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July 05, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Eleven Firms Land Roles on $5.43 Billion Polkomtel LBO

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July 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Law Firm Caught in the Crossfire

Police stormed the Kiev office of Ukraine's Magisters as part of a criminal investigation of client Naftogaz.
4 minute read
January 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Legal Blotter: A Fresh Batch of Lawyers on the Defensive

6 minute read
December 10, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Madoff Mania: Trustee Churns Out Suits Right Up to Deadline

On Saturday at midnight, Irving Picard, liquidating trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, can finally rest after a whirlwind two weeks of frantic civil suits filed to recover money for investors before the two-year statute of limitations runs out.
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June 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

Vietnam Redux

Redux
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January 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

From Jewelry to Uranium, It's All M&A to Canada's Stikeman

Leading Canadian firm Stikeman Elliott has grabbed lead roles on two major M&A deals announced Monday, advising client Harry Winston on the $1 billion sale of its watch and jewelry unit to The Swatch Group of Switzerland and representing Russia's state-owned ARMZ—the successor to the Soviet Union's nuclear industry—on its $1.3 billion buy of Canada's Uranium One.
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July 16, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Ceasing Hostilities, GSK and Human Genome Agree to Friendly $3 Billion Deal

Months after adopting a "poison pill" takeover defense to fend off a hostile bid by GlaxoSmithKline, biotechnology company Human Genome Services has agreed to accept a sweetened offer from the British pharmaceutical giant. Six Am Law firms landed roles on the transaction.
3 minute read
July 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom lands a former acting assistant attorney general from the Justice Department for its antitrust and competition practice; Allen & Overy adds two partners to its securities and financial services regulatory practice; and Jones Day recruits two partners for its Silicon Valley outpost. The Churn is constant, Please send all announcements to [email protected].
5 minute read
April 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Still Spinning

Fear not, critics of Citizens United. A solution to the problem of corporate money in elections is at hand.
8 minute read
December 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Al Togut Talks

The lawyer guiding Dewey & LeBoeuf through Chapter 11 vowed never to take on another law firm bankruptcy case. Then the firm that gave him one of his first important referrals went down in flames.
16 minute read

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