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)

Freehills wins in Victorian Supreme Court for Murraylink A team from Freehills’ litigation practice has had an important win in the Victorian Supreme Court on behalf of its client Murraylink Transmission Company (Murraylink). According to lead partner Alan Mitchell, the win was especially significant because it overturned decisions by the national electricity regulator (NEMMCO) and

Fenwick & West has represented Livermore, California-based computer-chip testing equipment maker FormFactor, Inc. (Nasdaq:FORM) in its initial public offering. The offering raised over $84 million for FormFactor, which issued 6,000,000 shares of common stock in the offering. The Fenwick & West team representing FormFactor was led by corporate partner Mark Leahy. The offering was underwritten

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it has significantly enhanced the depth of services provided by its Global Transfer Pricing Practice Group, a subgroup of the Firm’s Global Tax Practice. With the addition of Holly E. Glenn as a senior economist, Baker & McKenzie will enhance its ability to provide comprehensive economic and valuation services

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it acted for the Mathys family to reach agreement to combine Mathys Medizinaltechnik AG and Synthes-Stratec Inc. to create a global osteosynthesis medical device company. To effect the transaction, Synthes-Stratec is purchasing all Mathys shares for CHF 1 billion in cash and CHF 500 million in Synthes-Stratec equity, issuing

It’s homecoming time for two attorneys who will soon become the newest members of the Market Trial Practice Group in the Wilmington office of Reed Smith, a top -20 international law firm. Judith M. Kinney will join the firm on August 4, and John G. “Jack” Harris will rejoin the firm on July 8. Greg

Internationally prominent attorney Ko-Yung Tung has rejoined the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP after serving as the Vice President and General Counsel at the World Bank and as Secretary General of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). At the World Bank, Mr. Tung was responsible for all legal aspects of