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Becker Glynn is proud to announce that David Tobon has joined the Firm as a partner, along with Justin Marques and Lea Udler as associates, and Aline Klaus Recktenwald as a foreign associate. Originally from Colombia, and fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, David has a vibrant private client and international tax planning practice that focuses on Latin America and Brazil, in particular.

With many in Europe watching the New York trial of Harvey Weinstein, ARD German Radio & TV, the largest public broadcasting network in Europe, reached out to Zeb Landsman for some insight about juries.  Over the course of the interview, Mr. Landsman provided the German audience with information about the U.S. jury system and the process of jury deliberations under U.S. law.

Susanne von Türk co-authored the annual report on the US labor market and employment law, entitled “Lohn-und-Lohnnebenkosten - USA.”  The report is published by Germany Trade & Invest  (generally known as GTAI),  the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Alec P. Ostrow has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the law industry.

The September 2019 issue of the IPBA Journal published the attached article called “Foreign Securities Brokers Doing Business in the United States” by Kenneth J. Stuart.

On October 16, 2019, Zeb Landsman will moderate a panel focused on “What Keeps In-House Lawyers up at Night” with in-house lawyers from Molson Coors, Duke Energy Corp., Ernst & Young LLP, and Holcim (US) Inc. The panel is part of Northwestern Law School’s prestigious Contemporary Issues in Complex Litigation.

Becker Glynn hosted a breakfast briefing organized by the American Council on Germany with the Mayor of the City of Dortmund, Ullrich Sierau. The Mayor spoke on the topic of “Structural Change and Rising Populism: How Cities Manage These Trends.”

The Firm serves as litigation counsel to AcBel Polytech, Inc., a Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer, in its federal lawsuit against Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.  The case involves allegedly defective voltage regulators sold to AcBel by Fairchild’s Asian subsidiaries. 

The Firm has continued to serve over the past year as counsel to International Finance Corporation (IFC) in connection with IFC’s programs to mobilize additional funds via the sale of unfunded risk participations in IFC’s loans made with IFC’s own funds (“A Loans”)…

Kenneth Stuart was co-moderator and one of the six panelists in a program on Crowdfunding and Initial Coin Offerings at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association on April 25, 2019 in Singapore.

The Firm served as international transaction counsel to International Finance Corporation (IFC) in connection with a loan for up to $450 million to Telecom Argentina, one of the leading telecommunications companies in Argentina.

The Firm served as counsel to LimaCorporate SpA, a leading manufacturer of orthopedic implants, in the Lima group’s establishment of a 3D printing manufacturing facility on the campus of the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York.

Patrick O’Brien and Matias Sueldo represented DEG and PROPARCO, two of our European Development Finance Institution clients, in a $70,000,000 financing of Produbanco in Ecuador. Produbanco is the 3rd largest player in Ecuador’s banking sector, and a member of the Promerica banking group (based in Panama and present in 9 Latin American countries).

Patrick O’Brien and Andres Sardi Garcia represented International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) in connection with a $100 million secured credit facility to San Miguel, the largest citrus exporter in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the most important fruit exporters of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Firm represented the Dutch Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., one of the world’s largest dairy companies, in connection with its acquisition of Jana Foods, LLC and its affiliates.

The Firm served as counsel to LimaCorporate SpA, a leading manufacturer of orthopaedic implants, in its recent strategic milestone-based acquisition of Tennessee-based TechMah Medical LLC, a medical device software company. The transaction closed on September 5, 2018.

Becker Glynn’s litigation team completed a two-week bench trial before Judge Denise J. Casper in the federal district court in Boston.

Patrick O’Brien and Andres Sardi Garcia represented Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) in connection with a partial credit guarantee for up to MXN250 million to Vinte Viviendas Intregrales S.A.B. of C.V. (Vinte) for a corporate bond issuance.

The Firm, acting as U.S. counsel, represented the Possehl Group, based in Lübeck, Germany, in connection with a transaction to combine its manroland web systems business with the business of Goss International, owned by American Industrial Partners, a private equity firm based in New York.

The Firm’s client, a Delaware LLC, owns Brazilian telecommunications assets. When a member of the Delaware LLC defaulted on its funding obligations, the Firm filed an action for breach. The defendant raised a host of defenses and sought dismissal of the action.