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  • October 15, 2010 |

    Mayer Brown acts on late Liverpool bid as £300m takeover goes through

    Mayer Brown has advised investment company Mill Financial on its failed eleventh-hour bid for Liverpool FC, as US sports group New England Sport Ventures (NESV) completes its £300m takeover of the Premier League club. US investor Mill, which was advised by Mayer Brown's UK corporate head Peter Dickinson and corporate partner Kate Ball-Dodd, today (15 October) held negotiations with co-owner Tom Hicks over the acquisition of his stake in the club.

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    A&O and Mayer Brown win roles as Baja Mining finances Mexico project

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Mayer Brown have taken lead roles on Baja Mining's $823m (£518m) financing facility for the construction and development of its flagship Mexican mining project. Mayer Brown advised the lending group on the project financing, which is one of the largest of this nature to come to market. The completion of the deal means that full-scale construction activities on the Boleo mining project can commence imminently.

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    EU derivative reforms: the shape of things to come

    On 15 September, the second anniversary of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy no less, the European Commission published draft legislation overhauling the regulation of Europe's over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market. The proposed legislation covers all OTC derivative contracts entered into by European Union-domiciled financial and non-financial institutions. It contains a framework for centrally clearing most standardised derivative contracts and scrutinising and controlling those which are not; beefy regulation of central counterparties (CCPs) and trade repositories; and strict reporting requirements to those newly-created trade repositories.

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  • October 13, 2010 |

    TLT brings in Mayer Brown partner for private equity practice

    TLT has bolstered its private equity practice with the hire of former Mayer Brown partner Alistair Bird. Bird joined the firm's new City premises on Gresham Street earlier this month (4 October) as a partner in the corporate group. He will work alongside corporate partners Ian Taylorson and Richard Tall, who has just relocated to the City from Bristol.

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  • October 8, 2010 |

    Freshfields and Hogan act on milestone German 'bad bank' deal

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown have taken lead roles on the transfer of €173bn (£152bn) in distressed debt from German bank Hypo Real Estate (HRE) to a specially-created 'bad bank'. The deal sees the portfolio of loans and securities transferred to FMS Wertmanagement, which was set up to take on distressed assets from HRE, one of Germany's largest commercial property lenders.

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  • October 6, 2010 |

    Carlsberg to refresh adviser line-up with first Euro corporate panel

    Carlsberg has kicked off a competitive tender process with a view to creating its first-ever European corporate panel. The review is being led out of Denmark by the drinks company's general counsel and vice president Ulrik Andersen. Carlsberg's current global panel features UK firms Norton Rose, Bond Pearce and Tollers, as well as Swedish law firm Vinge and Denmark's Kromann Reumert, which have all been invited to pitch.

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  • October 5, 2010 |

    Mayer Brown signs deal to outsource London office support staff

    Mayer Brown has sold its UK corporate secretarial practice to outsourcing provider TMF Group in a deal which will see a team of six support staff transfer to TMF's London HQ later this year. TMF has previously negotiated similar agreements with other law firms, including Clifford Chance, which signed up last year. Mayer Brown's UK corporate head Peter Dickinson cited the global nature of client needs as the primary reason for the deal.

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  • September 29, 2010 |

    Brazilian Gov't names Hammonds as legal counsel for WTO matters

    Hammonds has been appointed as legal counsel for the Brazilian Government to advise on matters concerning the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The firm's trade law team in Brussels won the tender alongside Greenberg Traurig and Brazilian law firm LO Baptista, beating competition from 12 other bidders including Hogan Lovells, White & Case and Mayer Brown.

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  • September 29, 2010 |

    Norton Rose hires Pinsents partner for Brisbane arm

    Norton Rose has recruited a Pinsent Masons Hong Kong partner to its Brisbane office in the eighth lateral hire for the firm's Australian arm since its launch earlier this year. Peter Borg will begin work next month in the construction and engineering practice from his role as partner in Pinsents' projects and international construction division.

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  • September 24, 2010 |

    Brazil Bar rules against associations with foreign law firms

    International law firms with Brazilian alliances look set to come under renewed regulatory pressure after the Sao Paulo Bar Association this month concluded that formal tie-ups breach local practice rules. The recent opinion from the Sao Paulo Bar (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - Secao de Sao Paulo) illustrates the mounting tension over the recent influx of foreign law firms into Brazil's fast-growing market. Though the decision by the ethical and disciplinary tribunal of the Sao Paulo Bar is only advisory, it is regarded as giving an indication as to which way a ruling would go if a case were to be pursued against one of the foreign firms operating in Brazil in alliance with a local firm.

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