15 November 2006 – LAWFUEL – Europe Law & Business News – International law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP’s finance practice has advised Landesbank Berlin AG in the restructuring of its securities arbitrage conduit, Check Point Charlie. The deal closed on 10 November 2006. Highlighted recently by Moody’s as “one of the most […]

LAWFUEL – Legal News, Legal Jobs Network – International legal practice Norton Rose, representing Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB, has been successful in the Court of Appeal in an action to enforce a Danish arbitration award against the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The dispute between the parties arose out of a Joint Venture Agreement

November 15, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Shearman & Sterling LLP is currently advising private equity investment firm Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC in an agreement by their affiliate Bonten Media Group LLC to purchase all of the issued and outstanding stock of BlueStone TV Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary

Lovells have acted for First Data on an agreement with Warburg Pincus on the divesture of 100% of the shares in easycash GmbH. Detail: First Data sold easycash in a competitive auction process which attracted the interest of a large number of both industrial buyers and financial investors. The divestiture had been requested by the

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – The Munich office of leading corporate commercial firm SJ Berwin LLP advised longstanding client Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Homag Group AG (“Homag”), a manufacturer of woodworking machinery for the furniture and construction supplies industries with sales in 2005 of approximately

A Chip for My Old Block By Jim Castagnera Attorney at Large Last summer, my son married a German girl. They live in Hamburg, her hometown. When my family and I were at the wedding, and I was in my cups, I boasted about learning to speak German. Marc, who majored in German at Temple

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% notes due 2018 and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.45% notes due 2037. Based in Philadelphia, Comcast is the largest cable television operator in the United States. The

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Linklaters was last night named Global Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Global Awards 2006. The firm also won the Asian Law Firm of the Year award for the second year running. For the global award, the judges were looking for ‘a firm that demonstrates

LawFuel.com – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Skadden is representing US Airways Group, Inc. in its approximately $8 billion unsolicited proposal to merge with Delta Air Lines, Inc., which is currently undergoing a Chapter 11 restructuring.