International law firm Allen & Overy advised Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein on the successful bond issue by the City of Gelsenkirchen, exchangeable into 2,758,925 RWE AG shares. With a total volume of e129 million, the bonds will mature in 2009. The Allen & Overy team was led by Frankfurt-based partners Dr. Michael Schlitt (coordination) and Dr. […]

Newsweek has learned that in the months before 9/11, the U.S. Justice Department curtailed a highly classified program called “Catcher’s Mitt” to monitor Al Qaeda suspects in the United States, after a federal judge severely chastised the FBI for improperly seeking permission to wiretap terrorists. During the Bush administration’s first few months in office, Attorney

Holland & Knight has added a group of five real estate attorneys to the Chicago office. The group, which was previously with Piper Rudnick’s Chicago office, includes partners James T. Mayer and Bruce D. Loring and senior counsel Mark J. Nora, Carole Laude Pechi and Daniel Acosta. “The addition of this stellar team reflects the

Jerry Smith lost Delois, his wife of 32 years, to breast cancer, and nearly lost her again when a Bronx funeral home made off with her body without his knowledge or permission. Acting on Mr. Smith’s behalf, Attorney Carol L. Schlitt has filed a complaint with the NY State Department of Health requesting an investigation

Loeb & Loeb LLP announced the election of Michael D. Beck as co-chair of the firm, effective April 25, 2004. He succeeds Jerome L. Levine, who is stepping down after four years in office. Mr. Beck joins John T. Frankenheimer as co-chair. Mr. Beck has been managing partner of Loeb & Loeb’s New York office

A class action against Exxon Corporation and certain of its officers and directors was filed on March 17, 2004 in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Camden Division by a client of Hagens Berman LLP. This action is brought as a class action pursuant to Rule 23(a) and 23(b)(3) of

Höegh Fleet Services, a Norwegian operator of ocean-going cargo ships, pleaded guilty this morning to falsifying records to cover up the fact that one of its ships was dumping oil into the Pacific Ocean. Höegh Fleet Services entered guilty pleas in federal court in Tacoma, admitting guilt to felony charges filed by United States Attorneys

On 19 February 2004, the Department for Health announced the award to BT of a £530 million pound contract to procure, integrate and manage networking services for the New National Network (known as N3) for the NHS. DLA has been the sole legal advisor to the Department of Health on all aspects of the N3

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. MTS), (TSX: MBT) has agreed to acquire all of the Class A and Class B shares of Allstream, (TSX: ALR.A, ALR.B; NASDAQ: ALLSA, ALLSB) in a transaction valued at $1.7 billion. This combines the strengths of North America’s most profitable communications provider with Canada’s largest and most profitable alternative communication solutions

Allen & Overy Paris has advised Credit Suisse First Boston, as arranger of the e635 million Commercial Mortgage Backed Securitisation on eight properties situated in the business district of La Défense and in the centre of Paris. The transaction, known as “La Défense III”, also represented the first French CMBS of this quarter. The refinancing,