Law Admin

Contact: Erika Tucker Nathan Pao O’Melveny & Myers LLP O’Melveny & Myers LLP (213) 430-7792 (650) 473-2657 etucker@omm.com npao@omm.com SILICON VALLEY – October 11, 2006 – O’Melveny & Myers represented Shanghai-based Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. (AMEC) in its recent $35 million Series B financing, an important financial milestone for the company. Participants in the round

London – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – DLA Piper has advised aAIM, the property fund, on its joint acquisition with property investor Robert Tchenguiz of the Menzies Hotel Group for approximately £180 million. aAIM has formed Piccadilly Hotels, a 50-50 partnership with Robert Tchenguiz’s R20 investment vehicle. The Menzies Hotel Group was bought from

SHANGHAI – LAWFUEL – Asia Business & Law – October 11, 2006 – O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Mindray Medical International Limited, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices in China, in its initial public offering of American depositary shares (ADSs) on the New York Stock Exchange. The offering, including ADSs issued upon

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Law Jobs – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Maurice Suh, the former Deputy Mayor of Homeland Security and Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles will join the firm as partner in the Los Angeles office. Previously, Suh has served as the former

LAWFUEL – US Law & Business – Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Mercantile Bankshares Corporation in connection with the proposed acquisition by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. of Mercantile. Based in Baltimore, Mercantile is a $17 billion asset banking company that provides banking and investment and wealth management services through 240 offices in

LAWFUEL – UK Business + Law – Ashurst advised The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on financing in relation to the acquisition of Alliance Industrie by Weinberg Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc acted as arranger of senior credit facilities and a mezzanine bonds issue. The cross-border Ashurst team

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Law Jobs – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Henry Gutierrez, Postal Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, announced that defendant, Jason Kowal, was sentenced today for conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with his activities at Cash Link

Google’s takeover of video-sharing website YouTube may look like a nifty business move. For the company’s legal team, however, it may soon turn into a long and nasty nightmare. LawFuel.com’s lead story from the BBC reports on Google’s YouTube Deal. About LawFuel.com LawFuel.com is one of the Net’s largest pure-law news services, providing a cost-effective

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – US Law News – A former resident of Orange County, Calif., has been indicted in the Central District of California on charges of treason and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization for making a series of propaganda videotapes for al Qaeda, the Department of Justice announced today. Adam Gadahn,