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• Three new partners and shareholders in Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC

  We are pleased to announce the election of three new partners and shareholders in Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC with effect from 1 January 2010
  – Andreas Neocleous & Co

• Salans Advises Renaissance-Amstar JV on €60m financing of green shopping complex in Russia

  International law firm Salans has advised SibStroyInvest, a joint venture between Renaissance, one of the leading shopping mall development companies, and Amstar Global Partners, a private equity real estate fund active in emerging markets including Russia, on a €60m debt financing consisting of a €40m senior loan from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and UniCredit Bank Austria as 50% participant and €20m subordinate loan from the EBRD for the new Aura Shopping Centre in the city centre of Novosibirsk, Russia.
  – Salans

• Ogier to offer Guernsey and Jersey legal and fiduciary services in Asia

  Ogier, one of the leading offshore legal and fiduciary firms, has announced plans to offer Guernsey and Jersey services in Asia. In May, Guernsey and Jersey lawyers will be relocating to the firm’s Hong Kong office, where the firm has an established BVI and Cayman legal practice. This latest move comes in response to increased client demand for Channel Islands legal and fiduciary services in the Asian time zone. This is yet another first for Ogier as it will be the first time that Guernsey and Jersey lawyers will operate in this region.
  – Ogier

• Hassans ‘treble’ called to the Gibraltar Bar

  Hassans is delighted to announce that three associates (pictured from left to right, Lizanne Noguera, Grahame Jackson and Joelle Hernandez) were called to the Gibraltar Bar/ Admitted to the Role of Solicitors last week.
  – Hassans

• Mourant and Ozannes to merge creating offshore law firm leader

  Mourant du Feu & Jeune and Ozannes, two of the leading law firms in the Channel Islands, have announced their intention to merge.
  – Mourant du Feu & Jeune

• Hengeler Mueller advises AudioNova on proposed acquisition of GEERS Group

  AudioNova International - the hearing aid retail subsidiary of the Dutch investment company HAL Investments - and shareholders of GEERS Hörakustik have reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition by AudioNova of a 75% stake in GEERS, the Dortmund-based hearing aid retailer.
  – Hengeler Mueller

• Sarrau Thomas Couderc a conseillé Air Liquide dans le cadre de l’acquisition de DinnoSanté

  Paris, le 3 février 2010. Le cabinet Sarrau Thomas Couderc a conseillé Air Liquide, 1er acteur européen des soins à domicile, dans le cadre de l’acquisition de la société DinnoSanté entreprise spécialisée dans les prestations médico-techniques pour le diabète.
  – Sarrau Thomas Couderc

• Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen Assists Ford in a New Complex Transaction

  Bucharest, January 21st - Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) provided assistance to Ford with respect to the negotiation and conclusion of the guarantee agreement and of the movable and immovable security agreements for the purpose of securing a EUR 320 million guarantee from the Romanian state.
  – Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

• A first on the Romanian insolvency market

  Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen lays the foundation for a permanent collaboration with Casa de Insolventa Transilvania
  – Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

• New Partners at AFR Advocates

  AFR Advocates has appointed two new partners, Advocates Sara Mallett and Simon Geall
  – AFR Advocates