Charles Russell Speechlys has advised longstanding client AgDevCo, a specialist impact investor, on its equity investment in East African agri-business platform, Agris.
This equity investment involved AgDevCo acquiring a significant minority position in Agris, the agriculture division of Maris Ltd. The investment will help Agris to deploy innovative agribusiness practices, supporting the accelera…
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May 30, 2024
BLG is pleased to announce that Lisa Chamandy has been appointed their Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, a first for Canadian law firms.
After advancing various innovation initiatives across the firm as Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer for several years, Lisa will now be responsible for leading the strategy on AI at BLG, which includes making strategic recommendations on AI-related b…
May 28, 2024
Head Games
Defending the "Gray Areas" of Traumatic Brain Injury Claims
Date: June 5, 2024
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Cost: Complimentary
Program Description
Defending a traumatic brain injury case is never easy.
With the limitations of medical technology to detect mild or even moderate damage to the brain, litigation defense attorneys are challenged by an increasingly aggressive plaintiff’s bar focu…
May 28, 2024
Morrison Mahoney LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Grace V.B. Garcia has been elected Managing Partner of the firm.
As Managing Partner, Grace will be responsible for all firm operations across Morrison Mahoney’s 10 offices throughout the Northeast as she maintains her active practice. Grace brings a wealth of experience and a distinguished track record to this leadership role. She has serv…
May 24, 2024
Morgan & Morgan acted as local legal counsel to Carbon Streaming Corporation and Rubicon Capital LLC in relation to a Carbon Credit Stream Agreement by and between Azuero Reforestación Colectiva, S.A. (“ARC”), as Seller, and Microsoft Corporation, Rubicon Carbon Capital LLC, and Carbon Streaming Corporation, as Buyers.
ARC is a wholly owned subsidiary of project developer Ponterra Ltd. The Az…
May 22, 2024
Congratulations to Lisa Ramsay Cole and Jackie Dixon who were both named to Nashville Post’s In Charge legal leaders. The Nashville Post says it’s 2024 In Charge list represents those in Nashville to call on to make the city the best it can be.
Lisa Cole is a highly experienced and accomplished attorney with a strong focus on civil trial litigation in various areas of law. Her practice focuses o…
May 16, 2024
Phillips Murrah Director Cody J. Cooper recently received a 2024 Leadership in Law Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the legal profession and the community. The award, presented by The Journal Record and the Oklahoma County Bar Association (OCBA) at the annual Law Day luncheon, is a testament to Cody’s exemplary leadership and dedication.
“I’m deeply honored and humbled to recei…
May 8, 2024
GPK Pegger Kofler & Partners is very pleased to announce that their law firm has been ranked second in the category “Best law firms outside Vienna” and as the top law firm in Tyrol in this year’s ranking by the business magazine trend. This is the 16th time in a row that they have been ranked among the top 3 in this category.
More than 120 law firms throughout Austria took part in the ranki…
May 2, 2024
Plunkett Cooney partner Courtney L. Nichols was recently named by DBusiness magazine as one of the publication’s 30 in Their Thirties.
The 30 in Their Thirties program was created to recognize business leaders in their thirties who are moving their respective companies, industries and organizations forward in metro Detroit. The Class of 2024 honorees will be celebrated by DBusiness at a breakfast…
April 23, 2024
Hawkins Parnell & Young partners Matthew Barr and Carl Anderson, Jr. obtained summary judgment in favor of the corporate healthcare provider TransformHealthRx (THRX) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. This victory for Hawkins Parnell's client follows ten years of litigation.
The original lawsuit was a civil rights and tort action against the Effingham County Jail…