Mallesons Stephen Jaques has gained top honours in Project Finance rankings for the first half of 2003. According to analysis by Dealogic ProjectWare, Mallesons is positioned at number one in Australasia, holding greater than a 35% share of the project finance market, with nine deals valued at US$913 million signed and funded during the period […]

Whistleblowing legislation catches private sector unawares A Freehills survey has found that although the public sector is largely aware of whistleblowing protection legislation, half of the private sector respondents did not know of public sector penalties for failing to protect employees who report illegal activity. Calvert Duffy, General Manager of Legal Risk Management at Freehills,

Taylor Wessing is set to open an office in Paris following a partner vote last week in favour of the expansion. The announcement is in line with Taylor Wessing’s stated strategy to build a European practice. Taylor Wessing France is due to open in November 2003 with partners recruited from the TICE (Telecoms, IT, Communications

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced an expansion of its highly regarded global competition practice. Steven A. Newborn, James C. Egan, Jr., John E. Scribner and Laura A. Wilkinson will be joining the firm as partners, resident in its Washington, D.C., office. They join Weil, Gotshal & Manges from Clifford Chance. Stephen J. Dannhauser, Chairman

The national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) is pleased to announce that Anthony H. Handal, founding partner of Handal & Morofsky, joins K&L as a partner in the New York office. He is joined at K&L by an associate and a patent agent from that firm. Handal has over 30 years of

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP is one of Canada’s best employers, according to the national magazine, Maclean’s. In its October 20th issue, Maclean’s lists Canada’s Top 100 Employers as determined by Mediacorp Canada Inc., a publisher that specializes in employment-related issues. The list includes not-for-profit groups, government agencies and private sector companies. Blakes is the

On 3 October 2003, the Australian Government announced the establishment of a working party to consider whether appropriate criminal offences for cartel behaviour can be introduced into Australian competition law. This followed the Australian Government’s announcement, in April 2003, in principle acceptance of the Dawson Committee’s recommendations to increase civil penalties for contraventions of Australian

Holman Fenwick & Willan represented PT Bumi Resources Tbk (Bumi) on its acquisition of PT Kaltim Prima Coal, (KPC) one of Indonesia’s largest coal mining companies and one of the biggest coal exporters in the world. Bumi purchased all of the shares of KPC from Rio Tinto Plc and BP Plc for US$500 million. The

Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP represented Finisar Corporation in its offering, under Rule 144A, of $150 million in convertible subordinated notes to institutional purchasers, which closed today. The team of attorneys from Gray Cary representing Finisar was led by Dennis Sullivan, along with corporate and securities attorneys, Joe Sorenson, Craig Tighe and Ben Griebe,

Barrington Henderson, the lead singer of the Temptations for more than 5 years, filed suit today against the group, Motown, group founder Otis Williams and others alleging that they have failed to pay him royalties for both a platinum Temptations album and a Grammy(R)- winning album. The lawsuit also alleges that the Temptations continue to