Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Lotus Bakeries has acquired Kiddylicious. The transaction closed on 26 July 2018.   Lotus Bakeries is a snacks and biscuits business with worldwide presence through the Lotus, Lotus Biscoff, Lotus Dinosaurus, Lotus Suzy, Peijnenburg, Snelle Jelle, Annas, Nākd, TREK, BEAR, and Urban Fruit brands. By maintaining a healthy balance between tradition and innovation, the Lotus brand indulges consumers with a unique range of high-quality, tasty products. Under the Nākd, TREK, BEAR, and Urban Fruit brands,...

VULCAN VIEW - KEY EVENTS THIS WEEK: BREXIT EU appears to soften stance as London calls upon fellow European capitals to intervene Fears that a no-deal Brexit will materialise has led to Brussels signalling some willingness to be more flexible about certain elements on the Brexit negotiations, in particular the tricky issue of the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland. As the EU’s proposed solution for a common regulatory area for goods and customs with the rest of the bloc has been...

By Len Adams | ACG Resources  On August 2, 2002, after 30 years of working for another firm in the search and staffing industry (and 26 years of my wife trying to convince me to open my own firm) , I established ACG Resources/Adams Consulting Group, LLC. I was like a deer in the headlights, with no idea of what was to come. Although I had over 30 years of experience in the Search, Recruiting and Staffing Industry at the time, it...

By Andrew C. Collins | Bannockburn Global Forex, LLC The USD was mixed through July seeing little net change against most of the majors in generally quiet summer trading. However, the USD continued to make ground against the CNY while falling back against the MXN. The trade war between the US and China has continued and is the main factor behind the weakness of the CNY, but trade tensions elsewhere have calmed somewhat, with the latest meeting between Trump and EU...

INEDITENEPTUNE, an InKemia business group company, from Spain, contracted with aicep Global Parques setting up a biorefinery to produce Class A Advanced Biodiesel at ZILS. In recent years InKemia has developed a new biofuel (S-50) with characteristics similar to those of diesel and biodiesel. The S-50 has crude glycerin as one of its main raw materials. The S-50 has been totally developed within the European Union and thoroughly tested, both in laboratory environment and in engines. The company selected Portugal – ZILS, adjacent...

Design Group Italia is happy to announce that Blue Lagoon Iceland celebrates the completion of a significant expansion with the opening of the Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland. Featuring the subterranean Retreat Spa, geothermal Retreat Lagoon, 62-suite Retreat Hotel, and Moss Restaurant, the Retreat is a place where guests can leave the world behind and enter a timeless realm of relaxation, rejuvenation, and exploration. We designed the experience, interiors (with the collaboration of Basalt Architects), and took care of the overall design strategy, style...

By Hannes Abraham | Tanguy de Haan | Charles Gielen | Vincent Wellens  In its recent Nestlé v Mondelez decision (C-84/17P, C-85/17P and C-95/17P), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that the acquisition of distinctive character by non-traditional EU trade marks (EUTM) should be established for the entire European Union not just a substantial part thereof. In 2007, Mondelez, which wanted to use the same shape for chocolate bars, filed an application with EUIPO seeking a declaration of invalidity. According to Mondelez, the shape of the...

By Vincent Wellens  | Carmen Schellekens |NautaDutilh  On 26 July 2018, during its last public session of the legislature, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted the Luxembourg bill implementing and complementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR (Regulation No 2016/679) (click here for our comments on the initial version of the bill). Since the GDPR is a European regulation, its provisions have been directly applicable in Luxembourg since 25 May 2018, the date of applicability of the GDPR. However, the Member States were left a...