DocMorris Pharmacies (Admenta Sverige AB) has signed an agreement with Logica Sverige AB regarding outsourcing of IT services for their pharmaceutical business.

More >>

The international legal practice DLA Piper has advised the business network XING on the acquisition of the Munich-based event platform Amiando AG.

More >>

DLA Piper announced today that it represented Stefanini International Holdings Ltd in the December 13 closing of its tender offer and follow-on merger with TechTeam Global. This US$93.4 million acquisition is a significant step in Stefanini IT Solutions’ strategy of expanding its international presence.

More >>

Shearman & Sterling advised Tengelmann E-Commerce Beteiligungs-GmbH, Mangrove II Investments S.à.r.l., Holtzbrinck Ventures GmbH and several funds of Partech Group as part of a larger group of shareholders regarding the sale of Private Sale GmbH (Brands4Friends) to eBay.

More >>

Simpson Thacher advised First Reserve in the sale of the 80% interest owned by affiliates of First Reserve in Bahamas Oil Refining Company International Limited based in Freeport, Bahamas. The sale price was $1.36 billion and is contingent upon the receipt of certain approvals from the Government of the Bahamas.

More >>

Hogan Lovells has represented the Government of Mexico in its recently-announced $1 billion contract with Boeing to deliver an end-to-end satellite communications system. The system, known as MEXSAT, will provide secure communications for Mexico’s national security needs, as well as enhanced coverage for the country’s civil telecommunications. Corporate lawyers Steven Kaufman in Washington, D.C. and Randy Segal in Northern Virginia led the Hogan Lovells team representing Mexico in the contract.

More >>

Arent Fox LLP won a major victory for its client Core Communications, Inc. when attorneys Michael Hazzard and Joseph Bowser obtained a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reinstating Core’s Maryland Public Service Commission victory against Verizon.

More >>

On December 8, 2010, after five weeks of trial and four days of deliberation, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California returned a patent infringement verdict in favor of our client Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a/ VNUS Medical Technologies (VNUS) and against two of VNUS’s competitors in the market for devices used in minimally invasive surgical procedures to treat veinous reflux disease (the cause of varicose veins).

More >>

Shearman & Sterling represented E.CL S.A., a Chilean power company, in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$400 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% Notes due 2021. E.CL is engaged in the generation, transmission and supply of electricity and the distribution and transportation of natural gas in the north of Chile, as well as the transportation of natural gas in Argentina. E.CL will use the net proceeds of this offering to repay outstanding loans and for general corporate purposes.

More >>

Kaye Scholer represented long-time client J.W. Childs Associates, BAML Capital Partners and Advantage Sales & Marketing in connection with the sale of Advantage Sales & Marketing to Apax Partners for $1.8 billion. Advantage Sales & Marketing is a leading sales and marketing agency in the U.S., providing outsourced sales, marketing and merchandising services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of consumer packaged goods.

More >>