Ogier has opened an office in Shanghai as it further expands its worldwide network. The move is at the heart of our strategy to provide the most innovative and comprehensive multi-jurisdictional services, through a significant presence in each of the world’s key financial centres and across all time zones.
Tags: Ogier Group L.P. | Shanghai Monthly Archives: July 2011
Dewey & LeBoeuf Represents Spartan Capital Holdings in the Acquisition of Polkomtel – Europe’s Largest LBO Since 2008
Dewey & LeBoeuf has represented Spartan Capital Holdings, indirectly controlled by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak, in the PLN 18.1 billion (US$ 6.6 billion) acquisition of Polkomtel, Poland’s second-largest mobile network operator.
Arent Fox Wins Major Victory in Federal Court for President of Rwanda
Arent Fox LLP won a major victory on June 23 for its client, the President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame, when the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma denied a plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment in a wrongful death suit by the widows of the deceased presidents of Burundi and Rwanda, who were killed in an airplane explosion in 1994.
Tags: ArentFox Schiff LLP Goodwin Procter Advises ANSYS on Purchase of Apache Design Solutions
Goodwin Procter served as legal counsel to client ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator in simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, on its acquisition of Apache Design Solutions, Inc., a leading simulation software provider.
Tags: Goodwin Procter, LLP White & Case Represents Calpine Corporation in $844.5 Million Power Plant Financing
Global law firm White & Case LLP represented Russell City Energy Company, LLC, a project company 75%-owned by Calpine Corporation and 25%-owned by an affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services, in connection with the $844.5 million construction financing of a natural gas-fired, combined cycle power generation facility. The 620 megawatt facility – which is under construction in Hayward, CA, and is expected to begin operations in mid-2013 – is the country’s first power plant to receive a federal air permit that includes a voluntary limit on greenhouse gas emissions.
Tags: White & Case LLP | New York Hogan Lovells Advises News Corporation on Divestiture of MySpace
Hogan Lovells advised long-time client News Corporation on its sale of online social networking company MySpace to Specific Media, a digital media company. As part of the transaction News Corporation will retain a minority equity stake in Specific Media.
Tags: Hogan Lovells Baker & McKenzie Advises AXA Private Equity on Major Barclays Acquisition
A cross-office Baker & McKenzie team has advised AXA Private Equity on its USD740 million purchase of a portfolio of funds interests from Barclays.
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