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Pasminco Limited has exited the last of its New South Wales mining operations with the completion of the sale of its lead/zinc Elura Mine, and its shiploader at Newcastle, to Consolidated Broken Hill Limited, on Friday 12 September. CBH will pay Pasminco a total of $22.2 million for the Elura Mine and the shiploader. The

Phil Edwards, Managing Director of funds research at Standard & Poor’s responses to questions being asked of Standard & Poor’s regarding the allegations of fraud in the fund industry put forth by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Mr. Edwards remains available for media interviews. On New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s investigation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. has announced the addition of seven attorneys to its new Orange County office. Joining the firm are Partners, Frank C. Rothrock and Michelle M. Fujimoto, Of Counsel, Joel Lamp and D. Susan Wiens and Associates, Paul B. LaScala, Darolyn Y. Hamada and Grace Lee. The attorneys were previously with Palmieri,

Minter Ellison has announced the appointment of Fred Kinmonth as a new partner of the firm and as head of the Corporate & Commercial team in the Hong Kong office. Kinmonth is a former partner of Herbert Smith and of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and has more than 30 years’ experience – 15

Lovells advised Ballymore Properties Limited on two major redevelopment schemes in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets’ Millennium Quarter. These were the first agreements to be granted under the council’s Millennium Quarter Masterplan. The Millennium Quarter is an area of 50 acres to the east of Canary Wharf which Tower Hamlets has allocated for significant

Fish & Richardson announced that noted local venture capital attorney Jonathan Aberman has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a principal. Aberman, who was previously Chair of Fenwick & West’s Washington, DC office, will lead the expansion of Fish & Richardson’s growing Corporate and Securities practice in the Washington, DC market. Aberman will be

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it has established a Central European Transactions Team, a dedicated transaction team of over 40 partners focused on providing privatisation, M&A, project finance, securities and infrastructure advice to clients across Central and Eastern Europe. The team will deploy its extensive experience in handling projects of this type to assist

Tomorrow millions of California consumers and businesses will begin receiving forms allowing them to claim up to $1.1 billion in benefits from the settlement of an antitrust class action lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation. Over 10 million forms will be mailed during the next 60 days. Claim forms may also be obtained immediately online at www.microsoftcalsettlement.com

Baker & McKenzie announced today the enhancement of its Health Law Practice in North America with the addition of four health law lawyers, all joining the Firm’s Dallas office from Jenkens & Gilchrist. Partner Ken Gordon leads the group, which includes partner Wilson Jones and associates Nneka Egbuniwe and Pamela Nix. Ken Gordon comes to

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP announced that Philip L. Kirstein, will join K&L’s New York office as Of Counsel on October 1, 2003. Kirstein was most recently General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. “Having spent more than 20 years in-house at Merrill Lynch, I’m excited to be re-entering private practice at K&L. The firm’s well-regarded