6 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – DLA LLP has advised Melrose Resources PLC on its £14m placing and open offer. The monies raised from the fundraising will be used for working capital. The issue has not been underwritten. The capital reduction, which will take place following the fundraising subject to court approval, will enable the […]

July 6, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Securities and Exchange Commission v. ABB Ltd, Case No. 1:04CV1141 [RBW] (U.S.D.C., D.D.C.) On July 6, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a settled enforcement action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia charging ABB Ltd, a global provider of power and automation technologies

BOSTON, July 6, 2004 – LAWFUEL – A Newburyport woman was arrested on July 1, 2004 on a federal indictment charging her with defrauding the Social Security Administration and stealing approximately $34,808 from the United States Government. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Leo J. Sullivan, Special Agent in Charge of Investigations for the

Chadbourne & Parke Represents EBRD in Euro 135 Million Loan to Romanian Companies LONDON — July 6, 2004 — Chadbourne & Parke is representing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in a Euro 135 million loan to two Romanian wood-processing companies owned by Italy’s Gruppo Frati as they prepare for their acquisition by Kronospan

Simmons & Simmons’ Hong Kong dispute resolution partner Philip Nunn has been awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) in the Hong Kong 2004 Honours List. Philip was awarded the BBS in recognition of his public and community service, and in particular for his contribution to the work of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. The Housing

2 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – DLA LLP banking partner Simon Woolley acted for Bank of Scotland Integrated and Acquisition Finance on the £665 million acquisition of The Telegraph Group by the Barclay brothers. The deal sees the transfer of The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator to the Barclay brothers. Simon Woolly

2 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Herbert Smith is advising Friends Provident plc, one of the UK’s leading financial services groups, in connection with the merger of ISIS Asset Management plc (“ISIS”) and F&C Group (Holdings) Limited (“F&C”). The merger will create the UK’s fourth largest asset manager. F&C is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of

HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 5, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Sea Containers Ltd. a passenger and freight transport operator, marine container lessor and leisure industry investor, announced that its GNER railway subsidiary has signed agreements with the U.K. Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) to settle the SRA’s claim for participation in the settlement between GNER and Network Rail

2 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – DLA LLP advised Xyratex Limited on its $392m flotation on NASDAQ, which closed on Tuesday 30 June raising $97m. DLA has acted for Xyratex continuously since the original buyout of the business from IBM in 1994, most recently in September 2003 on the $50m investment in the company by

Washington, D.C., July 2, 2004 — LAWFUEL – The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the following statement relating to information in a public filing made yesterday by EasyLink Services Corporation that the Securities and Exhange Commission is reviewing certain transactions by the company: Before coming to the Commission, Chairman Donaldson served as a director