Dentons advises Ciner Glass Belgium NV on €504 million project financing

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Dentons has advised Premier Foods plc (“Premier Foods”), one of the UK’s largest food producers, on its acquisition of Merchant Gourmet, a premium, healthy and convenient meals brand, for an enterprise value of £48 million on a cash and debt-free basis. Corporate, Tax, Employment and Labor, Corporate in the United Kingdom, Mergers and Acquisitions, Food and Beverage, Industrial Production, London

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11 Dentons Rodyk partners have been recognised as National Leaders in the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) Southeast Asia National Guide 2025. ASEAN, Singapore, Asia Pacific

Dentons Rodyk Senior Partners Christopher Chong and Lawrence Teh have been recognised as Global Leaders in the Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) Global Guide 2025, ranking among the world’s elite lawyers. ASEAN, Singapore, Asia Pacific

Global law firm Dentons has advised DRI, the EU renewables arm of DTEK, on a €60 million loan from UniCredit and Garanti BBVA for the construction and operation of a 126MWp solar park in Vacaresti, Romania. Banking and Finance, Energy, Renewables

Latin America and the Caribbean: Dentons, the world's largest global law firm, has achieved 172 total rankings in the latest Chambers Latin America guide, an 10% increase from 2025. Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Competition and Antitrust, Corporate, Employment and Labor, Energy Practice, Environment and Natural Resources, Intellectual Property and Technology, Life Sciences Practice, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Development, Public Law, Real Estate, Tax, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Latin America and the Caribbean, Bolivia, Santiago, Colombia, Costa Rica, San Salvador, Guatemala City, Tegucigalpa, Mexico, Ecuador

Dentons has been awarded Silver in the Microsoft 365 solutions and adoption category of the global Step Two Intranet and Digital Workplace Awards, recognising the firm’s innovative document management solution, Springboard. This feature-rich platform streamlines the creation and management of precedents, client documents, and company policies. Recognition, Australia, Australasia, Asia Pacific

Global law firm Dentons has advised the Otto Group on its successful placement of a €240 million promissory note. Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Capital Markets in Germany, Europe, Germany, Frankfurt

Jury awards nearly $60M to former police officer for wrongful prosecution in sex assault case

Dentons is pleased to announce the closing of an Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) for C1 Fund Inc. Dentons Venture Technology, Capital Markets and Fund Compliance teams advised C1 Fund on its registration and IPO on the NYSE closing on August 8, 2025, and also advised C1 Advisors LLC, an affiliate of the Fund that will serve as investment adviser to the Fund, in connection with its registration with the SEC. Capital Markets, Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies, Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies in the United States, Corporate, Corporate in the United States, IPOs and Public Offerings, Investment Funds and Income Trusts, Exits: Technology IPOs and M&A, Blockchain, Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency, New York, Miami, Washington, DC

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A federal appellate court has ruled that a New York cannabis licensing rule favoring in-state residents is unconstitutional, because it discriminates against applicants residing out-of-state. We have been tracking this case for the past couple of years — see our prior posts here and here. This decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals is the first to apply the Dormant Commerce Clause to adult use cannabis — and, in combination with an earlier decision involving Maine’s medical cannabis program, suggests a trend toward rejection of all protectionist state cannabis laws despite the federal illegality of marijuana sales and use. The decision was a long time coming: we speculated as far back as 2015 on this blog that the Dormant Commerce Clause could be used to upend residency requirements for state cannabis programs. Here, the Second Circuit decided that one of New York State’s cannabis dispensary application pools could be challenged under the U.S.…

The dormant Commerce Clause may be the least interesting strand of constitutional law. But every few years, a case arises in the Second Circuit that invokes that provision. This time, we are dealing with New York State's mechanism for issuing licenses to sell legal marijuana. The state's procedure is stricken under the dormant Commerce Clause.The case is Variscite NY Four v. New York State Cannabis Control Board, issued on August 12. When New York legalized marijuana, it adopted a method for issuing licenses to sell it. If you want a dispensary license, you stand a better chance if you or a close relative was convicted for a marijuana-related offense under New York law. The state argues this provision is merely restorative justice, not a constitutional violation nor economic protectionism, which would violate the Commerce Clause. The Second Circuit disagrees, granting the plaintiff organization a preliminary injunction against the state enforcing this provision.The…

At McKennon Law, we frequently see insurers improperly deny claims under accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) policies, especially when toxicology results or policy exclusions are involved. Fortunately, ERISA provides policyholders with powerful appeal rights when these denials are unfounded. In a recent success story, our firm secured full payment of a $680,000 AD&D benefit from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) after an initial denial—without having to file a lawsuit. Background: Denial Based on Intoxication Exclusion Our client filed a claim for AD&D benefits after the tragic death of a loved one who was covered under a group policy issued by MetLife. The cause of death was complications of multiple drug toxicity involving prescribed medications, including amphetamine and benzodiazepines. However, MetLife denied the claim based on the policy’s intoxication exclusion, alleging that the presence of cocaine in the decedent’s system…

David Kluft with another find: “If a judge is given an advisory opinion telling him to recuse, can he pretend there was no opinion and stay on the case?” — “A NY judge running for reelection was assigned a case being litigated by a member of his campaign committee, whose firm was holding fundraisers for the judge.” “Opposing counsel asked that the judge recuse. The judge contacted the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, and the Committee issued an opinion telling him he was disqualified.” “The judge concealed the opinion and stayed on the case through the election. After he was re-elected, he revealed the opinion to the parties and declined to recuse anyway.” “Opposing counsel appealed and, of course, the Appellate Division reversed and remanded the case to a new judge. Public censure from the Commission on Judicial Conduct.” Ruling: here. Actually, it’s a Double Kluft day, as he’s spotting all the…