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National law firm Shoosmiths has advised coffee chain Bob & Berts on £2m funding from the BGF to venture into the Scottish market. Founded in Northern Ireland, Bob & Berts is a family business that has grown to encompass 16 outlets in the country with a further 30 stores planned to open over the next four years, 20 of which will be in Scotland. Its relaxed style and focus on fresh food has proved a winning combination with a wide and growing customer base ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has boosted its Birmingham-based corporate team with the hire of Paul Batchelor from PwC Legal where he established and grew its Midlands legal business. Paul specialises in merger and acquisitions, private equity investments, complex group reorganisations, management incentive arrangements and high net worth/family investment structures ...

Buenos Aires, October 5th, 2017. Between September 29th and October 3rd, Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. issued 126,500,000 new Class B common shares (equivalent to US$632.500.000). Consequently, the registered capital as of the date amounts to AR$1,426,764,597. The offer was made in Argentina and in the United States, in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) with the advice and participation of both local and international law firms and placement agents ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partners Jeremy Kernodle, Nina Cortell and Anne Johnson, Counsel Ryan Paulsen and Associates Nicole Somerville and Andrew Guthrie were part of a multi-firm appellate team that got a $663 million judgment against client Trinity Industries under the False Claims Act overturned. In a case followed nationally, the 5th U.S ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Bonnie Mayfield, a Bloomfield Hills-based member in Dykema’s Litigation practice, was recently named Chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel's (IADC) Diversity Committee. A longstanding member of the IADC, Mayfield also previously held positions as the Diversity Committee’s Vice Chair of Programs and Vice Chair of Initiatives ...

Karanovic & Nikolic advised AmSpec on the acquisition of Agri Services doo - an inspection and testing company serving the Agricultural and Petroleum market in the Danube region from their locations in Serbia and Hungary. The acquisition of Agri Services shows AmSpec's continued expansion into the Agri-market and is yet another strategic step for the company, as it maintains its focus on expanding its global service network ...

Lavery and Fondation Montréal inc. are pleased to announce the creation of the Lavery AI Grant offered to start-ups in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Valued at $15,000, grant winners will also have access to the full range of services provided by Fondation Montréal inc., as well as legal coaching by Lavery, tailored to the needs of young businesses in the artificial intelligence industry ...

Karanovic & Nikolic Advises In The Signing Of The Landmark PPP For The Vinca Waste Treatment Project Karanovic & Nikolic advised in the signing of the biggest PPP project in Serbia for the landfill remediation and development of the waste treatment facility in Belgrade, Vinca ...

On 4 October 2017, 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. The Ellex group of law firms stands out in the rankings as the only Baltic-based law firm selected alongside well-known internationals such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, DLA Piper, Dentons and others ...

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) has been shortlisted in twelve categories of the ALB Philippine Law Awards 2017. The firm is nominated for ten firm of the year categories, and two of its partners are nominated for lawyer of the year categories ...

10/03/2017 Haynes and Boone, LLP has represented Parker Products in the negotiation of an investment by The Riverside Company. Parker Products and The Riverside Company have not disclosed the terms of the deal. Fort Worth-based Parker Products is a leading provider of specialty ingredients for the baking, dairy, beverage, confectionery, RTE and snack, and foodservice industries. Haynes and Boone Partners Suzie Trigg and John McGowan led the team representing Parker ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm has selected six members to serve on its Executive Board for a three-year term commencing on January 1, 2018. The appointed attorneys are listed below with brief descriptions of their practices and other roles they hold with the firm: Brendan J. Cahill – Bloomfield Hills Brendan Cahill serves as Director of Dykema’s Automotive Industry Group ...

It was a day before Hurricane Harvey was forecast to strike Texas, and with the deadline looming to complete a complicated transaction for a client, Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Ricardo Garcia-Moreno in Houston said he started to panic. "To put it mildly, at about 2 o'clock on Thursday, I started to freak out. We were a week away from closing," said Garcia-Moreno, who dealt with no power at home when Hurricane Ike hit Houston in 2008 and was worried he would have the same issue with Harvey ...

