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14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters advised the lead arrangers and lenders BNP Paribas, Calyon, EBRD and ING Wholesale Banking on the greenfield project financing of AES Maritza East 1 which closed on 7 December. The project involves the development of a 2x300MW lignite-fired power plant fitted with FGD filters.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Andrew Anhh Nguyen, a Walnut, California resident, was charged by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, California with conspiring to import plant specimens protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Department of Justice announced

New York, December 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is proud to announce that, effective January 1, 2006, Lawrence P. Lenzner, Catherine Grevers Schmidt and Sarah E. Zgliniec will become partners of the firm and Karen R. Berry will become counsel to the firm. Lawrence

14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Slaughter and May today announces that it has reached agreement for its Paris office to join Bredin Prat, the leading independent French law firm. The combination will enhance the position of Bredin Prat as one of the top ranking business law firms in France, bringing

Singapore – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – International U.S. Law Firm, Jones Day announced today the appointment of senior lawyer, Arman Galledari, as Partner in its Singapore Office, a move that reflects the U.S.-based Firm’s strategic aim to significantly bolster its regional projects practice. Galledari becomes the fifth partner in Jones Day’s Singapore

14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised UBS Limited and Merrill Lynch International as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners on the initial public offering of OJSC Novolipetsk Steel (known as NLMK), one of Russia’s largest steelmakers. The offering closed today. The IPO consists of a global offering outside

14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Katherine Fernandez Rundell, Miami-Dade State Attorney, Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Chief John F. Timoney, City of Miami Police Department, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent

NEW YORK, December 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Walter Curchack joined its Corporate and Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights Groups as a Partner in the New York office. Walter Curchack joins the firm from Bryan Cave LLP where he was a Partner. Mr.

SAN FRANCISCO – 14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Douglas Stepney, 33, and Kim Ellis, 31 – the final two defendants in a four-year prosecution that has netted 35 convictions of members and associates of the “Big Block” gang in San Francisco –

New York, NY – LAWFUEL – December 14, 2005 – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Scott S. Balber and Robin D. Ball have been named partners in the Firm. “Each of these attorneys has demonstrated outstanding legal abilities and superior client service skills, and each has shown an