Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. announces that David G. Tucker, of counsel in the firm’s Pensacola office, received the 2003 Ethics Award from the Florida Association of County Attorneys. Tucker, a former Escambia County attorney, received the Ethics Award for acting as a whistle blower against the Escambia County Commission for violations of Florida’s […]

In her new capacity, effective June 30th, Ms. Rainville will oversee all litigation for the SEC’s Philadelphia Office. Her duties will include planning and conducting trials of complex securities law cases, training and leading attorneys in the course of lengthy litigation, coordinating all cases in litigation with the other regional and district offices and Headquarters,

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised Raffles Holdings Limited in its disposal of Browns Hotel, Mayfair, to a company jointly owned by Sir Rocco Forte and his family and The Bank of Scotland. The disposal has a value of £51.5 million (subject to post completion adjustments). Raffles Holdings Limited’s portfolio includes 38 hotels

Arter & Hadden LLP, a national law firm with 10 offices across the United States, announced today its partners approved the dissolution of the firm effective July 15. Most of the firm’s lawyers will be continuing their practice of law either with existing firms or in newly formed firms. “We have a number of strong

Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that it has elected four attorneys to the partnership, effective September 1, 2003. The newly elected partners are Todd E. Alexander, Philip J. Goodman, Joy L. Langford and Phoebe A. Wilkinson. The election of these four partners continues the growth of Chadbourne’s partnership. In 2003, the Firm has also welcomed three lateral partners – white collar defense

Allen + Overy advised the managers of the inaugural issue backed by the Islamic Development Bank, a supranational institution established by member countries of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. The firm acted for Citibank Global Markets Limited (as lead manager), Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC and Kuwait Finance House (as co-lead managers) and HSBC

The national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (“K&L”) has been selected to receive the prestigious CIO 100 award by IDG’s CIO (Chief Information Officer) magazine, marking the second straight year that K&L has been acknowledged by the magazine for its IT practices. The 2003 CIO 100 award recognizes organizations around the world that

James B. Moorhead has returned to Steptoe & Johnson as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, effective immediately. He will be a member of the firm’s business solutions and litigation practice groups. Mr. Moorhead rejoins Steptoe after three years as General Counsel and CFO of CODEON Corporation, a fiber optic components company in

Bredin Prat and Davis Polk & Wardwell advised J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. as global coordinator on a secondary offering of 24.2 million shares of Renault S.A. by the French Finance Ministry. The shares were placed under Rule 144A and Regulation S and raised approximately €1.2 billion. The sale is part of the French government’s ongoing

Spain’s largest private equity deal for 2003 included legal counsel from a team of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. lawyers. The Squire Sanders lawyers leading the deal included Joachín Echanove, Maria Pilar García and Juan Pićon. The deal involved Nazca Capital, a Spanish private equity firm, and Cosecheros Abastecedores,S.A., a USD 133 million (€116 million)