On October 4, Skadden won two matters for Christie’s Inc. in connection with litigation brought by billionaire William I. Koch.
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Stamford Law Advises the First Indonesian Coal Mining Group to be Listed in the Last Five Years
In what is the first Indonesian coal mining group to be listed in the last five years, Stamford Law played a key role in advising Geo Energy Resources Limited on its listing on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST. The Geo Energy Group is a coal mining group with business operations and coal mining concession in Indonesia. The initial public offering of shares is expected to raise approximately S$94 million. Based on the invitation price of S$32.5 cents, the Company’s market capitalisation at listing is expected to be approximately S$376 million.
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Squire Sanders Expands Presence in Saudi Arabia
Global legal practice Squire Sanders announces that it has expanded its Middle East practice through the acquisition of El-Khoury & Partners MENA business, which formerly operated in Saudi Arabia as EK Partners & Al-Enezee. The acquisition has strengthened Squire Sanders’ presence in the region as it now opens a fully integrated office in Riyadh operating as Al-Enezee in association with Squire Sanders.
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Manatt Grows National Litigation Practice in Sacramento
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, today announced that Harry W.R. Chamberlain II has joined the firm’s Sacramento office as a partner in the Litigation Division. Chamberlain comes to Manatt from Buchalter Nemer in Los Angeles.
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White & Case Represents Calpine Corporation in $432M Power Plant Purchase
Global law firm White & Case LLP represented Calpine Corporation in its US$432 million purchase of a 800-megawatt power plant from Bosque Power Co., LLC. The natural gas-fired, combined-cycle plant is located in Central Texas near the unincorporated community of Laguna Park in Bosque County.
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IP Litigation Partner Scott Miller Joins Sheppard Mullin
Scott R. Miller has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Miller joins Sheppard Mullin from Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, where he was partner-in-charge of the firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s management committee.
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Akin Gump Secures $447 Million Recovery in First-Ever RICO Claim by Foreign Company
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has secured a $447 million settlement for its client Aluminium Bahrain, B.S.C. (Alba), from U.S.- based Alcoa, Inc. The settlement arises out of a claim brought by Alba under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act against Alcoa, an Alcoa subsidiary and Canadian businessman Victor Dahdaleh in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Alba is one of the largest industrial companies in the Middle East and the fourth-largest aluminum smelter in the world.
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Orrick Helps Dow AgroSciences Protect Key Product With Patent Suit Victory
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP won a critical motion for summary judgment on behalf of Dow AgroSciences in a heated battle with Bayer CropScience AG over a Bayer genetically modified plant patent.
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Bracewell Represents Venoco, Inc. in Financing of Going-Private Transaction
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Venoco, Inc. in the financing of its going-private merger.
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Freshfields Advises Advent International on $1.15bn Acquisition of Cytec Industries’ Coating Resins Business
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Advent International, one of the leading global private equity firms, on its acquisition of the coating resins business of Cytec Industries Inc., for $1.15 billion. The transaction, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2013.
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