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Litigator of the Week: Jacob Buchdahl of Susman Godfrey
Publication Date: 2013-02-07
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Assured Guaranty's case against Flagstar Bancorp wasn't the biggest case brought by a bond insurer against a mortgage-backed securities issuer in the wake of the housing crisis. But that doesn't make Buchdahl's $90 million victory this week any less of a problem for the banks.

September 10, 2013 |

Requisite Mental Capacity for Executing an Intervivos Trust

Sanford J. Schlesinger and Ross Katz of Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera write that while the law is replete with examples of cases discussing the requisite mental capacity of a testator necessary to execute a will, few decisions exist wherein a court is faced with analyzing the requisite mental capacity necessary to execute an intervivos trust. A recent decision sheds light on this seldom analyzed area of law.
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September 17, 2012 |

Quiet Trusts and Great Expectations

Jonathan J. Rikoon, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, and Louise Ding Yang, an associate at the firm, write that over the past decade more than 30 jurisdictions have enacted legislation - primarily driven by controversial provisions included in the 2000 Uniform Trust Code - permitting some form of a "quiet" or "silent" trust in which the settlor abrogates or severely limits a trustee's duty to inform beneficiaries of the existence of an irrevocable trust or to notify beneficiaries of certain other trust information.
11 minute read
August 06, 2012 |

Va. Toll Road Moves Forward With Help From Law Firms

Drivers stuck in traffic in Northern Virginia, take heart: As of Tuesday, a long-stalled $935 million highway project aimed at easing congestion by widening a 29-mile stretch of Interstate 95 is finally on the road to completion.
4 minute read
September 23, 2013 |

Four Firms Dialed In for BlackBerry's Take-Private Deal

Stumbling smartphone maker BlackBerry said Monday it has agreed to sell itself to a consortium led by its largest investor, Canadian insurance company Fairfax Financial Holdings, for $4.7 billion. Skadden and Canadian firm Torys are advising a special committee of BlackBerry's board, while the buyers have turned to Shearman & Sterling and McCarthy Tétrault.
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January 16, 2001 |

London

There's a battle brewing in London over junk. Yes, junk (or high-yield) bonds have come to Europe, and U.S. and U.K. firms are competing intensely to win the financing work. In one corner stand London's two top banking firms, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance. Facing off are New York's Shearman & Sterling and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins.
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November 03, 2010 |

Fed to buy $600 billion in bonds to aid economy

The Federal Reserve announced a bold plan Wednesday to try to invigorate the economy by buying $600 billion more in Treasury bonds.
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April 17, 2013 |

Marketplace: Massive Hudson Yards Project Moves Forward

The 26-acre complex currently under construction on Manhattan's West Side has captured the attention of several high-profile companies. L'Oreal USA and SAP AG will join Coach Inc. at Hudson Yard's 1.7 million-square-foot South Tower. Also, the first of two 99-year ground leases with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been finalized.
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September 23, 2010 |

News In Brief

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April 26, 2012 |

Asia Deal Digest: April 26, 2012

* Yoon & Yang helps a Korean bank set up a hefty debt program* A Thai lender brings in Baker & McKenzie for its funding needs* Clifford Chance helps Singapore take a stake in China's banking sector
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