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Eversheds signs off first deal for Sony Ericsson with UIQ takeover

Eversheds has closed its first corporate deal for Sony Ericsson after advising the mobile phone giant on its recent acquisition of Swedish software company UIQ Technology from Symbian.
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International Edition

CC called in as online gaming company faces US fraud probe

Clifford Chance (CC) has been called in to advise embattled 'virtual wallet' Neteller on its investigation by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) as the onslaught facing the online gaming industry continues. CC is fielding regulatory and securities teams across its New York and London arms to advise on Neteller's discussions with the DoJ, which last month froze the payment processor's funds as part of a wider clampdown on online gaming.
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International Edition

Deals: Finance 08/03/2007

Slaughter and May is acting for Shire on a placing and new debt facilities to finance the pharmaceutical company's $2.6bn (£1.33bn) acquisition of NASDAQ-listed…
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International Edition

Deals: Real estate 08/03/2007

Dickinson Dees has advised property giant Land Securities Trillium for the first time, on a £30m redevelopment of Leicester Grammar School. Projects partner…
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International Edition

Deals: Capital Markets 08/03/2007

Osborne Clarke (OC) has advised Canadian telecoms software company Redknee Solutions on its £68m admission to the Alternative Investment Market. Corporate…
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International Edition

Deals: Corporate 08/03/2007

Travers Smith advised the management of STAR Capital on its £140m ($275m) acquisition of Swedish flight simulation company SAS Flight Academy and a majority…
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International Edition

White & Case bags Panama Canal development

US giant White & Case has bagged a lead role advising the Republic of Panama on the redevelopment of the Howard Air Force Base next to the Panama Canal.The $700m (£357m) project covers 2,750 acres of land and is expected to create around 20,000 jobs. The scheme, known as the Howard Project, will redevelop a 1.7 mile airstrip built by the US but largely abandoned since its forces left the country eight years ago.
1 minute read

International Edition

Shearman lands $800m Omani power deal

Shearman & Sterling's London arm has advised the debt -providers on an $800m (£408m) Omani power and water project. Shearman London managing partner Kenneth MacRitchie led the team advising HSBC and SMBC. The firm won the mandate through its relationship with projects sponsor, Suez Energy International.
2 minute read

Legal Week

Freshfields leads $1.8bn materials joint venture

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the lead opposite a raft of US firms to advise on the $1.8bn (£917m) joint venture between building material producers Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain.The magic circle firm advised longstanding client Saint-Gobain, which has combined its glass reinforcements business with that of Owens Corning to create OCV Reinforcements.
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International Edition

Freshfields leads $1.8bn materials joint venture

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the lead opposite a raft of US firms to advise on the $1.8bn (£917m) joint venture between building material producers Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain.The magic circle firm advised longstanding client Saint-Gobain, which has combined its glass reinforcements business with that of Owens Corning to create OCV Reinforcements.
2 minute read

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