Debevoise & Plimpton acted as U.S. counsel to Irish telecommunications firm eircom in connection with a €1.05 billion (approximately $1.19 billion) bond issue completed on Thursday, August 7, 2003. The issue is the largest ever euro-denominated high-yield bond issue and the first note offering by a former state telecommunications firm in Europe on the high […]

National Australia Bank Group has announced the formation of a new strategic alliance by the Group’s UK wealth management division. Under the agreement, Legal & General life insurance products will be offered to the three million customers of the NAB Group’s three UK banks – Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Northern Banks. Commenting on the deal, CMS

National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has successfully raised £600 million in an inaugural issue of London listed guaranteed secured bonds. Lovells advised NATS on the bond issue and the associated refinancing of its bank debt, as envisaged in the restructuring implemented in March this year. The firm has been working continuously with NATS since 1999.

Microsoft Corporation improperly put patented Web browser technology into its Internet Explorer, helping the computer giant to win critical market share from rival Netscape Navigator, according to a verdict handed down today by a federal jury in Chicago. In the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, the 12-member jury found

Alistair Duffield is a new partner in the Singapore Office of Holman Fenwick + Willan. Alistair has been based in Singapore for more than 12 years and has worked on Asian transactions since 1985. He joins the firm from the Singapore office of White & Case LLP where he was a Partner for 7 years.

Media Contact: Andrew Blum, Public Relations Manager, (212) 728-4519, ablum@chadbourne.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP WELCOMES LITIGATION COUNSEL PAMELA J. MARPLE TO WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE New Counsel Brings Additional White Collar and Government Experience as Firm Continues to Grow New York, NY – July 22, 2003 – The international law firm of Chadbourne

Landmark decision – Australian copyright law confirmed to combat software piracy Melbourne, Friday 31 July, 2003: Blake Dawson Waldron represented Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) in its successful appeal to the Full Federal Court in the SCE v Stevens case. The Full Court delivered judgment on 30 July 2003, unanimously allowing SCE’s appeal on the principal

Rapidly-growing international law firm, Reed Smith Crosby Heafey, has added a partner and two associates to its Los Angeles offices, effective today. The three previously worked in the Los Angeles office of Cleveland-based Arter & Hadden LLP, which has recently dissolved. Roxanne M. Wilson joins Reed Smith’s product liability practice group, specializing in complex consumer

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP announced today that prominent corporate/commercial lawyer Denis Boudreault will be joining its Montréal office. “We’re delighted to welcome Denis to the Blakes’ partnership,” said Jim Christie, the Firm’s Chairman. “Blakes continues to attract top legal talent and hiring Denis further strengthens our growing corporate/commercial practice in Montréal.” Denis Boudreault specializes

Blake, Cassels & Graydon announced today that competition lawyer Brian Facey will join the Firm’s Competition and Trade Group in Toronto. “We are delighted that Brian has decided to join Blakes,” said Jim Christie, the Firm’s Chairman. “He is one of this country’s rising stars in the field of competition law, and will bring significant