight offices. Charleston, WV Clayton T. Harkins joined the Charleston office and will practice out of the litigation department, focusing on commercial litigation. Harkins received his J.D... |
Ritu Singh Selected to South Asian Bar Association of North America Foundation Board Dinsmore & Shohl attorney Ritu Singh has been selected to serve on the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of North America Foundation Board of Trustees for a two-year term... |
European International Tax Review Awards 2018 The European International Tax Awards brought together private practice lawyers to recognize the firms setting a new standard in progressive work practices and leading the way in their field... |
NKT Sells Railway Cable Business to Elcowire Group AB Assisted by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek NKT A/S sold its railway cable business to Swedish Elcowire Group AB to concentrate on its core business. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised NKT on corporate law, employment law, and real estate law during the transaction. Dr. Michael Sörgel, Partner in Düsseldorf and Prof. Dr. Martin Reufels, Partner in Cologne, were lead counsels in the transaction... |
Maria Sagrado Shares Loan Facilities FAQs in China Loan Market Conference Over 290 people attended this year’s China Loan Market Conference organized by the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) in Beijing. An impressive lineup of speakers graced the event, including representatives from local and international banks, delegates from banking regulatory bodies and government agencies, and lawyers from top law firms, including our Partner, Maria Sagrado... |
Shepherd and Wedderburn Launches Conversation on Scotland's Economic Future Scotland’s businesses, industry organisations and policymakers need to make “practical and tough decisions” to build an economy fit for the future, according to a report from the Fraser of Allander Institute... |
Shoosmiths’ Innovation, Projects and Commitment to Clients Recognised at Estates Gazette Awards National law firm Shoosmiths is delighted to have won 'Legal Team of the Year' at the Estate Gazette Awards, a prestigious ceremony recognising the real estate market's best, last night. The firm was shortlisted for the award alongside other nominees; Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Addleshaw Goddard and CMS, Davitt Jones Bould and Landsec... |
M&T Receives Nominations in ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2018 We are pleased to announce that Makarim & Taira S... |
ENSafrica’s Dispute Resolution Department Expands with Appointment of New Executive ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of accomplished dispute resolution lawyer, Aslam Moosajee, as an executive who will be based in the firm’s Johannesburg office... |
International Association of Defense Counsel Appoints Bonnie Mayfield as Chair of Two Committees Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Bonnie Mayfield, a Bloomfield Hills-based member in Dykema’s Litigation practice, was recently appointed as Chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel’s (IADC) Employment Law Committee, and was also reappointed as Chair of its Diversity and Inclusion Committee... |
Ellex and Allen & Overy Advise Blackstone on the Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Luminor for EUR one billion On September 13, 2018 Luminor, one of the leading banks in the Baltics announced that it has entered into a new strategic corporate partnership with a consortium led by private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”)... |
Brian R. Balow Joins Dykema’s Bloomfield Hills Office Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Brian R. Balow to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as a Senior Counsel in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office... |
Sherrie Farrell Named to Savoy Magazine's 2018 Most Influential Black Lawyers List Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Sherrie Farrell has been named to Savoy Magazine’s 2018 Most Influential Black Lawyers list. The list is comprised of the “best of the best” of Black lawyers that are partners within leading national law firms, corporate and general counsel from Fortune 1000 corporations... |
Morgan & Morgan Advised the Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation, and Ansaldo STS, S.p.A. with an Agreement to Provide a Monorail System for Line 3 of the Metro of Panama Panama, September 13, 2018. Morgan & Morgan advised the Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation, and Ansaldo STS, S.p.A., in connection with an Agreement signed with Metro de Panamá, S.A., a corporation 100% owned by the Republic of Panama, regarding the participation of this group of companies that, led by Hitachi, Ltd... |
Overview on Indonesian Subsidiaries from a Legal Perspective On 30 August 2018, the Makarim & Taira S. (M&T) team with Miyakezaka Sogo Law Offices held the second part of its Skype seminar for Japanese companies looking to invest or having investment in Indonesia. Japan has been a key investor and strategic partner to Indonesia, investing heavily in the transportation, power and industrial sectors over the past couple of years... |
Andrey Tomkiw Named a Top 100 Attorney in Michigan Andrey Tomkiw, a partner in Dinsmore & Shohl’s Labor and Employment department, has been recognized by Super Lawyers as one of Michigan’s Top 100 Lawyers for 2018... |
Telia Company AB Acquires Leading TV-distribution and Internet Services Provider Get TDC Norway The deal value was NOK 21 billion (EUR 2.2 bn.) and the transaction leads to the formation of a leading digital challenger in the Norwegian market. Simonsen Vogt Wiig assisted Telia in all aspects of the transaction. Telia Norway has more than 2.3 million mobile subscriptions in Norway and reported revenues in 2017 of NOK 9.8 billion, while GET TDC Norway reported revenues of NOK 4 billion... |
CEE Legal Matters Awards 2018 The CEE Deal of the Year Awards banquet brought together private practice lawyers to recognize the firms setting a new standard in progressive work practices and leading the way in their field... |
Dykema's Jane Bockus to Receive 2018 Outstanding Lawyer Award From San Antonio Business Journal Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Jane Bockus was selected by the San Antonio Business Journal as one of only 12 attorneys to be named 2018 Outstanding Lawyers Awards recipients. Jane will be honored along with the other co-recipients at an evening event on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at The Veranda in San Antonio... |
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