This year the firm has received one of the biggest mandates to hit East Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean. De Comarmond & Koenig is advising Gulf Africa Petroleum Corporation (Gapco) - a Mauritian registered entity which controls assets worth $300 million. ...

Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, WSG legal member in Philippines, and Shearn Delamore, WSG legal member in Malaysia, were nominated for "The Restructuring deal of the year" category at the IFLR Asia awards 2008. In addition, Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan won the IFLR National Law Firm of the Year for 2008. This is the 6th time the firms gets this award. The deals that supported this nomination were: US$ 300 Million SM Investments Corporation Convertible Bonds - JPML; US$ 3.42 Billion Sale of Mirant Assets - ABSM / HMDL / AMS; PhP 5 billion (US$ 119 Million) Asian Development Bank Peso Bond Issue - JMGH / VDG; PhP 1.6 Billion (US$ 38 Million) AIG PhilAm Savings Bank's Long Term Negotiable Certificates of Deposit - RAM. ...

Tilleke & Gibbins Consultants Limited in Vietnam was ranked by Asia Pacific Legal 500 in its 2007/2008 edition for their work in several practice areas in Vietnam. It has also been been recognized in the "Asian-Counsel Deals of the Year 2007" and was credited in the cover story of the January/February 2008 issue of Asian-Counsel magazine. ...

Assim, equity partner at Shoosmiths has been nominated one of the Fashion's Stars Gary in 2007 by the British Fashion magazine Drapers, for its representation of the world's recognized designer Chloé. In July, Shoosmiths represented designer label Chloé in an action against Topshop which resulted in the high street chain destroying almost 2,000 dresses ...

Following more than 12 years of excellence in serving its clients, the renowned Ukrainian law firm Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners announced on 21 February 2008 that it changed its name to Asters. The announcement was made at a gala party in Hyatt Regency Kyiv witnessed by almost 200 guests ...

On 23 January this year, the board of the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania granted eleven companies the status of certified advisers in Lithuanian alternative marketplace First North. The certified companies are the pioneer market players officially entitled to advise other companies on entry into this financial market. ...

Leading UK law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn completed corporate finance deals totaling over £18.7bn in 2007 following its involvement in some of the year's biggest transactions. James Will, head of Corporate Finance at Shepherd and Wedderburn, said: "The firm's involvement in some of the largest deals of 2007 demonstrates our strength and expertise across a number of sectors both in the UK and overseas. ...

Martin Šolc, managing partner of Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KSB), has been elected Lawyer of the Year 2007, Commercial Law. His success means that KSB has won the award in three consecutive years - Jiøí Balaštík was Lawyer of the Year 2005 (Property) and Professor Dìdiè was Lawyer of the Year 2006 (Commercial). ...

San Martin, Suarez y Asociados (SMS), a firm specialized in auditing, consulting and tax advisory services, presents a new department specialized in advisory services in business risk management for companies. The main services of the department are related to ...

The merger between Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, and Blackwell Sanders LLP is complete and the firms are now operating as Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP. The partners approved the merger last December and it became effective on February 29, 2008. "Through the merger of our legacy firms, we have grown to more than 630 lawyers. With new This Chicago and Denver office openings scheduled in March, we will serve 12 markets stretching from Washington, D.C. to Denver, with international reach through our London office," said David A. Fenley, co-chairman. ...

Running to the law library and dragging out a heavy, dusty tome to check a Delaware corporate law statute will be just a distant memory with the launch of a new mobile, wireless service from the Delaware law firm Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP. eDelaware™ is a free mobile software that will provide instant access to the full text of key Delaware statutes, along with case law summaries through a BlackBerry® smartphone device. ...