Press Releases

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of TSC Inspection Systems, which include long standing client Octopus Investments, on the company’s acquisition by market-leading Eddyfi Technologies. Headquartered in Milton Keynes, TSC has significantly contributed to electromagnetic testing technologies over the last 30 years ...

In its April 2017 issue, the Asian-mena Counsel recognized two of the firm’s transactions—the LRT1 Cavite Project and the AP Renewables Climate Bond—in its Deals of the Year 2016 feature. The LRT1 Cavite Project involved the financing for the rehabilitation and extension of the PhP65 billion LRT1 Cavite Extension Project. As part of the project, the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), as concessionaire, will operate and maintain the existing LRT Line 1 and construct an 11.7-km ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP announced today that Adam Siegartel has joined its New York office as a partner in the firm’s renowned Intellectual Property Practice. Adam is a first-chair litigator and experienced IP counselor who will lead the firm’s brand management group in New York. Adam previously managed the trademark prosecution and brand management group at Proskauer in New York and has an incredibly diverse IP practice ...

The Superintendence of Banks (SBP) of the Republic of Panama has issued a resolution by which it grants Puente Bank, S.A. an International Banking License to formally operate in the Republic of Panama. “Since the month of August, 2014, Morgan & Morgan, by request from the bank’s managements, formally started the legal and administrative processes required by SBP to obtain the license necessary to carry out the banking business in our country,” stated Dr ...

Capital market law expert Dr. Mirko Sickinger, partner at the Cologne office of the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Sven Radke, and Lena Pfeufer advised ÖKOWORLD AG on its change to the new OTC segment Scale at Frankfurt Stock Exchange ...

Pellerano & Herrera presented on May 10th the P&H Alumni Circle during a ceremony in which it awarded attorneys Leonel Melo Guerrero, Luis Henry Molina and Elizabeth Mena in the Private Practice, Government and Corporate Counsel categories, respectively ...

Supported by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, led by Dr. Anne de Boer, Cloud No 7 GmbH took out interim financing in the form of a secured bond. Cloud No. 7 GmbH is building the Cloud No 7 residential and hotel complex in Stuttgart's Europaviertel sector behind the main railway station; the hotel is leased to Steigenberger Hotels AG. Construction is funded by a project development bond that was issued in 2013 and will be due in July 2017 ...

Kajo Neukirchen Group, a family office, specializing among others in investmenta in companies and real estate, acquired a number of office and commercial buildings in Mannheim and Heidelberg from a project developer based in the Rhine-Neckar region. The purchase includes a listed office property and a residential complex. Kajo Neukirchen Group thus continues its growth in the real estate sector. Kajo Neukirchen Group was advised by a team led by Frankfurt-based real estate specialist Dr ...

Corporate law experts Dr. Mirko Sickinger, partner at the Cologne office of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, and Tobias Nagel advised BE Beteiligungen Fonds GmbH & Co. geschlossene Investmentkommanditgesellschaft on an investment in iic group GmbH. The investment was made by direct participation via the acquisition of shares as part of a capital increase of iic group GmbH and mezzanine financing by granting a shareholder loan ...

2017 Rick Palmore LCLD Alumni Award May 12, 2017 – Hanson Bridgett is pleased to announce that John Cu, a litigation partner, is a recipient of the 2017 Rick Palmore Award for his, "outstanding achievements, commitment, and leadership of LCLD Fellows Alumni who have paved the way for and assisted with the advancement of LCLD Fellows, Fellows Alumni, and other LCLD program participants." John T. Cu is an experienced trial lawyer and litigator with significant jury trial experience ...

<strong>Wheeling, W.Va.</strong> —Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney <a href="~/dataentry/professionals-(1)/r-z/weld">Ryan W. Weld</a> has joined the law firm’s Wheeling office.<br /> <br /> “Ryan represents exactly the kind of legal professional we seek out for our team—bright, motivated, and community-minded,” said Sharon L. Potter, Member in Charge of Spilman’s Wheeling office ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised the founders of SecurEnvoy Limited on the sale and reverse takeover into AIM listed Shearwater Group PLC. As the initial acquisition under Shearwater Group’s transformation strategy, the £20 million consideration was satisfied by the payment of £10 million in cash and £10 million through the issuance of 200 million Ordinary Shares of the Company at a price of 5 pence per share ...

In its April 20, 2017 judgment, Düsseldorf Regional Court found that Chinese company Hisky Medical Technologies Co. Ltd. infringed on the German part of patent EP 1 169 636 B1. French company Echosens and its subsidiary SEISME had filed legal action. The companies claimed that Hisky Medical Technologies Co. Ltd. had infringed on the German part of this patent by offering the "FibroTouch FT1000" device in Germany. Lawyers Dr. Anton Horn and Dr ...

