Webber Wentzel was successful for Actis Africa Empowerment Fund LP in litigation against Moepi who defaulted in its obligations towards Actis in a funding transaction. Motion proceedings were subsequently launched in the South Gauteng High Court. Actis sought an order for payment of R127 million (USD 16.9 million) and an interdict prohibiting Moepi from implementing a transaction with certain third parties. ...

Stamford Law Corporation acted as legal counsel to the financial advisor in C2O Holdings Ltd. proposed takeover of Swissco International Ltd. for approximately USD124 million. C2O, a Singapore-based marine company, intends to leverage the considerable reach of Swissco in the South-East Asian oil and gas sectors. Swissco is an established provider of off-shore support solutions. ...

Minter Ellison has been appointed to advise the Victorian Government on the delivery of AUD 1 billion to the Parkville Comprehensive Cancer Centre Project. With more than 30,000 square-metres of research space, this world-class facility to be built in Melbourne in 2011 will drive the next generation of progress for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. ...

Asters is acting as Ukrainian counsel to Telenor of Norway on the USD23.8 billion consolidation of its mobile assets in Russia - VimpelCom and Kyivstar G.S.M. The transaction is intended to end five years of litigation and arbitration proceedings between Telenor and Alfa Group. ...

The Commercial Property Team at Shoosmiths has been selected to become the principal real estate adviser to Mckay Securities PLC. The company is a British commercial property investment company with real estate investment trusts and a valued portfolio of €224 million. ...

Hannes Snellman has advised Lemminkäinen Corporation, a civil engineering and project management contracting group, regarding a major life cycle project that includes new construction and maintenance for 25 years of four schools and a child day-care centre. The construction work has an estimated value is EUR93.5 million and will begin early 2010 in Kuopi. ...

For the first time, The Lawyer magazine has celebrated "The Lawyer's European Awards" where four WSG members have been recognized in their jurisdictions: Garrigues, European Law Firm of the Year; Garrigues, Law Firm of the Year: Iberia; A&L Goodbody, Law Firm of the Year: Republic of Ireland; Lawin, Law Firm of the Year: Scandinavia & the Baltic States. ...

This year's Chambers Latin America Awards for Excellence have gone to: Carey y Cía, Chile; Pacheco Coto and AFC, Asesores Fiscales Corporativos, Costa Rica; Brigard & Urrutia, Colombia; Pellerano & Herrera, Dominican Republic; Consortium-Taboada & Asociados, Nicaragua; and Guyer & Regules, Uruguay. ...

Romero Pineda & Asociados (RP&A) advised Calox International, a company specializing in the promotion, distribution, manufacturing and sales of generic medical products for human and veterinarian consumption. Calox El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. will begin the sales and promotion of its products in the Salvadorian market in 2010. ...

The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) has granted a USD10 Million loan to Scotiabank's leasing operation in a deal which drew legal counsel from four countries across Central America including Quiñones, Ibargüen & Luján representing the lender's counsel for Guatemala. An affiliate of the Inter-American Development Bank, the IIC makes private sector loans to bank member countries in Latin American and Caribbean to promote and support the development of the private sector and the capital markets. ...

Haynes and Boone, LLP advised Shell on the sale of its downstream businesses including supply, distribution and marketing businesses in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras to affiliates of the Central American conglomerate, Grupo Terra. The sale of Shell's downstream business in El Salvador has also been agreed upon and is awaiting regulatory approval. ...

Dykema's elite Automotive Industry Team has successfully achieved the dismissal of all class action claims and a significant portion of the non-class action claims against Ford Motor Company in multidistrict litigation, MDL-1718, arising out of allegations of defective speed control deactivation switches. Plaintiffs asserted that the alleged defect and Ford's voluntary recall rendered the speed control system non-functioning causing a period of loss of use of the cruise control function, while other plaintiffs alleged that the defective speed control deactivation switches caused vehicle fires. Over 100 federal cases from around the country have been transferred to MDL-1718. ...

In the course of fewer than 60 days this summer, the North American automotive industry was fundamentally reorganized and restructured as General Motors and Chrysler reorganized under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Cassels Brock Insolvency and Restructuring Team acted as counsel to the Federal Government of Canada in both restructurings which involved over USD12.5 billion of new Canadian government financing and the successful resolution of a host of extremely time-sensitive issues, including cross-border bankruptcy, M&A, financing, litigation, intellectual property, tax and labor and employment complexities. From a Canadian perspective, one of the most difficult challenges was to ensure the protection of Canadian operations during and following the Chapter 11 reorganizations. ...