London, 5 September 2006 – Baker & McKenzie London announced today that it has closed the transaction establishing a second special purpose securities arbitrage company, CentreStar Bonds No.2 Limited, funded by the National Australia Bank sponsored CentreStar US$10 Billion asset-backed commercial paper conduit. Baker & McKenzie acted for and advised National Australia Bank in relation […]

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – Legal News Daily – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that four individuals were arrested, (one outstanding –outside the country) yesterday on a 52 count federal grand jury indictment charging Shun An Chee, Myint Myint Lwin, Pamela Yee, Ma Myo Myo Thein, Khin Htwe Maung (a.k.a. Yuan Ma Lim

Friday 8 September 2006 06 – LAWFUEL – Australia Law News – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Ms Rae Frances Morley of Connamble in New South Wales, from providing financial services. Ms Morley’s banning follows an investigation by ASIC into her conduct during her employment with Insurance Advisernet Australia Pty

LAWFUEL – Law & Business News Network – Part of On-Going Effort to Reduce Youth Smoking Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today renewed his call for Hollywood’s major motion picture studios to insert anti-smoking public service announcements in all DVDs and videos of movies in which smoking is depicted. In addition to a written appeal, Spitzer

LAWFUEL – Law & Business News – Representation of Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (France), a provider of seismographic services and equipment to oil and gas companies, as co-counsel in its US$3.1 billion acquisition of Veritas DGC Inc., a provider of seismic data collection services to oil and gas companies.

Friday 8 September 2006 – LAWFUEL – Australia Law News – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has disqualified four company directors in New South Wales from managing corporations following their involvement in failed companies. ASIC has banned husband and wife IT service providers, Geoffrey Francis MacPherson and Joanne Kay MacPherson, for the maximum

DALLAS/HOUSTON/AUSTIN – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A total of 26 partners from the Dallas, Houston and Austin offices of Gardere Wynne Sewell have been recognized among 2006’s “The Best Lawyers in America.” Published by Woodward/White Inc., “The Best Lawyers in America” is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced today that IRS-Criminal Investigation would join the local stock options backdating task force that was formed on July 12, 2006, to investigate alleged backdating of stock options with the intent to defraud in the Northern District of California. The task

Washington, D.C., Sept. 7, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the Division of Corporation Finance will recommend an amendment to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 concerning director nominations by shareholders. The staff proposal, still to be developed, will address issues raised

London, UK— LAWFUEL – UK Law News Daily – The London office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (K&LNG) welcomes Trevor Beadle to its finance practice. Beadle comes to the firm from Dechert LLP. Beadle has a wide-ranging lender practice. He acts for commercial and investment banks, fund managers and international financial institutions. His