November 29, 2011 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that John Gaffney has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Before joining one of his clients, Gaffney spent most of his career as a partner with Cravath, Swaine & Moore where he focused on complex corporate and commercial transactions, mergers […]
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Southern District of New York U.S. ATTORNEY PREET BHARARA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ellen Davis, Carly Sullivan, Monday, November 28, 2011 Jerika Richardson Defendant Reaped More Than $1 Million in Illegal Profits Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN BENNETT, a
29 November 2011 Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance is hosting a group of students aged 16 to19 from two schools in Guildford and Poole today, to give them a taste of working life, and to help boost their employability skills. The eye-opening visit is part of a day-long event, ‘A Capital Experience’, organised by
American law schools are suffering a bit of an image problem. Thanks to a determined group of writers known as “scam bloggers,” it’s now an open secret that many schools admit far more students than will ever be able to find jobs after graduation. These student often leave campus with six figures of debt and,
November 20 – 2011 – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), the second largest Spanish bank, on its head office relocation to One Canada Square, Canary Wharf. BBVA will be moving its head office from 108 Cannon Street to Floor 44 of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London,
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Defendant Admitted to Creating Fake Trades Beginning in the Early 1970s Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID L. KUGEL, a former senior trader in the Market Making and Proprietary Trading operations of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (“BLMIS”), pled guilty today in Manhattan federal
One of the Defendants Allegedly Agreed to Acquire $9.5 Million Worth of Surface-to-Air Missiles and Other Weapons for Hizballah Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the extraditions of SIAVOSH HENAREH and CETIN AKSU from Romania, on charges of conspiring to provide narcotics and, in the case of
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Big law is heavily favoring President Obama in campaign contributions, pouring twice as much money into the president’s re-election campaign than into the four leading Republican candidates combined. Obama has received $4.1 million from lawyers and law firms compared with the $1.7 million that Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have received
15 November 2011 Singapore, 15 November 2011 – Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow, the member firm of Baker & McKenzie International in Singapore, advised Scomi Group Bhd in respect to its divestment of its drilling waste management services businesses in the US and Mexico. The deal is valued at approximately USD35 million. The team was
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Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2011 — The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement today charged China-based Longtop Financial Technologies Limited with failing to file current and accurate financial reports with the SEC. Additional Materials The SEC’s Division of Enforcement alleges that Longtop failed to comply with its reporting obligations because it failed to file
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