McDermott Will & Emery has advised German automotive supplier Borges on its restructuring. Latham & Watkins acts as coordinating counsel to the bank syndicate on the restructuring, with the Prague and Warsaw offices of Clifford Chance advising the syndicate and Dentons lawyers in Frankfurt and Berlin advising Bank Ceska Sporitelna.
Constitutional Court’s Decision on Access Ban to News Content on Social Media
Turkish Constitutional Court granted a decision on April 17, 2019 regarding an applicant’s claims on violation of his freedom of expression and press due to access ban of a news article (which is taken from a newspaper) posted by his social media account with the comment “Interesting confession from the judge of the July 22th investigation”. The decision was published on the Official Gazette on May 15, 2019. The Constitutional Court accepted the applicant’s claim by stating that the access ban of the news article violated the applicant’s right to freedom of expression and press.
DGKV Advises Patisha on Sale to Zavodski Stroeji
DGKV has advised Patisha AD, a Bulgarian infrastructure construction company, on the sale of a 90% stake in the company to Zavodski Stroeji PS Pazardzhik EAD, a construction company in the Pazardzhik region of Southern Bulgaria.
HSF highlights tougher UK pension regulation
Tougher regulation takes hold as pension regulator steps up requests for information, warns Herbert Smith Freehills. Talking the legal talk
Microsoft signing up as first user is big boost for 'standard' legal language released last month by SALI. JPM and BD2P Advise on Groupe UP Partnership with Emergo Sport FitPass in Serbia
JPM has advised C.D Holding Internationale SAS, Groupe UP on its entrance into a partnership with the current owners of Serbian company Emergo Sport, which operates under the FitPass brand. Emergo Sport was advised by Bojovic Draskovic Popovic & Partners.
Dominik Geyer Makes Partner at BPV Huegel
Dominik Geyer has been promoted to Partner at bpv Huegel and will co-head its Real Estate division with Partner Michaela Pelinka.
SSW Pragmatic Solutions and DJP Advise on Unilink Group’s Acquisition of Consultia Insurance Agency
SSW Pragmatic Solutions has advised Unilink Group on the acquisition of the Consultia group. Warsaw's Doktor Jerszynski Pietras law firm advised Consultia on the deal.
ODI Advises Rey Airlines on Winding-Up of Macedonian Joint Venture
ODI has advised Turkish aircraft management and rental company Rey Airlines on the winding up of its Rey Airlines Europe LLC JV, which it established in partnership with a private individual in Skopje in 2016.
Alrud Advises VTB on Acquisition of Majority Stake in Russian Grain Trading Company
Alrud has advised Russia's state-owned VTB bank on the acquisition of more than 70% of shares in grain trading company Mirogroup Resources.