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18 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy advised Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Munich on the sale of 11.4 million shares in Allianz AG. The shares were sold after selection of the banks in an auction procedure at a price close to market. The proceeds amounted to approximately one billion

PHOENIX – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Larry Kent Walker, Sr., age 32, of San Carlos, Ariz., was found guilty here by a federal jury this afternoon of First Degree Felony Murder, Second Degree Murder, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon for the death of a three-year-old

Washington, D.C., July 18, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges in a scam designed to con investors into believing they had inadvertently received a confidential stock tip faxed from a stockbroker to his client. Unlike typical unsolicited junk faxes recommending penny stocks, the handwritten

London – 18 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary UK LLP (“DLA Piper”) has announced that Kit Burden, partner and head of the Commercial and Technology Group at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (“BLG”), is to join its London office as an equity partner. Kit is a highly

18 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – London, United Kingdom – International law firm Dechert LLP advised Ernst & Young LLP as nominated adviser and Teather & Greenwood as broker on mobile satellite communications company Satcom Group Holdings plc’s (SatCom) AIM admission. £3.5m was raised before expenses. SatCom supplies a wide range

KILPATRICK STOCKTON PARTNER APPOINTED TO THE APPELLATE RULES COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION WINSTON-SALEM (JULY 18) — Kilpatrick Stockton today announces the appointment of Partner Adam Charnes as a member of the Appellate Rules Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association. Mr. Charnes will serve a one-year term beginning July 2005. Mr. Charnes

Washington, D.C.—Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that its Life Sciences practice has been recognized as one of the best in the United States by the Practical Law Company’s (PLC) 2004/2005 Cross Border Life Sciences Handbook. The firm received high marks for its life sciences work in the intellectual property, competition/antitrust and regulatory areas. In

17 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Ashurst, the international law firm, has advised Blackstone Capital Partners IV on its €375 million acquisition of Legoland Parks. The deal includes Legoland’s four family theme parks in England, Germany, California and Denmark. Last month Blackstone acquired Merlin Entertainments, the operator of visitor attractions such

17 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Osborne Clarke has advised 3i on the equity financing for its agreement to acquire parking services and traffic management company NCP for £555m Osborne Clarke has advised 3i on the equity financing for its agreement to acquire parking services and traffic management company NCP for

17 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm and Explosives (ATF), and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced today that defendant, Matthew