Allen & Overy – Establishing a Turkish Presence with Istanbul Launch

Monday, December 5, 2011
Allen & Overy today announces the launch of an office in Istanbul to capitalise on the increasing flow of work it is undertaking in Turkey. 
Banking partner Charles Lindsay will move to Istanbul from London to head up A&O’s Turkey practice. The office will focus on English law project finance, capital markets, general lending and M&A work.

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Polsinelli Shughart Adds Science and Technology Partner Spencer Wood

Monday, December 5, 2011
Polsinelli Shughart welcomes attorney Spencer R. Wood to the firm as shareholder where he will practice in the Science and Technology group. He focuses his practice on intellectual property asset management, information technology and outsourcing, digital media and privacy rights. Wood joins a national team of science and technology attorneys from Chicago to Phoenix.

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Davis Polk Advises Comcast on the Sale of Advanced Wireless Spectrum to Verizon Wireless

Monday, December 5, 2011
Davis Polk is advising Comcast Corporation in connection with the $3.6 billion sale by SpectrumCo, LLC of 122 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless. SpectrumCo is a joint venture between Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Comcast owns 63.6% of SpectrumCo and will receive approximately $2.3 billion from the sale. The transaction is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission and review under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act and other customary conditions.

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Clayton Utz Advises on Centro Group Restructure

Monday, December 5, 2011
Clayton Utz and co-legal adviser Maddocks have advised Centro Retail Limited and Centro Retail Trust (CER) in relation to the complex restructure of Centro Group, which was approved by the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 1 December 2011.

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Maddocks Advises Centro Property Group on Final Stages of $7 Billion Restructure

Monday, December 5, 2011
On Friday 2 December the Centro Property Group announced that it has lodged court orders with ASIC to effect one of the final stages of the $7 billion restructure of the Centro Group – one of the largest and most complex restructures in recent Australian corporate history. The deal was unique because of the complexity of the structure, the size of the debts of the Group and the number of stakeholders involved.

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