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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Morrison & Foerster Adds Partners Across its Three China Offices; Continues Strengthening Local Corporate and Finance Practices

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Ke Huang, Ruomu Li, and Lucy (Qiong) Lu have joined the firm as partners. Mr. Huang joins Morrison & Foerster's Hong Kong office in its Capital Markets practice. Mses. Li and Lu both join the firm's Corporate practice, and are based in the Shanghai and Beijing offices, respectively. Between them, Mr. Huang, Ms. Li, and Ms. Lu bring to Morrison & Foerster a wealth of combined experience across Hong Kong and U.S. capital markets, and People's Republic of China (PRC) corporate and Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) transactions.

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"I am delighted that we have added these three talented lawyers to our team in China," said Eric Piesner, Morrison & Foerster's Asia managing partner. "Ke, Ruomu, and Lucy all bring to the firm strong U.S. and China legal experience advising clients in the technology and life sciences sectors, which aligns with our clients' inbound and outbound investments and capital raising needs in the region. Their arrivals underscore the firm's commitment to China, where we have been operating since 1983."

Ke Huang Grows the Firm's China Capital Markets Practice

Mr. Huang's Hong Kong-based practice spans capital markets transactions, including Hong Kong IPOs, U.S. IPOs, and debt capital markets matters. He advises equity capital market clients across a variety of sectors such as biotech, healthcare, and technology. Mr. Huang's debt capital markets experience includes investment-grade offerings, high-yield offerings, perpetual securities, liability management, convertible bonds, exchangeable bonds, RMB bonds, and AT1 preference shares, among others. He has advised issuers from the PRC, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia, with an increasing focus on investment-grade offerings from the PRC in recent years.

"Hong Kong continues to be one of the leading global financial centers and a buoyant IPO market," said Timothy Blakely, managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's Hong Kong office. "Ke's broad capital markets experience across both equity and debt will strengthen both our local capital markets and corporate practices, and will help us continue to meet our clients' needs in these key areas."

Ruomu Li and Lucy Lu Expand the Firm's China Corporate Practice

Qualified in California and New York, Ms. Li started her career in Silicon Valley before she moved to Asia. Her Shanghai-based practice covers mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, private equity transactions, and venture capital investments with a focus on the technology and life sciences sectors. She typically represents strategic and financial investors, and public and private companies, in mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, and joint venture transactions in both the U.S. and China. Ms. Li also advises investors and early-stage and late-stage private companies in equity and debt investments, restructurings, exit transactions, and other general corporate matters.

Ms. Lu's Beijing-based practice focuses on a broad range of PRC-related corporate matters, including M&A, foreign direct investment, private equity, corporate restructuring, and general corporate matters. She also has extensive experience in PRC real estate, regulatory, and employment issues. Qualified in New York and Hong Kong, and having passed the PRC bar, Ms. Lu typically represents multinational corporations and financial institutions on their entering into the Chinese market. In recent years, Ms. Lu also has represented a number of Chinese companies on their overseas investments and acquisitions.

"We are seeing greater demand for support from our Chinese clients as they become more active overseas, investing in companies, acquiring technologies, and interacting with government regulators in the U.S. and elsewhere," added Paul McKenzie, managing partner of the firm's Beijing and Shanghai offices. "We are also seeing major growth in demand from private equity and VC clients, both on inbound and outbound transactions involving China. Adding Ruomu and Lucy to our China offices is an important step as we continue to enhance our corporate offering in mainland China to both Chinese and international clients."

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MOFO IN CHINA
Morrison & Foerster was among the first U.S. law firms to establish an office in each of China's major business centers: Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Having advised on major matters in greater China for 36 years, the firm has more than 50 multilingual attorneys in the region. MoFo is ranked in Tier 1 for TMT in leading independent directories such as Chambers Asia Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Further, the firm is recognized by Chambers Asia Pacific 2019 as an Elite Firm for Corporate/M&A among international firms in China. Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters) ranked MoFo as the #1 international law firm for any Chinese involvement M&A deal-by-deal value in both Q1 2018 and Q1 2019. Bloomberg ranked the firm as the #1 M&A firm by deal volume and market share for any Asia Pacific involvement in Q1 2018. MoFo was also named 2018 "Deal Firm of the Year" at ALB's Hong Kong Law Awards, and was recognized as advisor to the 2018 "Private Equity Deal of the Year" by China Law & Practice Awards, as well as the 2018 "M&A Deal of the Year for North Asia and South Asia" by The Asian Lawyer.