Delphi has acted as legal advisor to Amasten in an exchange deal with NSI Invest which involves the sale of nine properties in Solleftea and Härnösand, as well as acquisition of a larger property in Sundsvall including both residential and commercial leases, as well as three smaller commercial properties in Karlskoga and Smålandsstenar. The deal is structured as a share transfer and the acquisitions are based on an underlying property value of SEK 63 ...

Pellerano & Herrera announced a vast program of celebration to commemorate its 65th anniversary this year, which will commence with the creation and launch of the firm’s Alumni Circle and the awards to the most outstanding former firm employees. The managing partner of the firm, Ricardo Pellerano, explained that alumni are a group of graduates of an academic institution ...

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has appointed technology, media and telecommunications (“TMT”) law specialist Wilmari Strachan as a director in its TMT practice in South Africa. Strachan has 15 years’ experience, and specialises in information and communications technology (“ICT”) law, including the related technical, commercial, compliance, business, customer and performance management aspects ...

National law firm Shoosmiths is welcoming a new office head at the Thames Valley office as former head and real estate partner Andrew Farmery steps down to relocate to Shoosmiths’ London office. From 1 May employment partner Jonathan Naylor took over from Andrew, who had been head of office since September 2012 ...

Dear Members, Several of our Australian, Canadian, British, Indian, and Chinese clients are very much interested in acquiring mining interests in Chile, Perú, Ecuador and Colombia. Should you, or any of your acquaintances, have mining interests within such jurisdictions, we would greatly appreciate you letting us know. Thank you. Diego Ponce Pérez diegoponceperez@bustamante.com.ec josemaria@bustamante.com ...

SyCipLaw was once again recognized by Asian Legal Business (ALB) as one of the Philippines’ 2017 Employer of Choice. The ALB Employer of Choice Rankings is based on survey responses private practice lawyers across Asia, as well as market knowledge obtained by ALB. Law firms are ranked on the basis of job satisfaction, remuneration, work-life balance, career prospects, mentorship, and job security, among others. Download a copy of the ALB Employer of Choice 2017: www.syciplaw ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has been shortlisted for Law Firm of the Year and Real Estate Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2017. Run by The Lawyer magazine, the awards are one of the most prestigious among the legal sector, recognising best practice and excellence across the board. The awards ceremony is taking place on the Tuesday 27 June at Grosvenor House, London. The award nominations come as the latest in a string of industry recognition of Shoosmiths’ legal expertise ...

National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed a trio of leading Commercial lawyers into its Leeds office, signalling the establishment of a pre-eminent Commercial Group in the region and furthering the firm’s presence in the city. The firm has appointed Alex Kirkhope, JP Buckley and James Wood-Robertson as commercial partners from DLA Piper where they each held the position of Legal Director ...

The entire corporate team of Cologne-based M&A boutique CORSO Rechtsanwälte LLP, private equity lawyer Dr. Andreas Lenz and corporate lawyers Dr. Vera Randel and Bastian Rieck, will join Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Cologne as of June 1, 2017. Lenz will work as an equity partner at the Cologne office, reinforcing the well-developed Private Equity and Corporate/M&A departments ...

Luxembourg, 9 May 2017 – As is the case every three years, the partners of Arendt & Medernach have decided on the new governance of the law firm. Claude Kremer has been elected as Co-Chairman of the firm alongside Guy Harles, whose mandate as Co-Chairman has been renewed. Jean-Marc Ueberecken has been re-elected Managing Partner. Guy Harles is a founding partner of Arendt & Medernach. For the past three years he has acted as Co-Chairman of the firm ...

Morgan & Morgan advised Cafetales, S.A. (Cafetales) and Energía Natural, S.A. (ENESA), in a joint venture in a special purpose vehicle, Emnadesa Holding, S.A., in favour of which ENESA transferred its ownership interest in Empresa Nacional de Energía, S.A., and Cafetales transferred its ownership interest in Hidroeléctrica Bajos del Totuma, S.A. Empresa Nacional de Energía, S.A ...

Delphi has been legal advisor to NIBE Industrier AB (publ) in connection with its acquisition of 80% of the shares in HT S.p.A., Susegana, Italy (“HT”). The company will become part of the NIBE Element business area. HT has since 1978 produced highly engineered heating solutions for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, commercial food products, packaging and other industrial applications. HT has one production facility in Italy and two in Romania. Revenue in 2016 amounted to approx ...