July 5, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – The Firm is representing The Blackstone Group in its $26 billion acquisition of Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT). Hilton owns, manages or franchises more than 2,800 hotels, with 480,000 rooms in 76 countries and countries. Its brands include Hilton, Conrad, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hampton Inn,

The man who once was a suspect in the murder of beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was arrested Saturday after a fight with his father, police said. John Mark Karr, 42, was treated briefly at St. Joseph’s Hospital after complaining of chest pains and then taken to the Fulton County jail on charges of battery and

LAWFUEL – The Lawyer Newswire – The Times Lawyer of the Week – Sailesh Mehta, a barrister at 2 Hare Court, is chairman of the Society of Asian Lawyers, which is behind an initiative to have FTSE 100 companies question top City law firms on the ethnic make-up of the teams of lawyers working on

As Paris Hilton, America’s most famous jailbird, was snapped splashing through the surf on a Hawaiian beach her grand-daddy’s business was sol,d in a deal that promises to make Barron Hilton almost $1 billion richer, The Times reports. The 26-year-old socialite had good reason to be smiling for the cameras, and not just because she

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Bank of America Corp., the second- biggest U.S. bank by market value, said it will stand trial on administrative charges related to the 2003 bankruptcy of dairy company Parmalat Finanziaria SpA. Bank of America Corp. faces charges that it didn’t have sufficient internal controls to prevent employees from acting

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – International law firm Clifford Chance is advising Kraft Foods Inc on its offer to acquire the global biscuit business (including the LU brand) of Groupe Danone for USD 7.2 billion in cash. The deal will see Kraft Food Inc becoming Europe’s largest maker of cookies. The Clifford Chance team

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Following the announcement of the launch of an associate office in Saudi Arabia last week, Denton Wilde Sapte has hired technology and telecoms expert Chris Appleby to head up its TMT practice in the Middle East. Chris will co-ordinate the TMT work in the Middle East from the firm’s

Sydney, 7 July 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Baker & McKenzie has acted as legal adviser to international investment and advisory firm Babcock and Brown on the restructure of its international joint venture with real estate group, The GPT Group (“GPT”). Both parties renewed their commitment to the joint venture for