John Bellew, head of the private equity team at Webber Wentzel informed that despite the troubled credit markets worldwide, there is still strong interest in African assets with private equity funds being set up apace to invest in South Africa and the rest of the continent. He said that in 2008 there has been about the same demand for setting up private equity funds by South Africa private equity firms as there was last year when investment was at fever pitch ...

Recommendations contained in the Australian Law Reform Commission's recent report on privacy will have considerable impact on the way the media performs its role according to Minter Ellison's media and defamation law expert, Peter Bartlett. He told "The Australian" that decisions by courts in the UK - in cases involving Formula 1 boss Max Mosley and celebrities such as model Naomi Campbell and writer JK Rowling - had produced a sobering effect on the media. ...

Mrs. Darani Vachanavuttivong and Mr. Edward Kelly have once again been identified by the "2008 Asialaw Leading Lawyers" survey as highly-acclaimed legal experts in the Asia-Pacific region in the area of Intellectual Property. This is the 6th consecutive year they have been given the accolade. ...

Delphi lawyer Agne Lindberg has been appointed one of the pre-eminent IT practitioners in the world. The nomination eminates from The Guide To The World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers and is based on some 6,000 questionnaires among in-house counsel and other leading professionals in 60 jurisdictions. ...

Asters acted as legal counsel to L Capital Management, a French investment company controlled by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, one of the world's largest luxury groups, and Groupe Arnault, the investment vehicle of French billionaire Bernard Arnault. ...

Czech law firm Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KSB) provided legal advisory to the Michel Thierry Group, a leader in the production of textiles and leather for the car industry, during its acquisition of majority shares in FEZKO, A.S. and FEZKO SERVIS, A.S. ...

In the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the Lithuanian State won the case against UAB Naftos Gavyba. Naftos Gavyba failed to prove that during the privatization of the company Geonafta, the Republic of Lithuania had not disclosed all the required information. ...

The Peruvian Private Pension Funds (AFP) have acquired for the funds which each of them manages, US$10 million in investment instruments named "Securitized Bonds Peru - Option Arden 2009". Elías & Medrano Abogados advised JP Morgan Securities which acted as the financial agent. ...

SMS Latinoamerica has been named a full member of the Forum of Firms after reporting it has implemented a globally coordinated quality assurance program committed to the use of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and other specific ethics requirements. ...

The ongoing war in Afghanistan and Iraq has taken its toll on Delfasco Inc., a major supplier of practice bombs to the U.S. Department of Defense. The Potter Anderson & Corroon team are in charge of representing the company as it moves to sell its hardware forging business. ...

The Best Lawyers in America is relied on by attorneys throughout the country and is based on a peer-review selection process by specialists in individual practice areas. ...

Dykema, WSG Law Firm in Michigan, has been named a Go-To Law Firm® for Technology by American Corporate Counsel magazine in its annual survey of in-house counsel teams at the world's largest technology companies. Three valued technology clients, L-3 Communications Holdings, Verizon Communications, Inc., and Syntel, Inc., cited Dykema as the law firm they rely on most ...