16 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Corio, one of the largest quoted property investment companies in Europe, has added another shopping centre to its Italian real estate portfolio. The company has signed a contract to purchase part of the shopping centre Il Globo in Busnago (near Milan). At this stage […]

17 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Allen & Overy has advised Lloyds TSB on the provision of £51,000,000 credit facilities as the lender to C2C Water in relation to Project Aquatrine (Package C). Coast to Coast Water Limited is owned by Severn Trent Water Services plc and Costain Group plc.

Knight Settles and Agrees to Pay $79 Million in Disgorgement and Penalties Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the settlement of civil fraud charges against Knight Securities, L.P. The Commission issued an Order that found that Knight defrauded its institutional customers

Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson today announced the establishment of an advisory committee to assist the Commission in examining the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other aspects of the federal securities laws on smaller public companies. Appearing at

California-based Company and Four Individuals Have Prepared Thousands of Returns Since 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – First for law news – The Tax Division of the Justice Department, working together with the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, today asked a federal court to bar a Rialto-based company and four Southern California individuals

Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Earlier today, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued its Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (Statement 123R), which addresses the accounting for employee stock options. The Commission’s Chief Accountant, Donald T. Nicolaisen, issued the following comments

London, December 17, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Steptoe & Johnson LLP has added Todd Corey, a dual-qualified English solicitor and New York attorney, to its Insurance and International Dispute Resolution Groups in London, effective immediately. Mr. Corey originally worked as an attorney in private practice in New York, before moving

16 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that a federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Laurence Seidenfeld with four counts of bank fraud today. According to the indictment, Mr. Seidenfeld, 61, of San Ramon, executed a scheme to defraud

NEW YORK — Dec. 16, 2004 – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented the lenders’ committee of Transportation de Gas del Sur S.A. (TGS) in a US$1.02 billion debt restructuring that closed on Dec.15. TGS, Argentina’s largest transporter of natural gas and the operator of the southern Argentina natural gas pipeline

17 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – International law firm Norton Rose has advised on fund raisings undertaken by two AIM listed gold mining companies, Oxus Gold plc (“Oxus”) and Cluff Gold plc (“Cluff”). Both transactions were announced on 30 November 2004. Norton Rose acted for RBC Capital Markets, the sole