Cooley Godward successfully obtained a federal jury verdict acquittal for a pro bono client wrongfully charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm – a charge that carries a five-year prison sentence and an 89 percent conviction rate. The successful defense and three-day federal jury trial was handled by associates Steven Sklaver and […]

SABMiller plc (SABMiller), the world’s second largest brewer by volume, has successfully raised US$2 billion in a debut issue of London listed, investment grade, corporate bonds. Lovells acted as lead and co-ordinating counsel for the issues. SABMiller has raised a total of US$2 billion in its debut issue in the corporate bond markets, with a

Baker & McKenzie announced today that the Firm’s global fee income figure for its fiscal year 2003 (ended June 30, 2003) exceeded US$1.134 billion. This represents an increase of 7% on the previous year’s income of US$1.06 billion. Of the total income figure for FY03, 40% was generated in Europe & Middle East, 36% in

On July 22, 2003, Vietnam Airlines signed the first of three financing agreements with Citibank for the purchase of three Boeing 777-200ER aircraft as part of the carrier’s fleet expansion. Pillsbury Winthrop LLP acted as counsel to Citibank in a US Export-Import Bank-supported financing of the aircraft, the first of which was delivered on August

The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm has earned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell’s law directory. The firm practices complex commercial appellate litigation in state and federal courts.

Clifford Chance acted on two deals out of its Hong Kong office, one being a US$700 million a syndicated, multicurrency term loan facility to ILFC led by JPMorgan. This cross-border transaction was one of the first multicurrency financings for ILFC. The deal was lead by Evan Cohen (partner – Hong Kong) and Steve Lyons (associate

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. will participate in the economic recovery and reform of Iraq by providing legal, regulatory and policy advice as part of a major contract awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The USAID contract was awarded to BearingPoint, Inc., which will look to Squire Sanders as its legal adviser. The

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Pillsbury Winthrop LLP is pleased to report that Michelle Hallsten has returned to the firm’s Sacramento office as partner, where she will head up the business department in the Sacramento market. Hallsten, who served as Of Counsel with Pillsbury Winthrop in the Sacramento office from 1995 to 2000, represents emerging and established companies in a

Pennie & Edmonds LLP, one of the largest and oldest full-service intellectual property law firms in the country, has announced it will open a new office in San Diego, CA later this summer – its second office in California. Anthony Insogna, a partner in Pennie & Edmonds’ Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Group, will lead the San