International law firm Cleary Gottlieb today received Chambers and Partners “U.S. Tax Law Firm of the Year” award. Chambers selected Cleary from finalists including Caplin & Drysdale; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Irell & Manella; McKee Nelson; Sullivan & Cromwell; and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan. Chambers presented the award to Cleary at […]

Cornelius J. Golden, Jr., project finance partner at the international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP, has won a 2003 Burton Award for Legal Achievement for his article, “SEC Forces Rethink of Earnings Reports.” The awards, which honor authors for excellence in legal writing – and, in particular, for the use of clear language,

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it acted as issuer’s counsel in a US$500 million Eurobond offering which was guaranteed by ALROSA Company Limited, Russia’s principal diamond producer. Commenting on the offering, Moscow Capital Markets Partner Mitch Gitin said “This is a landmark offering of debt securities, being the largest offering to date by a

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it recently acted for the City of Kyiv in the first municipal eurobond offering from Ukraine. The transaction was structured as a US$150 million issue of loan participation notes to fund a loan to the City of Kyiv, acting through the Kyiv City Council. Kyiv is the political capital

On August 7, Judge Lawrence M. Baskir of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington awarded nearly $29 million to a group of investors, including Arnold & Porter client, former Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Preston Martin, in a breach of contract lawsuit against the federal government. Arnold & Porter attorneys Howard Cayne, Melvin

Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault recently assisted Lexington Partners, a global private equity firm, in closing on approximately $2 billion of capital commitments for their newest secondary fund, Lexington Capital Partners V, L.P. Lexington was founded in 1994 to provide liquidity to private equity investors interested in selling limited partnership interests. Today, Lexington is the largest

White & Case, Feddersen Advises Legal & General Ventures Limited On Sale Of Tally AG To Genicom Frankfurt, August 11, 2003 …White & Case, Feddersen today announced it served as legal adviser to private equity firm Legal & General Ventures Limited on the sale of German computer printer manufacturer Tally AG to U.S. competitor Genicom.

New Counsel Further Expands Firms Energy Regulatory Expertise The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Donna J. Bobbish has joined the Firm as counsel in the project finance practice, resident in Washington, DC. Ms. Bobbish comes to Chadbourne from Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., where she was of counsel. We are

Ross & Hardies and McGuireWoods LLP will merge effective July 1, 2003. The partners of the two firms voted unanimously this week to approve the merger, which will result in a firm with approximately 725 lawyers, including about 175 in Chicago. “Joining McGuireWoods and Ross & Hardies together creates a win-win situation for our mutual

The New York office of international top 20 law firm Reed Smith LLP has selected Moez Kaba of Columbia Law School as the first recipient of its newly launched Reed Smith Fellowship. The Fellowship is awarded to a law student who has overcome adversity to pursue a law degree. The selection of Kaba, who is