19 November 2004, Hong Kong – LAWFUEL – Law, law firm, legal news – Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Tokyo office represented the Japan National Oil Corporation, a Japanese government-owned entity, as the selling shareholder in connection with the privatization of INPEX Corporation, through the international offering of 94,524 shares pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation […]

18 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – Shearman & Sterling represented Mastellone Hermanos S.A., Argentina’s largest dairy company, in a successful private exchange offer to restructure its debt. In March 2002, Mastellone Hermanos defaulted on its outstanding bonds and unsecured bank debt. In the exchange offer, the company offered cash, new

18 November 2005 – LAWFUEL – Banking law, law, law firm news – Simmons & Simmons has advised Barclays Global Investors North Asia Limited on one of the first Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) to track the A share markets in China. This is the only such fund listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong

November 18, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Banking law, law, law firm, legal news – Davis Polk & Wardwell advised the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by BellSouth Corporation of three tranches of notes in aggregate principal amount of $2 billion. The three tranches consisted of $500 million of floating-rate notes due 2007, $800 million of

18 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – DLA LLP has advised Bank of Scotland on its provision of £514,000,000 debt and equity funding, which is to be utilised in part to fund the recommended £218,000,000 cash offer for the entire issued share capital of Countryside Properties Plc, the well-known housebuilder. Banking

18 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Criminal law, legal, attorney news – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced today the return of separate Indictments against defendants, Alex Lopez, Ever Geovanny Gonzales-Matamoros, and Helbert Herrera, on charges of

November 18, 2004 Sanford, Fl – LAWFUEL – Law, criminal law, legal news – The Central Florida HIDTA Task Force today announced the arrests of several individuals in two separate organizations that were allegedly distributing heroin in the Orlando area. Early this morning federal special agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), special agents from

18 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, law firm news – The Department of Justice held its 21st annual Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Director’s Awards Ceremony yesterday in which 224 award recipients received recognition for their excellence in law enforcement. Recipients included Assistant United States Attorneys, litigation and information technology support

BALTIMORE – 18 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – Marta Harting, a partner in the Litigation practice group of Piper Rudnick LLP, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Federation of the Blind, the law firm announces. The award reads: “For your steadfast belief that blind persons are capable

LONDON, Nov. 18 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, law firm news – Despite continuing political unrest in the Middle East, Israeli companies are playing an increasingly larger role on the world stage, says a lawyer from White & Case who has been actively involved in Israeli-related transactions. “Israel has more companies listed on NASDAQ