ABOUT MOFO
We are Morrison & Foerster — a global firm of exceptional credentials. Our clients include some of the largest financial institutions, investment banks, and Fortune 100, technology, and life sciences companies. The Financial Times has named the firm to its list of most innovative law firms in North America every year that it has published its Innovative Lawyers Reports in the region; the most recent edition of the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Report also recognizes the firm in its list of most innovative international law firms. In the past few years, Chambers USA has honored MoFo's Privacy and Data Security, Bankruptcy, and IP teams with Firm of the Year awards, the Corporate/M&A team with a client service award, and the firm as a whole as Global USA Firm of the Year. Our lawyers are committed to achieving innovative and business-minded results for our clients, while preserving the differences that make us stronger. The firm also has a long history of commitment to the community through providing pro bono legal services, including litigating for civil rights and civil liberties, improving public education for poor children, advocating for veterans, promoting international human rights, winning asylum for the persecuted, and safeguarding the environment.

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Zephyr Introduces Industry-First, Black Stainless Steel Presrv™ Wine and Beverage Coolers

Zephyr, the first ventilation manufacturer to bring Black Stainless Steel kitchen range hoods to the luxury appliance category, today introduced a new line of Presrv™ Wine and Beverage Coolers in the sleek Black Stainless Steel finish.

For anyone who loves their reds and whites equally, the Black Stainless Steel Dual Zone Wine Cooler combines modern design with sophisticated wine cooling. The large capacity unit includes two distinct temperature zones with PreciseTemp™ temperature control and Active Cooling Technology. Full-bodied reds can be stored alongside crisp, refreshing whites, and all 44 bottles will remain at an ideal drinking temperature. An alternative to stainless, the titanium-coated Black Stainless Steel Presrv cooler sets the mood with three color LED lighting and features electronic capacitive touch controls. Be alert to read related news.

The Black Stainless Steel Beverage Cooler adds a sophisticated design to the home bar, office, or walk-in closet. The cooler dips down to a frigid 34-degrees Fahrenheit, the ideal temperature for storing beer, soda, and other beverages that taste best at their frostiest. Featuring one full extension wood rack and two slide-out gray glass shelves, the Black Stainless Beverage Cooler ensures cold drinks are always on-hand. Read news here.

"We continue to see designers and homeowners gravitate toward mixed metallics in the kitchen and throughout the home," says Sarah Wahl, Director of Marketing. According to a recent Houzz study, black stainless steel now appears in 1 out of every 10 upgraded kitchens and many homeowners are mixing metal finishes in hardware, appliances and fixtures. "We had such a great response to our black stainless steel kitchen hoods that it was a natural extension for us to offer the new Presrv coolers in this timeless finish."

Both products are made with a Solid Titanium finish that is transported on the stainless steel through a Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) process, which makes the black stainless steel more durable and uniform. The Dual Zone Wine and Beverage Coolers are 24-inches, feature a door-open alarm, and Dual-pane Low-e Argon-filled glass. Read this for more information.

About Zephyr Zephyr has transformed the ventilation industry with design, discovery and care, and played an integral role in kitchen design trends. Zephyr continues its commitment to unexpected design with specialty kitchen appliances with the recent introduction of Presrv™ - its first collection of Wine and Beverage Coolers. For more information, visit zephyronline.com.

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CATMEDIA Does it Again: Winner of Atlanta's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For

CATMEDIA has won Atlanta's Best and Brightest Companies to Work for its fourth consecutive year! More info here.

The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For competition honors organizations that are committed to creating an excellent workplace environment through their human resource practices and employee enrichment. CATMEDIA has been on the prestigious list since 2016 and has also been named one of the National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.

Each nominee for Best and Brightest undergoes an evaluation based on categories such as communication, work-life balance, employee education, diversity, recognition, retention, and more. The nominated companies then receive an overall assessment report that summarizes how they stack up against the other participating organizations. The assessment displays scores in the three highest and lowest areas, providing each company with possible opportunities for improvement. Continue reading.

Other notable Best and Brightest winners include Panasonic Automotive, T-Mobile and Turner. For more information on this year's winners, click here.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The 10 Best Software Development Countries To Outsource To, According To A New Report From Top Software Development Companies

At least 43 percent of United States-based companies outsource software development projects to experts around the world.

However, each software outsourcing region provides different expertise, pricing structures, and pros and cons. So, how can businesses choose the best software development outsourcing company for their brand needs?

