LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Michael Guilday joins Linklaters in Hong Kong this week as Counsel and Head of the firm’s Investment Management practice in Asia. Michael takes over the role from Graham Turl who left the firm recently to join funds management group, Blackrock, in Hong Kong. Michael joins Linklaters from Allens […]
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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Latham & Watkins advised Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited (FREP), a joint venture among Sinopec, Fujian Province, and subsidiaries of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and Exxon Mobil*, on China’s first integrated refining and petrochemical project with foreign participation. The debt facilities for FREP are arranged
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – As the second video from Osama bin Laden is aired, America plans for the commemoration of the attack the terror leader orchestrated upon the country. Among those gathered in New York are presidential contenders Rudolph Giuliani, mayor of New York at the time of the attacks, and Hillary Clinton.
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A new video featuring an introduction from al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden appeared on the Internet on Tuesday, CNN reported. In the tape a voice identified as bin Laden’s praises 9/11 Saudi Arabia’s hijacker Waleed al-Shehri, who was on board of the plane that crashed into World Trade Center’s
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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Clyde & Co, a leading international law firm in the Middle East, has again been ranked first amongst recommended law firms in the United Arab Emirates, according to a survey conducted by the influential PLC Which Lawyer? online legal directory. This recognition is in addition to a number
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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Clyde & Co have advised on the syndicated financing of the largest private sector acquisition by a foreign company of shares in a UAE company, Leighton Holdings’ US$715 million acquisition of a 45% stake in Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises. Clyde & Co advised Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Mashreq
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Clyde & Co, led by finance partner Ashley Painter, has advised AREIT (Arabian Real Estate Investment Trust) on the first commercial mortgage backed securitisation in the UAE, a deal seen as paving the way for other securitisations in the UAE. AREIT was the originator on the issuance of the US$63 million (£30.9 million) secured floating
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Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – On September 7, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rule that is intended to enhance broker-dealer sales practices with respect to purchases and exchanges of deferred variable annuities. The rule has four primary components. First, it
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(September 10, 2007, Chicago) – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – It’s high fives all around this week at Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, as the firm welcomes five new lateral partners – each with a different practice specialty – to its Chicago office,
The government’s criminal case against promoters of questionable tax shelters took a step forward yesterday when an investment adviser at the center of the inquiry pleaded guilty and provided new details on those involved. The plea by David Amir Makov, 41, in Federal District Court in Manhattan is expected to bolster the government’s investigation of
