A new management team to deploy the “PwC Legal 2025” strategy: Catherine Baflast becomes managing partner as of October 1, 2021

At the end of her mandate at the head of PwC Legal, the time has come for Cindy Arces to hand over the reins to Catherine Baflast, who will become managing partner as of October 1, 2021. This succession and change in governance has been prepared for several months.

Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Galores Group in the sale of its cold storage business to Emergent LatAm.

Morgan & Morgan Legal advised the shareholders of the companies Galores Refrigerados S.A., Galores Logística S.A., and Avner Perry Investments, S.A. (the “Galores Group”), in connection with the sale of Galores Group to Emergent Cold Latin America (“Emergent LatAm”), Latin America’s newest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider.

Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Avianca Holdings, S.A. and its subsidiaries, in connection with a US$ 1.5 billion DIP-to-exit facility which would secure the company’s exit financing from its Chapter 11 reorganization proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Morgan & Morgan Legal acted as Panamanian counsel to Avianca Holdings, S.A., as Debtor; and certain of its subsidiaries, as Guarantors, in connection with a DIP-to-exit facility used to repay Tranche A of US$ approximately 1,430,000,000.00, under a certain debtor-in-possession agreement executed on October, 2020, and its replacement with a new Tranche A-1 for US$ 1,050,000,000.00 and Tranche A-2 …

Radu și Asociații SPRL becomes Băncilă, Diaconu și Asociații SPRL

Radu și Asociații SPRL, member firm of EY Romania, becomes Băncilă, Diaconu și Asociații SPRL, taking over the names of the partners Emanuel Băncilă and Radu Diaconu.

Link Legal advised Classklap Private Limited in its acquisition by Proficiency Learning Solutions Private Limited (“Eupheus”)

Link Legal advised and assisted Classklap Private Limited (“Classklap”) and its promoters in its acquisition by Proficiency Learning Solutions Private Limited (brand name “Eupheus”).

HEUSSEN: ABG Capital advised on the purchase of an office building

ABG Capital, newly founded investment manager of the ABG Real Estate Group, has acquired a multi-story office building in Munich’s Sonnenstraße from Patrizia AG together with pension funds. The investors are planning a comprehensive modernization of the main building called “Franz” as well as the construction of an additional new building in the inner courtyard. …

HEUSSEN: ABG Capital bei Kauf eines Bürogebäudes in München begleitet

ABG Capital, neu gegründeter Investmentmanager der ABG Real Estate Group, hat zusammen mit Versorgungswerken ein mehrstöckiges Bürogebäude in der Münchener Sonnenstraße von der Patrizia AG erworben. Die Investoren planen eine umfassende Modernisierung des „Franz“ genannten Hauptgebäudes sowie die Errichtung eines zusätzlichen Neubaus im Innenhof. Das Gesamtinvestitionsvolumen liegt bei rund 70 Mio. EUR, der Kaufpreis bei …

Schoenherr advises P&I on the acquisition of 100 % of shares in VRZ

Schoenherr advised P&I Personal & Informatik GmbH on the acquisition of 100 % of the shares in VRZ Informatik Gesellschaft mbH (Dornbirn) and its sister company ThinkCreateAct AG (Switzerland). The transaction is currently subject to the condition precedent of regulatory clearance. With the acquisition of the VRZ Group, P&I AG is expanding its presence in Austria …

The court case of the Canadian investor TIU Canada may set a dangerous precedent in Ukraine: GOLAW attorneys’ point of view

GOLAW attorneys Kateryna Manoylenko and Kateryna Tsvetkova presented a full overview of the current state of affairs between TIU Canada and the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant during a press conference held at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on the 15TH of September.