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Sidley Austin Brown & Wood has acted as international counsel in relation to a US$310 million convertible bond offering by China Development Financial Holding Corporation Limited (CDFH), a Taiwan-based financial holding company. The transaction, which is CDFH’s second international convertible bond offering, was completed on September 15, 2003. Sidley’s Hong Kong-based corporate finance team, which

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell today announced that it has reached an agreement with MSN to be the exclusive provider of content that powers the new “Locate a Lawyer” link on the MSN.com home page. With more than 84 million unique users each month, MSN is the most popular site on the Internet (Nielsen/NetRatings, September 2003) and provides

Leading commercial law firm Phillips Fox advised Melbourne-based crane company BOOM Logistics Limited on six acquisitions in the lead up to its initial public offering on October 14. Over the last five months, Phillips Fox undertook due diligence inquiries in relation to the six acquisitions of mobile crane businesses in Western Australia, Victoria, New South

Herbert Smith advised Somatra Limited, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian owned company ABT International Limited, in fending off an appeal by City law firm Sinclair Roche & Temperley (“SRT”). SRT had appealed against the award of approximately $5 million in damages to Somatra by Mr Justice Morison in July 2002. The firm’s total liability, including

Two officials of a defunct Fullerton environmental clean-up company were indicted today on federal charges of abandoning asbestos- and lead-contaminated wastes in violation of the Clean Air Act. The case involves Remtech Restoration Corporation, which engaged in the business of the removal and disposal of asbestos-containing material from commercial structures. Approximately 800 bags of illegally

Global law firm Clifford Chance advised International Power plc on a new three-year unsecured US$450 million (£271 million) Corporate Revolver facility with its core relationship banks. The new facility will be available for general corporate purposes and replaces the existing US$540 million (£325 million) facility, which expires in October 2004. International Power has renewed this

A podiatrist who operates in Orange and Los Angeles Counties has been indicted on charges of fraudulently billing Medicare more than $600,000 for procedures that were never performed. The foot doctor is accused of, among other things, submitting bills for procedures he claimed to have performed on patients with no legs. Robert Ken Kasamatsu, 41,

A new form of co-operation among law firms is starting in Rome, effective from this month of October. The law firms Vita Samory, Fabbrini e Associati and Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati, the latter specialising in administrative law, have decided to go further along the path of their long established co-operation both in Milan and

On Thursday, October 16th, two Boeing 747s owned by Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A., Argentina’s largest airline, were seized pursuant to an attachment ordered by a Federal Commercial Court on September 3, 2003. In dramatic fashion, leading to widespread local media coverage, the two planes were seized shortly before takeoff while sitting on the ground at the

Legal professionals now have a comprehensive and current resource to turn to for the latest developments in the rapidly developing area of privacy litigation. West, a Thomson business today announced the release of Privacy Litigation Reporter, an Andrews publication. This monthly reporter offers comprehensive coverage of significant litigation involving privacy laws. Privacy Litigation Reporter covers