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CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – Janice K. Hamblin, a partner in the Chicago office of McGuireWoods LLP, has been elected to the board of directors of the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. A longtime member of the organization, Hamblin will be responsible for NAWBO’s corporate affairs. Founded in 1975, NAWBO is

LAWFUEL – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chief John F. Timoney, City of Miami Police Department, and Chief Robert Parker, Miami-Dade Police Department, announced today that on June 27, 2006, a federal grand jury sitting in Miami,

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Cravath represented Johnson & Johnson in its $16.6 billion acquisition of Pfizer’s consumer healthcare business. The lawyers involved in this matter are partners Robert I. Townsend, III, and George F. Schoen, associates Tatiana Lapushchik, Margarita Melikjanian and William Chou and summer associate Adam D. Rosenthal on corporate matters; partner

Wednesday 5 July 2006 06 LAWFUEL – With the new financial year upon us, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is urging people to think about their finances and take a few small steps to improve their financial situation. ‘As of July 1, many people will find they have more money in the hand

July – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – International legal practice Norton Rose has acted for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as senior debt provider on the Addiewell Prison Project in West Lothian, Scotland. Addiewell Prison limited, a consortium consisting of Interserve, Sodexho and Royal Bank Project Investments is sponsoring the project. Senior Debt for

ST. LOUIS, July 4 LAWFUEL – Press Release Service — Stuart Maue, the nation’s oldest and premier legal auditing firm, announced today that it had completed its work as legal auditor and testifying expert in the largest attorneys’ fee dispute litigation in the history of this country. The litigation involved Purdue Pharma L.P.’s $400 million

Abu Dhabi, July 2006 — LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Shearman & Sterling LLP advised Qatar Electricity & Water Company Q.S.C (“QEWC”) on the US$485.5 million limited recourse project financing for the development and construction of the Ras Abu Fontas B2 independent water and power project (IWPP) in the State of Qatar. The project

Acted As Advisor On The Acquisition By Yahoo! Of A 10 Percent Stake In Gmarket Hong Kong – July 4, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that it represented Gmarket Inc. in its $139 million initial public offering on the Nasdaq Stock Market, and that it also

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Well known restructuring lawyer Nick Segal is to join international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a partner in the firm’s global restructuring and insolvency (R&I) group in mid-August, based in London. ‘We are very excited to have a lawyer of Nick’s standing join our R&I practice. It

Tokyo, 3 July 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) announced today that David Z. Vance joined the Tokyo Major Projects & Project Finance Practice Group. He comes to the Firm from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Singapore. David Vance has