19 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bringing the total number of defendants in the case to seven, federal prosecutors have charged four more individuals for their roles in the $45 million DFJ Italia Ponzi scheme that duped investors with promises of high-yield returns and stories of a royal Italian family […]

New York, NY (Tuesday, January 18, 2005) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (NASDAQ UCOMA) in connection with UnitedGlobalCom’s agreement to merge with Liberty Media International, Inc. (NASDAQ LBTYA) to form a new company to be

London, Madrid – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has appointed José A. Sanchez Dafos as partner in its corporate practice in Madrid. As a skilled adviser in M&A and private equity transactions, he will play a key role in the organisation’s plans to expand its corporate finance practice,

New York, January 18, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – White & Case continues to counsel clients on award-winning project finance deals as evidenced this week when leading industry publications Project Finance Magazine and Project Finance International selected seven deals on which White & Case advised for their annual “Deal of the

18 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy advised Nikko Principal Investments Limited (NPIL), the European principal finance arm of Nikko Cordial Corporation, on its acquisition of the four-star hotel chain, Menzies Hotel Group Limited, in a transaction that values the hotel group at £120 million. Corporate partner Susan

18 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt and Hamburg advised Hypo Real Estate Bank International (as arranger) on the financing of the purchase of properties throughout Germany by Eurocastle Investment Ltd., an investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and managed by Fortress Investment Group

TORONTO January 18, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading full-service business law firms, today announced that Robert Power will be joining the Firm as Co-chair of the national energy practice. The emphasis of his practice will be on electricity and infrastructure, including

18 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Gleiss Lutz and Herbert Smith have advised TXU in relation to its sale of a 74.9% stake in Braunschweiger Versorgungs Aktiengesellschaft (“BVAG”) to Veolia for EUR370 million. The stake in BVAG, a German energy company based in the City of Braunschweig, was sold by

17 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney for the Northern District of California announced that former Bowne Business Solutions employee Min T. Ma pled guilty today to two counts of insider trading. Mr. Ma, of San Francisco, was arraigned on a criminal information on December 14, 2004.

A Huntington Beach man pleaded guilty this afternoon to violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act for selling on the Internet a 200-year-old skull of a Native Hawaiian that was stolen from a beach on Maui Jerry David Hasson, 55, pleaded guilty in federal court in Los Angeles. Hasson admitted that he offered the skull for