LAWFUEL – London – DLA Piper UK LLP has advised Kaupthing Bank Hf on its provision of over €523 million Senior and Mezzanine debt refinancing package, together with PIK facilities of €65 million for Refresco BV, the leading producer of private label soft drinks and co-packer of A brand drinks in Europe. The refinancing takes […]
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Washington, D.C., March 14, 2008 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued the following statement regarding The Bear Stearns Companies: “The Securities and Exchange Commission has been in close contact with the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during discussions concerning an agreement by J.P.
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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today released the 2007 IRS Data Book, which is an annual snapshot of IRS activities for a given fiscal year. The report describes activities of the IRS from Oct. 1, 2006, to Sept. 30, 2007, and includes information about returns filed, tax collections, enforcement, taxpayer assistance, as well
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Four Federal Reserve governors voted unanimously to approve a 28-day secured Fed loan facility to Bear Stearns Friday using a rarely used Depression-era provision of the Federal Reserve Act that normally requires five governors’ approval, Fed officials said. The Fed normally has seven governors but two seats are currently vacant and one governor was traveling
Resigning over reports he paid for a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaves behind his political post but could face legal trouble from the stunning sex scandal. Spitzer, who fought malfeasance on Wall Street with publicity-conscious vigor, fell from grace after The New York Times reported this week that his conversations to arrange
International legal practice Norton Rose (Middle East) LLP, today announced that Karl Rogers has joined the Dubai office as a partner. Karl was previously Group General Counsel at Shaheen Business & Investment Group S.A. based in Jordan, a senior lawyer heading legal teams at each of Dresdner Kleinwort Investment Bank, ING Barings and Nomura International
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Washington, D.C., March 13, 2008 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed an insider trading case against three individuals alleging illegal tipping and trading in advance of the April 30, 2007, announcement of Eurex Frankfurt A.G.’s $2.8 billion cash merger agreement with International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. The defendants, John F. Marshall, Vice Chairman
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LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Eighteen members and associates of a La Puente-based street gang – including the alleged Mexican Mafia member who controlled its drug-trafficking operations – were arrested this morning by federal and local law enforcement authorities who executed dozens of search warrants across the San Gabriel Valley. Culminating a four-month federal investigation
John Liu and In Lee of the Charter Law Group to Join Fenwick & West’s Mountain View Office March 13, 2008 (Mountain View, CA) – LawFuel – Fenwick & West LLP, a leading technology and life sciences law firm with offices throughout the Western Pacific States, announced today that two experienced corporate lawyers, John K.
LAWFUEL – ~ Improperly disclosed surcharges, misleading advertisements and hard sales pitches among the travel-related issues consumers could face ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – With Spring Break here and families planning for summer vacations, Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory cautioning Florida residents and guests to be wary of the various scams and