London, September 29, 2017. Constanza Connolly, senior lawyer at Beccar Varela, was crowned “Lawyer of the Year” at the 2017 TrustLaw Awards, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’ s annual celebration of outstanding pro bono work. Constanza was awarded for her contribution to advancing a new law in Argentina that would allow disabled people to work without losing their disability insurance. Thanking the Foundation, Constanza said: “It is an honor for me to receive this award ...

Law360 named Haynes and Boone, LLP as a 2017 "Texas Powerhouse," citing the firm's "court prowess, a banking and finance group that helped set up tens of billions of dollars' worth of secured financing and a capital markets practice that advises on middle-market transactions for Fortune 500 clients, private equity firms and independent companies across Texas." Haynes and Boone was among five firms chosen for the recognition. Read the full article: http://www.haynesboone ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP Managing Partner Tim Powers spoke to the International Bar Association for a podcast that explored the responsibility of lawyers to uphold the rule of law at a time of deep political divisions and upheaval, both in the United States and abroad. In the podcast, hosted by the IBA's U.S ...

Szecskay Attorneys at Law celebrated its 25th Birthday with over 400 clients and peers on the 12th of September 2017. Founder and named partner Andras Szecskay opened the event by giving an overview on the office’s past 25 years, from its beginnings after the political and economic changes in 1989 and the following period when international law firms entered the Hungarian market in the 1990s ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM Private Equity (NVM) on its investment into Volo Commerce, a provider of multi-channel e-commerce technology to support online merchants and brands selling through market places such as Amazon and eBay. NVM led the latest investment round into the UK-based company, which raised £6.2m. The company - which already has an office in New York - will use the cash to expand into the US and other international sales channels ...

Han Kun has advised J.P. Morgan Securities (Far East) Limited, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, UBS Securities Hong Kong Limited and CMB International Capital Limited (as the joint sponsors) on the H-share listing of ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 6060) on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. This is the first domestic fintech company to be listed on the Hong Kong market. ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co., Ltd ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/people/jason_pizatella/details">Jason C. Pizatella</a> has rejoined the law firm following several years in various positions for the West Virginia state government.<br /> <br /> "We are delighted to welcome Jason back to Spilman," said Michael J. Basile, the firm's Managing Member ...

With a Frankfurt-based team led by partner Thomas K. Schrell, the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised R+S group, headquartered in Fulda, on refinancing its existing EUR 100 million syndicated loan. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek supported the group comprehensively on structuring, negotiating, and implementing the entire financing documentation ...

Buenos Aires, September 26, 2017. Despegar raise US$382 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange on September 20, under the symbol "DESP". Beccar Varela in Argentina, TozziniFreire Advogados in Brazil, Conyers Dill & Pearman in the British Virgin Islands and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in the United States have advised the company on the launch of its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange ...

Buenos Aires, September 26, 2017. Beccar Varela and Errecondo, Gonzalez & Funes rendered advice on a loan agreement for a total amount of up to US$475 million, granted to Desarrolladora Energética S.A. and Empresa Inversora Energética S.A. The loan was granted by Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch and Nomura Securities (Bermuda) Ltd. to Desarrolladora Energética S.A. and Empresa Inversora Energética S.A. (“DESA Group”) ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP advised Landry's, Inc. and Golden Nugget, Inc. in a multibillion-dollar transaction that closed September 26, 2017. The transaction involved an offering of $1.415 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes and senior subordinated notes of Golden Nugget and a $1.080 billion secured incremental term loan and revolver. The transaction included a reorganization of Golden Nugget that combined the restaurant operations of Landry's, Inc ...

In a transaction spanning nine jurisdictions, Haynes and Boone, LLP assisted Hyatt Hotels Corp. in acquiring a strategic minority interest in Oasis Luxury Rentals Inc., a privately owned company based in Miami. Haynes and Boone, SC (Mexico) served as Mexican counsel for the project, led by Mexico City Partner Antonio Diez de Bonilla and Associate Julio Sardina. A Haynes and Boone, LLP team also coordinated work for several other Spanish-speaking jurisdictions ...