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Minter Ellison is acting as lead counsel to Swedish group Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA on its A$890 million acquisition of the ’tissues’ division of New Zealand forestry and wood products group Carter Holt Harvey. The acquisition brings under SCA’s global umbrella operations in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji — which make market-leading brands such as

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, advised Millennium Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: MCH) in its definitive agreement, announced today, with Lyondell Chemical Company (NYSE: LYO) for a stock-for-stock business combination of the companies. The transaction will create North America’s third-largest independent, publicly traded chemical producer with combined pro forma 2003

International law firm Allen & Overy has advised The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland in relation to the debt financing of the acquisition of Spirit Intermediate Acquisitions Limited by Prestbury Wentworth Limited. The share capital of Spirit Intermediate Acquisitions Limited is valued at approximately £504 million. Allen & Overy also advised Uberior

Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division; Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Brian J. Wimpling, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service announced today that John L. “Jack” London, 67, of Key West,

DETROIT (29 March 2004) – The law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. is pleased to announce that Jonathan P. O’Brien, Ph.D., has joined the firm as senior patent agent in its Kalamazoo office, expanding the firm’s intellectual property services. Dr. O’Brien brings a strong scientific background and extensive patent experience in developing

Cravath represented Ashland Inc. in connection with the proposed transfer of its 38 percent interest in Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, its maleic anhydride business and 61 Valvoline Instant Oil Change centers to Marathon Oil Corporation in a transaction structured to be tax free and valued at approximately $3 billion. The partners who worked on this

On 22 March, 2004 Babcock International Group PLC, the support services company, announced its intention to make a recommended cash and share offer to acquire the entire issued share capital of Peterhouse Group plc. The offer values Peterhouse Group plc at approximately £105.7 million. Slaughter and May act for Babcock International Group PLC. Gary Eaborn

Blake Dawson Waldron has advised Alinta Limited (Alinta) on the AUD$1.69 billion acquisition of a diversified portfolio of gas infrastructure and power generation assets from Duke Energy Corporation. In an announcement made yesterday, the assets Alinta has agreed to acquire in Australia include three strategically located gas pipelines and three gas fired power stations, and

Following Clarke’s Testimony at 9-11 Hearings, Approval of Bush’s Handling of Terrorism and Homeland Security Drops Eight Points to 57 Percent Sixty-Five Percent Say Clarke’s Testimony Hasn’t Affected Their Opinion of Bush; Fifty Percent Say Clarke’s Motivations Personal, Political Sixty-Five Percent Say Clinton Administration Did Not Take Global Terror Threat Seriously Enough Following former counterterrorism

McCann FitzGerald is named as Irish Law Firm of the Year at IFLR Awards Ceremony in London McCann FitzGerald was today (25 March 2004) named as the Irish Law Firm of the Year by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) at its prestigious annual awards ceremony in London. Each year, the IFLR’s annual awards set