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Stikeman Elliott LLP is proud to represent Air Canada in its historic restructuring, declared Canada’s #1 corporate deal of 2003, and other valued clients involved in eight of Canada’s “Top 10 Corporate Deals of 2003.” According to the January 2004 issue of Lexpert, the restructuring of Canada’s national airline was voted by leading dealmakers to

A 57-year-old Tarzana man who admitted using a defunct company to acquire millions of dollars in credit with no intention of ever repaying the debts has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. Valery Vasserman was sentenced Monday afternoon by United States District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper. In addition to the prison term, Judge Cooper

Norton Rose, the international law firm, has advised the international healthcare provider, Netcare Healthcare UK Limited, on the first of the Government’s new Diagnostic Treatment Centre (DTC) deals to reach financial close. The agreement involves Netcare providing and operating specialised, mobile opthalmic treatment units, which will travel the length and breadth of the UK to

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (“K&L”) is pleased to announce that Jeryl A. Bowers, a leading corporate and securities attorney, has joined K&L’s Los Angeles office as a partner. Mr. Bowers comes to K&L from his previous position as Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel to Medialive International Holdings, Inc. Bowers concentrates his practice in securities,

Loeb & Loeb LLP announced an expansion of its Los Angeles office with the addition of a lateral group from Richman, Mann, Chizever, Phillips & Duboff, effective February 1. Joining as partners are Fredric N. Richman, Gerald M. Chizever, Jerry S. Phillips and Allan B. Duboff. Also joining the firm are counsel Richard L. Mann

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP announced today that Gary L. Bostwick has joined the firm as partner in the Business Trial and Entertainment and Media Practice Groups in Los Angeles. Bostwick has over 25 years of litigation and counseling experience in complex business matters and constitutional law and civil liberties, with specific expertise in

The law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP announced today that it has moved its New York co-headquarters to the Bertelsmann Building, located at 1540 Broadway in the heart of Times Square, an area revitalized through efforts of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which the firm has represented for the past decade. The move

The national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (“K&L”) is pleased to announce the expansion of its construction law practice with the addition of C. Grainger Bowman as of counsel. Bowman, a graduate of Dickinson Law School and Princeton University, will be resident in the firm’s Harrisburg office, where he will concentrate in the

A team of Jones Day Chicago lawyers led by Tim Melton and Edward Winslow advised Great Lakes REIT in the negotiation of a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Aslan Realty Partners II, L.P., an affiliate of Transwestern Investment Company, L.L.C. (“Transwestern”) which was signed today. Under the terms of the merger, Transwestern will

James Paul Lewis Jr., who allegedly operated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history and victimized thousands of investors throughout the country, was apprehended last night by Agents with the FBI’s Houston, Texas, Field Office. At approximately 2:00 a.m. Central Time, acting on information provided by the FBI in Los Angeles, Lewis was taken