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Baker & McKenzie’s Hong Kong office, in conjunction with more than 10 other Asian, European and US Baker & McKenzie offices, recently advised Macquarie Bank Limited (“Macquarie”) on its acquisition of Asian equities business of the ING Group (“ING”). A sale and purchase agreement was entered into between Macquarie and ING on 8 March 2004.

The Converging Technologies Bar Association (CTBA), the first bar association in the world that addresses the legal, policy, regulatory and societal impact of converging technologies in the 21st century, today announced the appointment of several new advisory board members and a new honorary member. The CTBA announced that Jonathan L. Bing, assembly member for the

Bronx, NY – March 25, 2004 – Today the New York State Appellate Division upheld a lower court award of $560,000 to a girl who suffered multiple broken bones due to a defective stairway in a Bronx apartment building. Carol L. Schlitt, who served as trial counsel on behalf of the Law Offices of Samuel

Herbert Smith advises GPG (UK) Holdings plc on its partial cash offer for De Vere Group Plc Herbert Smith is advising GPG (UK) Holdings plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of long-standing client Guinness Peat Group plc, on its partial offer for 28.5 million shares in De Vere, the hotels and leisure group. This represents approximately 25

R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, issued the following statement today after the European Commission announced its order that Microsoft disclose certain information to competitors, offer for sale a version of its Windows Operating System that does not contain the Windows Media Player, and pay a fine of 497 million euros (about $613

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP has named twelve attorneys as partners, counsel and of counsel. Named to the partnership were former associates Michael J. Delaney, Charles A. Luband, and Eric P. Schroeder and former Counsel, Brad Alexander Baldwin, Wendy L. Hagenau, and Donna Marie Rodney. Associates Ronni Solomon Abramson, Joshua Berman, Matthew P. Holley,

Holland & Knight LLP today announced that Charles Welch “Chad” Tiedemann has been named head of the firm’s Real Estate Section. With more than 200 lawyers, Holland & Knight’s Real Estate practice is the largest at any law firm in the country. Tiedemann has practiced in the areas of commercial real estate development and finance

International law firm Allen & Overy advised Banca Intesa S.p.A., Banca di Roma S.p.A., Bipop Carire S.p.A. and MCC S.p.A. on the e600 million financing of Tecla – Fondo Uffici – a close ended real estate fund created by Pirelli & C. Real Estate Società di Gestione del Risparmio S.p.A. The transaction represents the first

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s largest law firms, today announced that it has opened offices in Chicago and New York to practice Canadian law. Blakes is the first Canadian law firm to open an office in Chicago. “The U.S. market is extremely significant for Blakes’ Canadian law practice,” said Jim Christie,

A former employee at an Anaheim insurance company was indicted today on federal wiretapping charges for allegedly installing an electronic device on a company computer that recorded every keystroke made by a secretary to a company executive. Larry Lee Ropp, 46, of Huntington Beach, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on