Top Software Development Companies – a B2B website that ranks the leading software development firms by location, expertise, cost and more – determined the top 10 software development countries to outsource projects to in 2019.

Each country was chosen based on its average cost, general skill sets, historically proven expertise, and more.

The top 10 software development outsourcing countries, in alphabetical order, are:

1. China
China's outsourcing market grows 30 percent year-over-year. Software developers in the region are particularly known for development projects in Python, Shell, functional programming, and more.

2. Hungary
Hungary is the fifth best country to outsource to in order to find the best software developers. Their leading software development solutions include building databases, and writing code in Shell, C++ and JAVA.

3. India
What's more? India has the highest number of software developers in the world and is the second-largest English-speaking country in the world. This enables brands to have better collaboration throughout software development projects.

4. The Philippines
The Philippines has over 112,000 IT and engineering graduates each year and has a literacy rate of over 95 percent. This means that software companies here will likely have an easier time seamlessly working with international brands.

5. Poland
Poland belongs to the World Trade Organization, the European Union, the UN, NATO, the Paris Convention, the Berne Convention, the Hague Agreement, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Madrid Protocol, meaning they can safely house and transfer sensitive data that software projects often require. Read this here.

6. Russia
Russia has 3500 engineers for every one million people. Their leading software development projects include software solutions written in JAVA, C++ and SQL.

7. South Korea
South Korea houses many large-scale tech companies, such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Hyundai Motor Company. Software development projects are also more than 50 percent of the country's outsourcing market.

8. Taiwan
Taiwan was one of the first countries that North American professionals outsourced to. Some of their leading software development solutions are algorithms, data structures, functional programming and databases.

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9. Ukraine
Eastern Europe has over one million software developers, with 42 percent being based in Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine's leading software projects include security and distributed systems, although there are experts across all areas. Read this for more information.

10. Vietnam
Vietnam has a historically strong tech industry. In addition, software developers in the area also incorporate emerging technology such as artificial intelligence and AR/VR.

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"Many brands don't have the expertise or manpower to execute large software development projects themselves – which is why they need to outsource them to developers who can handle them," says Gabriel Shaoolian, Founder and CEO of Top Software Development Companies. "However, it can be comforting to remember that there's a whole wide world filled with qualified software developers to choose from. With the help of the Internet, brands can partner with a top-rated software development firm from anywhere on the planet without sacrificing quality."

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Plus, Top Software Development Companies ranks the best local and global software developers. Brands can explore the top software development companies from around the world that suit their business needs at: softwaredevelopmentcompany.co

About Top Software Development Companies: Top Software Development Companies ranks top-rated software development agencies based on local and global location, average hourly rate, experience, expertise and more.

Brands can find software developers who can grow their brand in areas such as Custom Software Development, Software Development Outsourcing, Enterprise Software Development, eCommerce Software Development, and more.

25th Annual Communicator Awards Honor Six mStoner Clients

The 25th annual Communicator Awards honors six of mStoner's clients with three Awards of Excellence and three Awards of Distinction.

With thousands of entries received from across the United States and around the world, the Communicator Awards is one of the largest and most competitive awards programs honoring creative excellence by communications professionals.

University of North Dakota, Park University, and Touro College & University System received top marks and the highest honor, the Communicator Award of Excellence, in the School/University category.

Park's new site increased inquiries by 17% an d applications from the website by 13%. "Now we have a seamless way for people to identify what type of student they are, get quickly off of our homepage and into the funnel, and then get the information they need that's relevant just to them. The user experience is really thought out and more individualized," said Aimee Patton, director of marketing, Park University.

With a new content strategy and an improved user experience on academic program pages, UND's site is also significantly impacting recruitment. "The new site generates leads at 5x the rate of the old site!" says Tera Buckley, assistant director of marketing and creative services at UND. "We tried very hard to differentiate each program, to give a prospective student a reason to want more information about it."

Three Communicator Awards of Distinction were given to sites for Texas Woman's University Library, Carleton College Admissions, and Medill at Northwestern University.

About mStoner
mStoner, Inc. is a digital-first creative agency committed to great work, beautiful design, and powerful storytelling. We craft powerful, tailored, human-centric experiences to illuminate your brand and allow you to tell the story only you can tell. We connect you with the right audience at the right time so you can form right-fit relationships. We position your team for improved productivity, sustainable growth, internal alignment, and proof-positive success. And we aim to make your job fun again and help you create inspired work that you are proud to show off. Since 2001, we've worked with more than 350 colleges, universities, and professional schools in the U.S. and abroad. For much more, visit our website at mStoner.com.

