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Eight Firms Snag Roles on $1.2 Billion Uranium Deal
Russia-owned ARMZ Uranium will acquire Australian rival Mantra Resources for $1.15 billion, gaining Mantra's Tanzanian assets. The deal is part of ARMZ's ongoing bid to provide low-cost uranium to Russia's nuclear regulatory body. Australian, Canadian and Tanzanian firms are advising on the deal.U.S.-Canadian Telecom Rivals Hook Up in $120 Million Deal
Montreal's SR Telecom Inc. has acquired San Jose-based Netro Corp. for $121 million in cash and stock. The Montreal office of Canada's Fasken Martineau DuMoulin represented SR Telecom. Attorneys in the Menlo Park office of Davis Polk & Wardwell represented Netro in the deal.Chart: Top announced U.S. target M&A deals of 2008
Law Firms Catch World Cup Fever
As the 2010 World Cup kicked off Friday in South Africa, local law firms and large firms with offices in the country were taking part by hosting events, catering to clients and even providing the occasional legal service. Dewey & LeBoeuf helped set up a youth soccer tournament, South African firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs is advising the World Cup's organizing body, and local firm Bowman Gilfillan gave staff members six days off to attend games, while installing flat-screen TVs in its offices for those who have to work.World Cup 2010: Firms in South Africa Take Part in Festivities
The largest sporting event in the world presents a unique opportunity for local firms to host events, cater to clients, and even provide the occasional legal service.Canada Report: Canadian Peacekeeper
At the close of his career, Canada's corporate fix-it specialist, Purdy Crawford, led marathon efforts to rescue a stalled $34 billion securities market. But a few unhappy investors stood in the way.Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp-Controlled Group Claims Abroad
Allan E. Reznick, a partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, and A. Owen Glist, an associate at the firm, write that international considerations trouble domestic bankruptcies when foreign entities are part of the debtor's "controlled group"--defined by U.S. pension law as all entities having 80 percent common ownership. Controlled-group members are liable to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. for benefit shortfalls. Will the PBGC be able to enforce liability against non-U.S.-controlled group members?The Bankruptcy Files: Law Firm Creditors Look to Collect
Outstanding legal bills owed to firms like Ropes & Gray, Gibson Dunn, Goodwin Procter, and Wiley Rein are bringing the firms into bankruptcy court--not as counsel, but as creditors themselves.Vinson & Elkins Takes Lead on $4.4 Billion Oil and Gas Bid
Vinson & Elkins is advising Douglas Miller, chairman and CEO of Exco Resources, who has teamed up with T. Boone Pickens and two private equity firms to launch a $4.36 billion takeover bid for Dallas-based Exco. Miller said in a letter to Exco shareholders that he has joined forces with Texas billionaire Pickens, a member of Exco's board of directors, and private equity firms Ares Management and Oaktree Capital Management to pursue the deal. Miller's group controls about 30 percent of the outstanding Exco shares.Trending Stories
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