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Osler Hires Cross-border Banking Partner from Torys
By Gail J. Cohen | January 30, 2025
Ricco Bhasin will be co-chair of Osler’s financial institution transaction group, based in Toronto and New York.
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Hogan Lovells Hires Team of Top White & Case Corporate and Finance Partners in Italy
By Rick Mitchell | January 30, 2025
The new team focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, leveraged finance, and private credit, boosting the firm’s transactional capabilities in Italy and EMEA.
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Clifford Chance, Milbank Steer Yondr Group’s $900M Debt Financing in Malaysia
By Kasvi Sehgal | January 16, 2025
The project, which is part of a larger development in Johor, involves the construction and operation of a 98 megawatt data center in the city.
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Kirkland, Paul Hastings, White & Case, Freshfields advise on Top German Deals
By James Jackson | January 3, 2025
Top German and British lawyers are advising on major deals including Adler Group’s controversial €1.2B refinancing and Carlyle's €450M buyout of SNP's majority shareholder.
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Kirkland Steers Paris-based Antin in ‘Year’s Biggest’ Infrastructure Fund Closing, at €10.2B
By Rick Mitchell | December 20, 2024
Norton Rose, Gide, Willkie, and Arendt advised in other recent fund transactions.
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Venezuela Faces Creditor Class Action Suit After Missing $1.5B Bond Payments
By Alyssa Aquino | December 6, 2024
Backed by Duane Morris, the bondholder claims Venezuela breached the terms of the bonds when it stopped making semiannual 9.375% interest payments and failed to repay the principal when the loans matured in 2018.
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Top German Banking Partners Seiler & Rath Rejoin Latham After White & Case Stint
By James Jackson | December 5, 2024
Oliver Seiler and David Rath are rejoining Latham’s German capital markets team after just months at White & Case.
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Mastercard Settles First-Ever UK Mass Consumer Action Over Unlawful Fees
By Colleen Murphy | December 3, 2024
'I am very pleased that after nearly nine years of litigation with Mastercard, I have agreed to a settlement that I believe will deliver meaningful compensation to class members who chose to come forward to participate in the distribution of the damages,' solicitor Walter Merricks said.
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Germany’s Wirecard Case Moves to Airport Hangar to Accommodate 100 Lawyers
By James Jackson | November 26, 2024
Thousands of Wirecard shareholders are suing EY accountants and the bank’s former directors in a case billedw as Germany’s biggest financial scandal in decades.
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Trump Re-election Stirs Big Law Optimism and Caution in London
By Law.com International Staff | November 6, 2024
Donald Trump's second-term victory sparks optimism over his pro-business stance, while London's top partners expect global and domestic uncertainty.
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Sylvia Favretto Elevated to Mysten Labs’ General Counsel
By Michael A. Mora | February 4, 2025
“Working in crypto involves operating in gray areas without legal precedent, and the most successful attorneys can make informed decisions quickly even without clarity,” said Sylvia Favretto, general counsel at Mysten Labs.
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'Every MAGA Will Buy It:' Elon Musk Featured in Miami Crypto Lawsuit
By Michael A. Mora | January 31, 2025
The case is backed by Lara T. Gatz, a partner, Daniel A. Sox, of counsel, and Conor D. Cassidy, an associate, at Reed Smith in the Am Law 50 firm’s Miami office.
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Hogan Lovells Hires White & Case Corporate and Finance Team in Italy
By Rick Mitchell | January 30, 2025
The new team focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, leveraged finance, and private credit, boosting the firm’s transactional capabilities in Italy and EMEA.
1 minute read
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NFT Buyers Accuse Nelk Boys of Ripping Them Off
By Michael A. Mora | January 30, 2025
“Based on the allegations, there’s a tension between what’s a failed business idea that was launched in good faith and what’s a nefarious rug pull," said Scott Armstrong, a principal at McGovern Weems and former federal prosecutor.
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'A Long 6 Years': No $150M for Goldman Sachs Investors
By Alyssa Aquino | January 29, 2025
Manhattan Supreme Court’s Justice Joel Cohen tossed the case, finding that the investors were “unreasonabl[y]” attempting to use notice agreements to make Energy Transfer liable for delays beyond July 1, 2018.
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SEC Official Hints at More Restraint With Industry Bars, Less With Wells Meetings
By Alyssa Aquino | January 29, 2025
Antonia Apps predicted during this year's Securities Enforcement Forum that new agency leadership would be more thoughtful in deciding when to ban individuals from the securities industry, and would be more receptive to Wells meetings.
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Bittensor Hackers, Accused of Stealing Over $28 Million, Face Federal Lawsuit
By Michael A. Mora | January 28, 2025
“There are not more than 100 lawyers in the world who even have the expertise to track this stuff down,” said Franklin L. Zemel, a partner at Saul Ewing and co-chair of the Florida Bar’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Law Committee.
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An Uncertain SEC Beats Kraken’s Major Questions Doctrine Defense
By Michael A. Mora | January 27, 2025
“It remains to be seen whether the recent changeover at the SEC, including the appointment of Acting Commissioner Uyeda, will change the way the SEC pursues these cases or the guidance it issues to the cryptocurrency industry,” said Moish Peltz, a partner at Falcon, Rappaport & Berkman who is not involved in the matter.
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Trump Signs Executive Order Creating Strategic Digital Asset Reserve
By Michael A. Mora | January 23, 2025
"While the Executive Order reflects a symbolic sea change in terms of the government’s intent to promote an industry that was subject to serious skepticism under the prior administration, its immediate practical impact may be more muted than some in the industry hoped," said Helen Gugel, a partner at Ropes & Gray, who has been recognized as one of the top 20 female cryptocurrency litigators in the U.S.
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Big Banks Did Great Last Year. What Does That Mean for Big Law?
By Patrick Smith | January 21, 2025
"An uptick in transactional activity drove bank earnings and positively impacted law firm results," noted Sidley's Yvette Ostolaza.
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