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CC, Linklaters and SNR Denton take lead roles as Petroplus files for administration
Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and SNR Denton have picked up lead roles after one of Europe’s largest independent refiners, Petroplus, defaulted on $1.75bn (£1.12bn) of debt and filed for insolvency last week (24 January). The Swiss company...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Dundas set to launch new office in Aberdeen
Dundas & Wilson is to open an Aberdeen office led by senior corporate partners Douglas Crawford and David Davidson. The Scottish firm already has bases in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London housing a total of 82 partners and 369 fee earners.
02 Feb 2012 | 16:03
Links and Freshfields take top roles on proposed $82bn mining merger
Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won lead roles on a proposed merger between commodities trader Glencore and mining giant Xstrata worth around $82bn (£50bn). Xstrata confirmed it had received an approach from Glencore for an all-...
02 Feb 2012 | 11:28
Minter Ellison becomes latest firm to launch office in Mongolia
Minter Ellison has launched an office in Mongolia in response to demand from clients for it to have a presence in the region. The move comes as part of the Australian firm's wider strategy to expand in Asia, with a particular focus on capturing ene...
01 Feb 2012 | 08:00
Linklaters takes key China role on closely-watched Thames Water deal
Linklaters has taken the lead role for China Investment Corporation (CIC) on its acquisition of a 9% stake in Thames Water. The high-profile deal - which marks the Chinese sovereign wealth fund's first major UK share purchase - saw the magic circle...
24 Jan 2012 | 07:00
GDF Suez appoints firms to first global legal panel
GDF Suez has appointed a trio of firms to its inaugural global legal panel in the wake of its £5bn reverse takeover of electricity generator International Power last summer. Linklaters and French leader Bredin Prat, both longstanding advisers to G...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Linklaters and Nabarro selected to advise on £5bn Euro power project
Linklaters and Nabarro have been appointed to advise on one of Europe’s biggest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects - expected to attract investment of just under £5bn. The pair are advising 2Co Energy on the planned Don Valley Power Project ...
18 Jan 2012 | 08:30 | 1 comment
Shearman seals hire of Ashurst energy partner for London office
Shearman & Sterling is set to bulk up its London projects practice with the hire of Ashurst energy partner John Inglis. Inglis, who joined Ashurst from Norton Rose in 2007, is a member of the firm's energy transport & infrastructure team in London,...
10 Jan 2012 | 17:11 |
DLA seals hire of five-partner Hogan Lovells Washington DC energy team
Hogan Lovells is set to lose five highly-regarded energy partners in its Washington DC office to DLA Piper, including global energy co-chief Kevin Lipson. The five-partner team, which focuses on the natural gas sector, has been hired with a remit t...
06 Jan 2012 | 10:34 |
Dewey set for Johannesburg push with eight-partner team hire
Dewey & LeBoeuf has dramatically expanded its Johannesburg arm with the hire of an eight-partner team from local law firm Werksmans. The team is led by mining partner Morne van der Merwe and banking partner Wildu du Plessis, who will both take on m...
04 Jan 2012 | 14:42 |
Dechert litigation chief Gerrard takes lead on corruption probe at ENRC
Dechert litigation co-head Neil Gerrard has taken a lead role for the audit committee investigating allegations of corruption at FTSE 100 company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC). Gerrard, who joined the US firm from DLA Piper earlier ...
12 Dec 2011 | 12:49 |
Linklaters and A&O lead on Oman power plant debt financing
Linklaters and Allen & Overy (A&O) have advised on the $1.25bn (£795m) debt financing of Oman’s Sur Independent Power Project (Sur IPP) alongside Norton Rose. Norton Rose is advising the project’s sponsors, Phoenix Power Company – a speci...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Skadden and Travers lead on private equity energy purchase
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Travers Smith have taken lead roles on Doughty Hanson’s £250m acquisition of oil and gas logistics company Asco. Skadden advised the UK private equity house on the transaction, which will see the group ta...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Bird & Bird boosts City energy with hire of former Dundas practice chief
Bird & Bird has bulked up its City energy team with the hire of former Dundas & Wilson infrastructure co-head Andrew Renton. Renton joined Bird & Bird's international energy and utilities group this month after his departure from Dundas' London off...
07 Dec 2011 | 11:39 |
Hot commodities - lucrative mining work fuels interest in Canada's top law firms
"Although most leaders of large Canadian firms publicly play down their interest in cross-border mergers, no-one is ignoring what’s happened this year..." - Canada’s mining companies are highly desirable targets, and so are the country's law firms...
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
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