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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–Pillsbury Winthrop LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy Burns has returned as a partner to the firm’s San Francisco office. Burns, whose practice focuses on tax, partnership and private equity matters, has worked on numerous private equity funds both as the lead attorney and as a member of a team. Burns joined

Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Tim Johnson has joined the firm’s Labour and Employment Practice Group as a partner in its fast growing London office. Mr. Johnson brings extensive international experience in representing multi-national companies in complex employment matters, including cross-border pan-European restructurings, litigation, equal opportunity matters, and boardroom disputes for clients such as Reuters,

International law firm Allen & Overy has advised a syndicate of banks, led by Mandated Lead Arranger, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, on the provision of more than £100 million of credit facilities to Kent Enviropower Limited for the construction and operation of one of the largest energy from waste and recycling projects of

New York, April 2, 2004 – Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP has acquired a major real estate practice consisting of eleven lawyers, including five partners, from Bingham McCutchen LLP. The partners moving to Patterson Belknap include leading real estate lawyers Robert M. Safron, Andrew L. Herz, Kenneth L. Sankin, and Rhonda E. Schwartz, as

Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; David Bourne, Special Agent-in-Charge, United States Food and Drug Administration; Lt. Art Loynez, Miami-Dade Police Department, Pharmaceutical Diversion Unit; and Julie Torres, Special Agent-in-Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced that Larry Stafford, 51, of Miami, was sentenced by District Court

Hong Kong – International law firm Clifford Chance has announced the recruitment of Paul Chu to be based in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Paul was most recently vice president of the Asian securitisation group with Credit Suisse First Boston where he had been involved in various award-winning securitisation transactions in Korea. Prior to that,

In what appears to be the largest tech merger since the HP/Compaq deal, today Juniper Networks announced its intended acquisition of NetScreen Technologies. After a marathon deal negotiation that ended with a non-stop 72 hour session over the weekend, on Monday, February 9, 2004, Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR) signed an agreement to acquire NetScreen

International law firm Allen & Overy is advising BLB Investors, L.L.C. in connection with its offer for Wembley plc at 800 pence per share. The offer, which was announced on 30 March 2004, values Wembley plc at approximately £287.3 million. BLB Investors is the bidding vehicle of a consortium comprising Starwood Capital Group Global, L.L.C.,

A wiretap investigation which examined the use of private jets based at Van Nuys Airport to transport illegal drugs resulted today in the arrest of eight defendants. One defendant is a fugitive currently being sought by authorities. The arrests are the result of Operation Jamaican Express West, which focused on the activities of SmoothAir Aviation,

Date: 1 April, 2004 China Resources Peoples Telephone Company Limited – Hong Kong IPO On 1 April, 2004 China Resources Peoples Telephone Company Limited (“Peoples Telephone”) completed its global offering of shares. A capital reduction exercise was completed prior to the offering. The offering raised approximately US$156.6 million. Peoples Telephone is one of the six