Press Releases

INSOL is a world-wide federation of national associations of accountants and lawyers who specialise in turnaround and insolvency. The Federation organises a number of conferences across the globe and is hosting INSOL Bermuda on 1 June 2023 at the Hamilton Princess Hotel, in association with RISA Bermuda, an INSOL member association ...

Sarnia Yachts services include yacht ownership and management, as well as crew employment, management and payroll. The firm has advised yacht owners, trustees, family offices, yacht brokers and lawyers on specialist yacht related matters for more than 50 years. Praxis is an independent provider of private wealth and corporate administration services to companies, individuals and families across the globe ...

SmarterMicro, the PRC entity of radio frequency front-end chip manufacturer Smarter Microelectronics, was listed on the STAR Market on 16 May 2023 following its IPO that raised RMB ¥1.504 billion gross. The funds are intended to support SmarterMicro's plans to build a chip testing centre, its global headquarters and a research and development centre ...

Mark Rossbroich (32) will join Heuking’s Cologne office as Salaried Partner and reinforce the Corporate and Private Equity practice effective June 12, 2023. Mark Rossbroich is dual-qualified as a lawyer in Germany and as Solicitor (England & Wales). He comprehensively advises financial and strategic investors and businesses in national and cross-border (private & public) M&A/PE transactions as well as startups and their investors through all growth phases (VC) ...

A team led by Ariane Neubauer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Berlin office, advised female health startup DR. VIVIEN KARL on its pre-seed financing round. DR. VIVIEN KARL attracted Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures as lead investor. In addition, the company gained the support of Tina Müller, former CEO of Douglas, who will now also become a member of DR ...

Partner Dr Nicholas Valenzia and Associates Dr Aleandro Mifsud and Dr Alexia Pollacco attended the Malta Shipping Symposium which took place on the 30th of May 2023 at the Malta Chamber of Commerce. The event was organized by Transport Malta, the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects, the Malta Maritime Law Association and the Malta International Shipowners Association ...

Partner Dr Nicholas Valenzia and Senior Associate Dr Joshua Chircop attended this year’s European Business Aviation Conference Exhibition held between the 23rd and 25th May in Geneva, Switzerland. EBACE is a premier event and the annual meeting place for the European business aviation community ...

Matthew, who has been based at other leading offshore law firms in Bermuda since 2015, has relocated to Hong Kong with Carey Olsen. Whilst in Bermuda, Matthew regularly advised on many complex contentious cases, often of a cross-border nature. Matthew's practice primarily focusses on acting for high-net-worth clients and major corporations in insolvency and restructuring contexts, and trust and estate litigation ...

Buchalter congratulates Shareholder Mark T. Cramer for his remarkable achievement of being selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only ...

Buchalter is pleased to announce that the Firm has advanced 16 spots on The American Lawyer's annual ranking of the "AmLaw 200 Survey," to be ranked as the 131st largest law firm, its highest spot yet. The American Lawyer recognized Buchalter’s double-digit increases. “Only 5 of the Second Hundred firms saw headcount rise this year, and just Buchalter experienced a double digit leap of 13% ...

A team led by Salaried Partner Christoph Prochnau from Heuking’s Hamburg office again advised HelloBetter on the expansion of its Series A funding round. MassMutual Ventures (MMV), HealthCap, Sparrow Ventures, Hevella Capital, and Expon Capital invested another EUR 7 million in the Hamburg-based startup. With this expansion, the volume of the Series A funding round – despite the challenging market environment for venture capital financing – has now increased to a total of EUR 20 million ...

Drafting EU Growth Prospectuses for Avant Investment Group KŠB’s team led by Vlastimil Pihera and Josef Kříž assisted Avant Financial Group in drafting two EU growth prospectuses. The company that controls Avant, a leading Czech investment company, will use the respective issues to finance its acquisition activities in order to further develop the group ...

