Herbert Smith has advised British Petroleum (BP) on the sale of its 2% stake in the equity share capital of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec). The sale of around 1.8 billion ‘H’ shares in Sinopec was effected through an accelerated bookbuilt placing on public markets for HK$3.15 per share, raising a total of approximately […]

Global law firm Clifford Chance advised Trinitybrook plc, Apax and Permira on the GBP 699.1 million public-to-private acquisition of major UK womenswear chain New Look Group plc. Takeover vehicle Trinitybrook is a newly incorporated company owned by leading private equity houses Apax and Permira, and New Look company founder Tom Singh and family. Weymouth-based New

A man previously employed at the Walnut office of the Viewsonic Corporation was sentenced today to one year in prison for hacking into the company’s computer system and wiping out critical data, an act that shut down a computer server that was central to the company’s foreign operations. Andrew Garcia, a 39-year-old Montebello resident, was

UK law firm, Pinsents, has completed a wizard of a deal advising the management of Merlin Entertainments Group Limited, which operates the popular London Dungeon and Seal Life centre chain of attractions, on the £72.5 million secondary buyout of the business. Hermes Private Equity has bought out the interests of Apax Partners and JP Morgan

Chadbourne & Parke LLP Represents ORBCOMM In $26 Million Equity Financing; Completes Turnaround of 1990s Tech High Flyer That Hit Rough Times Chadbourne & Parke LLP, helping put the finishing touches on the turnaround of global satellite telecommunications company ORBCOMM, represented the Dulles, Va.-based company in a $26 million equity financing involving SES Global S.A.,

An Inglewood woman who ran an environmental testing company and admitted falsifying hundreds of sampling and laboratory reports relating to environmental pollutants was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison. Regina Coleman, 41, was also ordered to pay $303,930 in restitution to victims of her scheme. Coleman, who pleaded guilty in December to three

Scott + Scott, LLC Represents Securities Purchasers in Yet Another Restatement Accounting Fraud Case Scott + Scott, LLC a law firm based in Connecticut with offices in Ohio and California, announces that it has filed a securities fraud action on behalf of purchasers of the securities, including the common stock traded in overseas markets and

A resident of Spain is scheduled to make his first court appearance this afternoon after being extradited to the United States to face a 10-count indictment that alleges he and a female confederate operated a Ponzi scheme that defrauded approximately 150 victims out of $5.8 million. Ali A. Yawar, a 51-year-old citizen of Afghanistan, is

The Palm Beach County State Attorney’s seizure of Rush Limbaugh’s entire medical files using search warrants was a violation of state law and an effort at “Big Brother scrutiny” that will chill doctor-patient relations for all Floridians, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons said in a brief filed today in Florida’s Fourth District Court

Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that the firm recently advised a new management buy-in team, Codate Lighting Holdings Limited, on its £6.1 million acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Chadmere Limited, a holding company of Iluma Lighting Limited — the lighting design, distribution and manufacturing company. Under the agreement, an initial consideration of £6.1