Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP partner Barry Machlin will chair the Center for Business Intelligence’s 7th Annual Mexican Energy conference, October 27-28, 2003 in Houston. The conference will feature key Mexican government and company executives as well as 23 industry leaders who will discuss opportunities, regulations and financing of energy projects in Mexico. The […]

The trade show division of American Lawyer Media, Inc. (ALM), the legal journalism and information company, and VVA, LLC, a leading independent project management and consulting firm, today announced the launch of LegalSpace(TM), a new conference and trade show event focused on office leasing, planning and design issues for law firms. LegalSpace 2003 will take

Baker & McKenzie announced today that Richard Lipton has been elected a Partner. Lipton’s practice focuses on tax planning and representation for partnerships, limited liability corporations and other pass-through entities and real estate transactions. Based in the Firm’s Chicago office, Lipton is a member of the North American and Global Tax Practices. “We are extremely

Pillsbury Winthrop LLP is pleased to announce that Robert D. Gilbert has joined the firm’s Stamford office as a partner in the complex litigation department. An experienced trial lawyer, Gilbert has litigated substantial cases involving antitrust, corporate dissolution and intellectual property disputes. In the intellectual property arena, Gilbert has handled trademark infringement, patent infringement, software

Clifford Chance has recently advised 3i plc and PPM Ventures Limited on their agreement to sell their combined 65% equity stake in Japanese logistics company, Vantec Corporation to Mizuho Capital Partners MBO Fund “FBF200”. The transaction represents the first secondary management buyout in Japan, the original MBO having been one of the earliest western style

Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP and The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm, LLP filed a class action lawsuit on August 26, 2003 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”), on behalf of all purchasers of the securities of Polaroid Corporation (“Polaroid” or the “Company”) (OTC Bulletin

Jenner & Block Partner Stephanie A. Scharf has been installed as President-Elect of the National Association of Women Lawyers for the 2003-2004 term. Ms. Scharf is a senior partner specializing in complex litigation. She received both a law degree and doctorate in behavioral sciences from the University of Chicago. Ms. Scharf’s focus for NAWL is

Expanding its presence in Europe, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP has opened an office in Brussels, bringing on two new partners with extensive international trade and regulatory experience. Sidley’s Brussels office will assist clients with trade, regulatory and competition law issues in the European Union. The new resident partners are Richard Weiner, former Expert

A team from Hammonds Leeds office has advised the shareholders of Walker Group Limited on the sale of its entire issued share capital to Westvale Leisure Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Walker Group, which was headed by Mark Lipinski, trades under the name “Walkers” and operates a chain of Bingo clubs across the Midlands and

Graham C. Grady of Mayer Brown Rowe + Maw was elected President of the American Bar Retirement Association (ABRA) at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association (ABA) in San Francisco. The first African-American President of ABRA, Mr. Grady’s election coincided with that of former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer as the first African-American to