Blue Label Labs Develops and Launches Hyer Mobile App

Blue Label Labs, one of the largest and most distinguished application developers in the US, today announced the completion and launch of its new Hyer mobile app, built to connect vetted individuals and experienced professionals to independent work.

A recent study estimates that by next year, 40 percent of American workers will be independent contractors. The Hyer app serves this changing economic landscape and provides organizations and individuals with a unified, secure, and easy way to search for, book and manage independent work. Users can introduce themselves, build a following, or get to know the people they'd like to hire, and Hyer's detailed profiles help showcase what makes people and businesses unique. The app aims to connect people to opportunities and businesses to resources, while elevating relationships, driving quality interactions, and supporting the communities in which they serve.

"Our approach with every client is to gain a deep understanding of their goals and vision for their app, and then build a product with a focus on usability that turns their vision into successful reality," said Bobby Gill, CEO & Co-Founder, Blue Label Labs. "Today's work environment is changing, and Hyer looked to us to use our unique, collaborative design process to quickly and efficiently create an app that responds to the needs of businesses and individuals in this evolving economy."

The privacy and safety of every user and business are paramount to Hyer. To that end, the secure network offers a community of fully-vetted, background-checked individuals, and eliminates the need for multiple apps, experiences and platforms, streamlining management of on-demand labor. Additionally, Payments are safe, secure and all transacted within the Hyer app.

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"By connecting those looking for work with those looking to increase their on-demand labor pool, the Hyer app fulfills a rapidly growing need as the labor dynamics in the U.S are dramatically shifting," said Dave Dempsey, Founder & CEO, Frictionless Enterprises. "Blue Label Labs helped us to design an app that streamlines the deployment of this on-demand labor force. It simply and effectively helped us to achieve our business goals and to transform the way businesses and people find the help they need."

Hyer is free to install and browse for the iOS platform whether you're an individual looking to earn money, or a business looking to scale your labor pool. The app can be downloaded here.

About Blue Label Labs: Blue Label Labs is one of the largest and most distinguished application developers in the US, providing design, development and marketing services to clients ranging from early-stage entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. With more than 250 digital products developed to date, spanning technologies that include mobile, tablet, smartwatch, TV, augmented reality, virtual reality, IoT and web design, Blue Label Labs' diverse and experienced 64-member team is the industry leader in building successful products across a wide range of platforms. Headquartered in New York City, and with offices in San Francisco and Seattle, Blue Label Labs is one of the fastest growing design and development agencies in the country. Visit http://www.bluelabellabs.com for more information.

1 Hour Photo app from MailPix now prints to 20,000 convenient retail locations

MailPix, the photo-printing, canvas and gifting site, announced the popular 1 Hour Photo photo-printing app for iOS and Android now connects to 20,000 retail locations, including CVS, Walmart, Target, Walgreens and Duane Reade. Consumers can print 4x6, 5x7, 8x10 prints, photo panels, photo magnets and 4x8 greeting cards for pick up within an hour.

"MailPix is at the forefront of mobile photo printing with this easy to use app," says Fred H. Lerner, CEO, MailPix. "Parents appreciate the ease-of-use and convenience of 1 Hour Photo. No credit card is needed, just pay when you pick up in the store." Click here.

Download the app here. 1 Hour Photo is available for iOS and for Android. Be alert to the latest news.

ABOUT MAILPIX.COM
MailPix.com is the pre-eminent site for printing photos instantly at thousands of retailers from phone app or PC and also offers convenient mail-to-home. MailPix preserves photo memories as photo books, canvas, prints, cards, enlargements and other photo gift products. The service is seamlessly integrated to print photos from any phone, device or computer. MailPix offices are located in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Fred H. Lerner is the founder and CEO of MailPix, his latest startup. He previously founded Ritz Interactive, which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com and others. Fred also founded two imaging companies which were acquired by Kodak and became the CEO of Kodak Processing Labs. He is a United Nations' Hall of Fame recipient from the International Photographic Council and Past President of the Photo Marketing Association International.

Peter Tahmin, co-founder and COO of MailPix, was the former vice president at Ritz Camera & Image and co-founder, senior vice president and COO of the Ritz Interactive e-commerce network, which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com, BoatersWorld.com and others. He brings more than 25 years of e-commerce experience and a lifetime of imaging industry experience to MailPix. Click here to read the latest news.