17 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Barclays Capital helps Friends Provident complete £380m securitisation first Barclays Capital was lead manager of the ground-breaking £380m securitisation completed today by Friends Provident Life and Pensions Limited, the independent UK life insurer. Friends Provident is the first UK proprietary life insurer to raise […]

17 December 2004 -Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Christopher A. Wray, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced today that defendant, Kent Frank, made his initial appearance in federal court in the Southern District of Florida,

20 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – International law firm Norton Rose has advised on fund raisings undertaken by two AIM listed gold mining companies, Oxus Gold plc (“Oxus”) and Cluff Gold plc (“Cluff”). Both transactions were announced on 30 November 2004. Norton Rose acted for RBC Capital Markets, the sole

20 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Thomas J. Pool pled guilty today to the manipulation of natural gas prices in interstate commerce. Mr. Pool, 31, of Tulsa Oklahoma, is a former natural gas trader at Williams Energy

Gonzales’s Role in So-Called ‘Torture Memo’ Will Be a Chief Focus of His Confirmation Hearings, Say Sources Close to Senate Judiciary Committee NEW YORK, Dec. 19 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news — At a July 2002 meeting led by Alberto Gonzales (then President Bush’s chief counsel, now Bush’s nominee for attorney general),

MIAMI, Dec. 17 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news — Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. was bond counsel for a $750 million bond issue selected by The Bond Buyer as its national “Deal of the Year.” The Bond Buyer is the premier publication reporting public financing nationally. Lawyers from the firm’s Miami and

BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Dec. 17 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news — The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on behalf of

17 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Allen & Overy is advising Netherlands-based CSM on the sale of its European sugar confectionary business to CVC Capital Partners for a price of €850 million. The sale is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2005 and is subject to regulatory

The Southeast Franchise Forum, along with program sponsors Kilpatrick Stockton and Wachovia Insurance Services, will be hosting a 1-day interactive workshop that will help individuals build and maintain healthy franchise relations. The event will take place on Friday, January 21, 2005 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the offices of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. The

16 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Corio, one of the largest quoted property investment companies in Europe, has added another shopping centre to its Italian real estate portfolio. The company has signed a contract to purchase part of the shopping centre Il Globo in Busnago (near Milan). At this stage