Sidley Austin Brown & Wood has represented CNOOC Limited, a New York Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed company affiliated with China National Offshore Oil Corporation, in its second international offering of US$500 million guaranteed bonds. The bonds, issued through its wholly-owned finance subsidiary, CNOOC Finance (2003) Limited, includes two tranches with 10-year […]

Mallesons Stephen Jaques, has been named as the clear leader in Australia; in this years AsiaLaw / Asiamoney Law Firm Poll 2003. The firm has gained top rankings in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Securitisation and Structured Finance. The May issues of Asiamoney and its sister publication, AsiaLaw, feature

Jamie S Gorelick, the Vice Chair of Fannie Mae will join Wilmer Cutler and Pickering as a partner from 1 July. Ms Gorelick is a former Deputy Attorney General and General Counsel of the Department of Defense and will join the litigation practise to advise clients on matters that involve complex legal, public policy and

Haynes and Boone, LLP, an international corporate law firm, recently announced the formation of its Iraq Transactions and Claims Practice Group, built to assist clients in securing business opportunities in the risky and uncertain markets emerging in Iraq. The firm will leverage its attorneys’ expertise in working with countries in transition, its excellent governmental contacts,

Michael H. Traison, a principal at the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., along with law clerk Maja Binkowska and attorneys from Miller Canfield’s Warsaw, Poland office, will give a presentation on bankruptcy to Polish trustees, bankruptcy judges, clients, and attorneys in Warsaw on May 28 and 29. Traison and other representatives

Partners at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy will meet Tuesday to elect James J. McAlpin Jr. to lead the Atlanta-based firm of 300 lawyers, the firm said Wednesday. McAlpin, 45, will succeed Armin G. Brecher, 61, next March as chair of the firm’s executive committee and board of partners. He will immediately assume primary responsibility

Clifford Chance advised MBIA Assurance SA as Financial Guarantor on a groundbreaking property securitisation to raise £813m for the development of the BBC’s London headquarters, Broadcasting House, into the largest, live broadcasting centre in the world. The art deco building will be developed by Land Securities Trillium Limited in two phases. The first is due

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is significantly strengthening its tax and competition law capabilities in the Paris office and is announcing the following: Stéphane Chaouat joins the Paris office on 2 June from Cleary, Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton to head up its tax practice. He will be supported by Jean-Charles Béroard, who will

Arnold & Porter received the Chambers Award for USA Antitrust Law Firm of the Year tonight at a special ceremony honoring The Worlds Leading Lawyers held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. It is the second such honor for the firm, which received the Chambers Award for Antitrust Law Firm of the

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