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As part of the Paul Fuller Memorial Programme, the London office is supporting a charity called Kids Company. As well as fundraising, CB London will also be undertaking pro bono work for the charity. On Thursday 22 January 2004, Coudert Brothers is sponsoring an evening reception for Kids Company, to be held at the House

Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Chairman David Knott is joining leading law firm Allens Arthur Robinson (AAR) as a Special Adviser. Mr Knott will assist the firm’s legal teams in advising clients on regulatory, corporate governance, financial services and commercial issues. ‘David is one of the most widely respected figures in the Australian

Clifford Chance has recently advised Hanaro Telecom (which has shares listed on the Kosdaq and ADRs listed on Nasdaq) in connection with the private equity investment by Investors Consortium led by Newbridge and AIG. This was the first major foreign direct investment in Korea’s telecom sector, which touched the issue of restriction on foreign equity

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

Clifford Chance recently represented the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in the securitisation of ticket receivables of Korean Air in Japan. This was Japan’s first securitisation of airline ticket receivables. This deal has been named “Best Securitisation Deal of the Year” by IFR and “Best Cross-Border Securitisation” by Finance Asia.

Following an active year advising on several ground-breaking private equity deals in Asia, global law firm Clifford Chance has just announced the appointment of Daniel Hounslow as Counsel. Based in the firm’s Tokyo office, Clifford Chance Tanaka Akita & Nakagawa, since 2000, Daniel has over 15 years experience as a corporate lawyer, including 6 years

The national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) is pleased to announce the addition of partners Brian A. Ochs and Martin D. (Marty) Teckler, and associates Marc T. Foster, Anthony T. (Tony) Pavel, Jr., and Lori G. Galletto to its Washington, DC office. With these arrivals, K&L’s Washington office has 138 lawyers. Ochs,

The former owner and operator of an Orange County-based correspondence school called Columbia State University has agreed to plead guilty to all nine counts of mail fraud that were alleged against him by a federal grand jury last year. Ronald Pellar, 75, is scheduled to plead guilty to the nine felony counts at 2:30 this

Appleby Spurling & Kempe and Hunter & Hunter announced today that the two law firms will unite their business operations on April 1, 2004, creating the first law firm with a major presence in both Bermuda and the Cayman Islands — two of the world’s leading offshore business centres. The combined group, to be known

Eleven Attorneys in Five Different Practice Groups Join Pryor Cashman *** NEW YORK, January 13, 2004 – Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP, one of New York’s premier mid-size law firms, starts out the new year with strategic acquisitions, augmenting its labor and employment, employee benefits, white collar defense, and investment funds practices, and establishing