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North America Legal Chronicle

HP Inc.’s Win A Patent Litigation

July 16, 2019 Ambrogio Visconti

Weil earned a complete summary judgment victory for HP Inc. and its customers in the sprawling multi-district patent litigation, In Re: Industrial Print Technologies, commenced by a plaintiff holding company controlled by mega-patent enforcer Acacia Research Group, Inc. The court ruled that two of the component cases in the MDL are “exceptional cases,” and thus […]

Europe Legal Chronicle

OMV Aktiengesellschaft’s €1 Billion Bonds Offering

July 16, 2019 Paolo Bossi

White & Case advised the Joint Lead Managers Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Erste Group Bank AG, Raiffeisen Bank International AG and UniCredit Bank Austria AG on OMV Aktiengesellschaft’s €1 billion bond offering The bonds have been issued in two tranches. The first tranche has a principal amount of €500 million, a six-year term and […]

Asia & Pacific Legal Chronicle

Canva’s Acquisition of Pexels

July 16, 2019 Michael Patrini

Allens and Linklaters advised Canva Pty Ltd (Canva) on its acquisition of leading stock photography company, Pexels GmbH (Pexels). Based in Germany, Pexels is one of the world’s largest free stock content websites, receiving more than 9 million visits per month. Canva Pty Ltd designs and develops application software. The Company offers an online graphic […]

Latin America Legal Chronicle

Unicred Cheques Serie VII’s $4.31 Million Notes Offering

July 16, 2019 Ambrogio Visconti.

Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal advised on the deal Unicred Cheques Serie VII financial trust executed its offering of $4.31 million notes on Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. Cooperativa de Crédito y Vivienda Unicred Limitada acted as settlor; TMF Trust Company (Argentina) SA acted as trustee; AdCap Securities Argentina SA acted as led manager and placing agent […]

Africa Legal Chronicle

HeidelbergCement’s Sale Of A Minority Stake In Ciments Du Maroc

March 8, 2019 Andrea Canobbio

Clifford Chance advised HeidelbergCement, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials, in connection with the sale of a minority stake in the share capital of Ciments du Maroc. HeidelbergCement sold 7.8% of the share capital of Ciments du Maroc for an aggregate amount of approximately €140 million, as part of its action […]

Middle East Legal Chronicle

Baikal Mining Company’s Agreement With Outotec

June 26, 2019 Michael Patrini.

Clifford Chance advised Baikal Mining Company on the execution of an equipment supply agreement with Outotec. The contract value was approximately EUR250 million. The Udokan copper deposit is the third largest copper deposit in the world (and the largest in Russia), with resources of more than 26 million tons of copper. The new metallurgical plant […]

Towards a tech-driven Cold War

June 18, 2019

There might, hypothetically, be a clear winner of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”. AI systems and 5G technology are surely the revolution’s two key enablers, and the first mover – the first to successfully implement these systems on a large and sophisticated scale – will certainly gain a competitive advantage over others. This is not, however, […]

Record-breaking year for Tour de Law

Private equity is still growing, although the euphoria of 2014 has died down somewhat

On the path of the bond market: is there a bear, a bull…or what else at the end of the road?

Ten years in prison for smashing a window? Hong Kong’s judges may decide.

July 8, 2019

The recent outbreak of serious disorder in Hong Kong has given way to an uneasy calm. Following an ostensibly bizarre decision by local police to withdraw and allow hundreds of protestors to occupy and then vandalise the Legislative Council (LegCo), the building has been sealed off as forensics teams gather evidence, including fingerprints on discarded […]

Albania’s €110m Molotov cocktail

Fallen Angels – FBME investigators found to have breached confidentiality

Hong Kong: is the rule of law set to end?

Where can you find the best justice system?

Daylight Bank Robbery

July 10, 2019

Imagine if you ran a small engineering company and decided to open an account with a bank which you used for several years in ordinary commercial business, only to find that its operations were then terminated. Not only that, but your account was frozen as the bank in question was accused by the US government […]