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Mexico's Grupo Fertinal will file a new $900 million suit against the local unit of Dutch insurer ING Groep N.V. (ING), as the dispute over a $300 insurance claim between the two companies continues to escalate. Fabio Covarrubias, chairman of the fertilizer producer, said the new suit against ING Comercial America seeks to force Mexico's

Miguel Estrada, a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Washington D.C. office, today withdrew his nomination to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He will continue to pursue his litigation practice at the firm. Kenneth M. Doran, Managing Partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, stated, “Miguel is an

Barclays Bank PLC made an offer to purchase for cash any and all of the outstanding Class A, B, C and D Floating Rate Notes due 2004 issued by BarCLO Finance (1999) Ltd. The offer expired on 12 August 2003. Linklaters acted for Barclays Capital as dealer manager. The value of the deal was US$165

International law firm Bird & Bird will be opening its second office in Germany on the 1st of October. The launch of an office in Munich will place Bird & Bird in another major economic zone in Germany, following the establishment of an office in Düsseldorf in June last year. The core team will consist

Our story on the survey of top earning London lawyers omitted to name the highest earning lawyer. We thought the emails would never stop. (You could always have followed the link). Sorry. He’s Andrew Wilkinson of Cadwalader Wickersham + Taft. Wilkinson was headhunted by Cadwaladers as a corporate restructuring specialist from Clifford Chance. His team

Cooley Godward successfully obtained a federal jury verdict acquittal for a pro bono client wrongfully charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm – a charge that carries a five-year prison sentence and an 89 percent conviction rate. The successful defense and three-day federal jury trial was handled by associates Steven Sklaver and

SABMiller plc (SABMiller), the world’s second largest brewer by volume, has successfully raised US$2 billion in a debut issue of London listed, investment grade, corporate bonds. Lovells acted as lead and co-ordinating counsel for the issues. SABMiller has raised a total of US$2 billion in its debut issue in the corporate bond markets, with a

Baker & McKenzie announced today that the Firm’s global fee income figure for its fiscal year 2003 (ended June 30, 2003) exceeded US$1.134 billion. This represents an increase of 7% on the previous year’s income of US$1.06 billion. Of the total income figure for FY03, 40% was generated in Europe & Middle East, 36% in

On July 22, 2003, Vietnam Airlines signed the first of three financing agreements with Citibank for the purchase of three Boeing 777-200ER aircraft as part of the carrier’s fleet expansion. Pillsbury Winthrop LLP acted as counsel to Citibank in a US Export-Import Bank-supported financing of the aircraft, the first of which was delivered on August

The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm has earned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell’s law directory. The firm practices complex commercial appellate litigation in state and federal courts.