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  • Billabong Bidders Said to Seek $250 Million Takeover Deal

    Private equity bidders for Billabong International Ltd. are seeking to buy Australia’s largest surf- wear company for as little as 50 Australian cents a share, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

  • Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Shiff Hardin: Business of Law

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represents KKR & Co., the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, which agreed to buy industrial equipment maker Gardner Denver Inc. for about $3.7 billion after raising its offer. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is advising Gardner Denver.

  • Skadden, S&C, Minter Ellison, MoFo, Crowell: Business of Law

    Prudential Plc, the U.K.’s biggest insurer, agreed to buy a life insurance unit from Swiss Re AG for 398 million pounds ($621 million) in cash to expand in the U.S.

  • Akin Gump, Minter Ellison, WilmerHale: Business of Law

    Recipients of the American Bar Association’s pro bono publico awards, which will be presented today in Chicago, include the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Neal Minahan, a partner with McDermott Will & Emery LLP and Amy Lorenz-Moser, a partner with Armstrong Teasdale LLP.

  • Sullivan & Cromwell, Minter, Venable: Business of Law

    Bank of America Corp.’s effort with Societe Generale SA to reverse New York’s approval of MBIA Inc.’s 2009 restructuring is being considered by a judge after the conclusion of a four-week trial over the transaction.

  • Skadden, Cravath, Gibson Dunn, Simpson: Business of Law

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP advised Spectra Energy Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. pipeline company, on the agreement to buy its first oil system from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and two other owners for $1.25 billion in cash.

  • Dotcom to Unveil Megaupload Successor Amid U.S. Claims

    Kim Dotcom, whose Megaupload.com website accounted for 4 percent of world Internet traffic before being shut down last year on U.S. copyright infringement charges, plans to unveil a new, encrypted file-sharing site in New Zealand in a snub to U.S. authorities.

  • Linklaters, Dewey, Sullivan, Akin Gump: Business of Law

    Allens Arthur Robinson, a 190-year- old Australian law firm, and Linklaters LLP, a London-based firm with 2,200 lawyers, agreed on an alliance to compete internationally with local firms that have grown after combining with foreign ones.

  • Billabong Halts Stock on Possible Bid as Naude Eyes Offer

    Billabong International Ltd. halted its shares from trade before a potential takeover announcement, after the Australian Financial Review reported that director Paul Naude offered A$1.10 a share for the company.

  • Herbert Smith to Merge With Freehills, Open in New York

    Herbert Smith LLP of London and Freehills, Australia’s third-largest law firm, will merge to create a 2,800-lawyer firm, with plans to open offices in New York, Seoul and Africa.

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