A Webber Wentzel team of attorneys and tax advisers is representing MTN Group Ltd. in relation to the ZAR 24.4 billion unwinding out of the existing empowerment structure in MTN and a new BEE (Black Economic Empowerment). ...

Kochhar & Co.'s Chairman and Managing Partner, Mr. Rohit Kochhar, was awarded the "International Council of Jurists Award" by the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Mr. Manmohan Singh, for his "Distinctive Accomplishment in the areas of Corporate Law and Legal Entrepreneurship". ...

Makarim & Taira S. represented Lehman Brothers acting as the sole book runner and manager in relation to the offering and issuance of $88 million by Davomas International Finance Company Pte Ltd....

In 2008, LCS was nominated No. 1 and No. 3 in "M&A Ranking" in terms of deal count and deal size respectively by Bloomberg. LCS was ranked No. 3 for "Inbound M&A deals to Greater China in 2008" in terms of number of deals by Mergermarket. In addition, LCS & Partners advised on some of the largest and most important Taiwanese M&A transactions of 2008....

As part of Shoosmiths' involvement in the fashion industry, the firm- which boasts Chloé and Jimmy Choo among its clientele - is supporting the winners of the prestigious "NewGen and Fashion Forward Sponsorship Schemes". Gary Assim, Partner of Shoosmiths and one of the most influential lawyers in the UK Fashion industry, said: "Working and supporting "NewGen and Fashion Forward" designers seemed an excellent way to ...

Renowned English Publishing House Law Business Research has prepared a thorough research on Russian Competition Law within the framework of the "Global Competition Review: Russian Country Survey - GCR November 2008". The selected law firms are divided into several categories and ALRUD has been rated as one of the elite firms. ...

The PLMJ Competition Practice Area Team successfully represented 87 companies operating in the tomato industry sector. This historical victory was held before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities with a compensation of approximately €28 million. The success constitutes a very rare event in the EC courts case-law ...

Asters acted as legal counsel to Onexim Holdings Ltd. and the ONEXIM Group on the issue of Ukrainian Merger Control Law. The operation included obtaining clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition of 50% minus one share stake in the investment company Renaissance Capital. ...

Garrigues has claimed a place among the world's top ten legal advisors in terms of volume in the field of Project Finance making it the only independent European firm to feature in the 2008 rankings published in the Dealogic Project Finance Review. According to the publication, Garrigues closed deals worth $6.4 billion (2.2% of Global Project Finance deals). ...

Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to Credit Suisse and a group of lenders in connection with a $40 million loan granted to Ronair NV, a Netherlands Antilles company which will be used to fund certain activities of its affiliate Tampa Cargo. ...

Guyer & Regules has advised Argentine venture capital firm Consultatio in a $140 million real estate project in Punta del Este, Uruguay. ...

Pellerano & Herrera assisted El Corte Inglés - Technology Division, the biggest IT company in Spain, in tender offers for the selection of the numeric portability administrator. ...

Private equity fund AXA Capital Chile acquired a 50% stake in Logística Industrial S.A. from Bodegas Industriales S.A. Carey y Cia. was the legal firm involved in this purchase of shares and capital increases transaction. ...

After a three-day trial, Ulmer & Berne LLP secured a major victory for Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. The jury returned a unanimous verdict for the full amount of the sums Hitachi claimed: $2,823,783 against Horizon and a combined total of $378,225 against the LLCs. ...

Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P. represented Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. in its $100 million offering of Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares Series C. The client is the fourth largest life and health insurance company and among the 100 largest public companies in Canada....

Nixon Peabody LLP is representing approximately 18 financial institutions who have applied to receive capital infusions under the U.S. Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP"). "The operating environment for even the healthiest banks may be the most challenging in decades," said Raymond J. Gustini, Nixon Peabody Partner...