Buenos Aires, May 29th, 2023. On April 20th, Promedon S.A. issued its first Notes Issuance (Series I Notes) under the PYME CNV Garantizadas regime (SME Guaranteed Regime). Series I-Class II Notes, issued for a total nominal amount of US$3,714,491, will mature on April 20th, 2026, and will not accrue interest ...

Buenos Aires, May 29th, 2023. On May 5th, the Co-issuers Special Grains S.A. and Petroagro S.A. conducted their second co-issuance of notes; Class II Notes —simple, non-convertible into shares, unguaranteed—, were denominated in U.S. Dollars but integrated —and payable— in Argentine Pesos, for a total nominal amount of US$7,841,511 ...

The world's leading legal directory Chambers and Partners recently published its International Fraud and Asset Tracing Global Practice Guide (2023) (the "Guide"). Han Kun contributed the China chapter of the Guide's Law and Practice section . The contributors include Ronghua (Andy) Liao, John D. Fitzpatrick, and Yanhui (Candice) Li ...

The annual awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of law firms over the past year, in particular outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service. The results were announced at a ceremony at Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan yesterday evening. Winners across the 26 categories were selected based on extensive research and client interviews conducted by a team of more than 200 research analysts ...

Two new partners have joined Shoosmiths’ real estate practice.In Manchester, the law firm has recruited residential development specialist, Peter Marsden.  Marsden joins as real estate partner, bringing extensive experience working as an in-house lawyer at PLC housebuilder, Taylor Wimpey, and Harrow Estates – part of Redrow ...

Han Kun is pleased to announce that Ms. Jing Li has recently joined the firm. This addition will further strengthen the firm's capabilities in private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Li focuses her practice on representing strategic and private equity clients in complex China-related transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, buyouts, bankruptcy restructurings, and joint ventures. Ms ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP corporate partners Christian Gonzalez and Michael Dailey led the Firm’s M&A team in representing LCNB Corp. (“LCNB”) (NASDAQCM: LCNB), in their acquisition of Cincinnati Bancorp Inc. (“CNNB”), in a stock-and-cash transaction. The companies announced the agreement May 18, 2023.  CNNB operates five full-service branch offices in Cincinnati, Ohio and northern Kentucky, and has approximately $304.7 million in assets, $262 ...

Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan Skeeters discussed the firm’s recent expansion into Atlanta with the Birmingham Business Journal. It's a move that has been a strategic priority for the firm for years, according to Skeeters ...

On May 23, 2023, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) held a conference «“M&A Deals in Russia: Through Difficulties to 'Completion'». The conference was organized by the AEB Finance and Investments Committee, chaired by Andrey Zharskiy, Partner of Corporate and M&A Practice in ALRUD, with the sponsorship support from ALRUD ...

Emi Rowse (Igusa), partner and Head of Japan Practice at Kudun and Partners, spoke at an event co-hosted by Japan Institute of Overseas Investment (JOI),  Atsumi & Sakai, ES Networks Co., Ltd and Kudun and Partners on the topic of “Contract Practices and PMI Leading to Successful Cross-border M&A in South East Asia (with Dispute Resolution in mind)” on 24 April 2023 ...

In this post-Covid era, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Thailand has been on the rise, with FDI inflows and applications for investment promotions increasing 36% from the previous year (approximately 13 billion USD).[1] Accordingly, Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to increase from 2.6% in 2022, to a projected high of 3.7% in 2023 ...

Suntera is a Jersey headquartered provider of fund, corporate and private wealth services including administration, accounting and governance. The firm has operations in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg, Malta and the US. Guernsey based Carey is a locally owned boutique provider of private wealth, corporate and fund services with more than £75 billion assets under administration ...

The list identifies the most distinguished offshore practitioners with the best reputations in the Asian market. Lawyers are selected based on client feedback and praise, from more than 200 nominations, for their high-quality service and support. James, Helen and Kate feature alongside just 12 other practitioners. James is head of Carey Olsen's litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Asia and has been recognised on the ALB list since 2021 ...