Monday 18 September 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Mr Jeffrey Lucy, Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has been appointed as inaugural Chairman of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR). ‘Australia’s regulatory framework, together with the strength of its audit profession, provides an opportunity for Australia […]

LAWFUEL – Legal News, Legal Jobs – Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Credit Suisse on its strategic alliance with Ospraie Management, LLC, a New York-based investment management firm that currently oversees over $4 billion in basic industry and commodity investments. As one of the world’s leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment

LawFuel.com – Law News, Law Jobs- LawFuel’s lead story from the London Times suggests that the marriage between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles has been left open to challenges by the Courts due to the Lord Chancellor’s blunders. About LawFuel.com LawFuel.com is one of the Net’s largest pure-law news services, providing a cost-effective way for

LAWFUEL – UK Law News – Slaughter and May is advising Citigroup and HSBC, as joint financial advisers to Genting International, on a recommended cash offer for Stanley Leisure plc. The offer is at a price of 860 pence per share and values Stanley Leisure at approximately £639 million. Genting International has an interest in

Sunday 17 September 2006 06 LAWFUEL – Australia Law Daily – Ms Jan Redfern, Executive Director of Enforcement at of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has announced the decision by the Cairns District Court to jail Mr Piet Cornelius Walters for eight years following an ASIC investigation. After a three-week trial, Mr Walters

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Skadden represented a private equity consortium led by The Blackstone Group in its acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. for approximately $17.6 billion. Freescale is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. This is the third-largest

Clifford Chance announced today that Carlos Conceicao is to join the firm as Director of Regulatory Enforcement. Currently, Carlos is head of the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) Wholesale Group in Enforcement. He is recognized as a leading expert on regulatory issues affecting financial institutions with particular expertise in investigating and taking disciplinary action in cases

LAWFUEL – Law Jobs, Law News – LawFuel.com’s lead story from the UK ‘Lawyer’ looks at the Top 100 law firm survey. Clifford Chance and Linklaters took the top two spots in the Global 100, while Pinsents’ and Addleshaws’ debuts boost the UK firm total to sixteen. Big profit, though, remains largely a US game.

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Leading corporate commercial firm SJ Berwin LLP has advised the majority shareholders of Betty TV Group, Zurich, Munich on the takeover of Betty TV Group by Swisscom Fixnet AG. The further details of the takeover are confidential. Betty TV Group, which comprises companies in Zurich and Munich, develops and

LONDON, September 15, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law Jobs, Law News – Results of the UK Legal 500 Survey for 2006 provide hard evidence that Baker Botts maintains a strong presence in its core practice areas in its London office. In the Oil & Gas, Arbitration and M&A Smaller Groups categories, the firm is recommended