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Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Banc of America Securities LLC as dealer manager for a Dutch auction self-tender offer by The Toro Company to repurchase 2,500,000 of its shares. The Toro Company is a Minnesota-based provider of outdoor maintenance and beautification products for home, recreation and commercial landscapes. According to the terms of the

Clifford Chance recognised as market leader in 2003 IFLR Asian legal awards International Financial Law Review has awarded Clifford Chance with “Team of the Year” awards in the M&A and Distressed Asset categories. In the M&A category, this is the fourth time in six years we have won this award. Other firms shortlisted included Freshfields,

Holland & Knight LLP today announced that Neal N. Beaton, a prominent attorney practicing in the areas of corporate and commercial transactions, intellectual property, international trade and business immigration law, has been named Practice Group Leader for the Business Law Practice Group in New York. In addition to this new position, Beaton will continue with

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, today announced it will sponsor a series of four luncheon seminars for in-house counsel on current developments and trends in intellectual property and media law. The series begins tomorrow, March 16, with the topic “Music Licensing and the New Media.” Each seminar will

International law firm Allen & Overy is advising project company Società di Progetto Brebemi SpA on the first ever PFI toll road project in Italy. Società di Progetto Brebemi SpA was incorporated on 10th March by the concessionaire of the BreBeMi project, as required under Italian law. The project, which is valued EUR1.3 billion (including

Baker & McKenzie is delighted to announce that securitisation specialist Paul-Michael Rebus is to join its Finance Department in London as a partner. Rebus joins the Firm from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s London office. Rebus’s extensive securitisation experience includes acting on behalf of programme sponsors, leading teams in structuring a significant number of European and

Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP has announced that Michael T. Frank has joined the firm’s East Palo Alto office as a partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Compensation Group. Prior to joining Gray Cary, he was with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in the firm’s Menlo Park office. Frank’s practice focuses on employee

Allen & Overy’s Corporate Practice today announced the results of the management elections in the UK. Head of Department, Richard Cranfield, has been re-elected unopposed for another four year term. Richard also remains in his role on the Steering Group of the Global Corporate Practice. After a successful three-years, Managing Partner Susan Howard has come

Houston and New York, March 12, 2004 – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, represented the Prairie View, Texas, Chapter of the NAACP and students from Prairie View A&M University in two civil rights law suits impacting the voting rights of the university students. As a result, Prairie View

Baker & McKenzie Australia has walked away with three awards from the annual Australian Law Awards held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney last Thursday night. The event, attended by over 450 members of the legal fraternity was a stellar occasion for Baker & McKenzie with the firm taking out the awards for Employer