http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Credit Suisse Group Copyright 2010 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/153504 A bankruptcy judge has granted Kazakhstan's second-largest bank, JSC BTA Bank, full court protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code while it continues its $11.6 billion restructuring in its home country. http://www.law360.com/articles/153504 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/151934 The Coca-Cola Co. has announced it will absorb the North American business of bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. in a largely cashless transaction — a move similar to a deal approved by PepsiCo Inc. shareholders earlier this month — and hand over its European operations to the bottler for $822 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/151934 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/151728 Investment firm Oppenheimer & Co. has agreed in separate deals with Massachusetts and New York officials to pay about $35 million to reimburse auction rate securities investors who suffered when the market dried up. http://www.law360.com/articles/151728 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/151182 The New York office of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has picked up a mergers and acquisitions partner from O'Melveny & Myers LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/151182 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/151532 Morgan Stanley Chief Legal Officer Gary Lynch plans to step down from that position to focus on relations with European regulators as vice chairman, the latest in a string of management shuffles since James P. Gorman was appointed chief executive of the financial giant earlier this year. http://www.law360.com/articles/151532 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/151577 Bankrupt Tronox Inc. has freed up $5 million being held in escrow by its lenders following approval of a settlement among the chemical company, its unsecured creditors and Credit Suisse AG, the lenders' agent. http://www.law360.com/articles/151577 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/151311 Less than two weeks after leaving his longtime firm Ropes & Gray LLP for Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, tech-focused corporate lawyer Christopher Austin has bolted for Goodwin Procter LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/151311 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/150815 The unsecured creditors in homebuilder Champion Enterprises Inc.’s bankruptcy case have accused Credit Suisse AG of using its conflicting role as both an agent to the lending group and an underwriter for the debtors to improve the lenders’ collateral position. http://www.law360.com/articles/150815 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/150915 Goldman Sachs & Co. has quickly resolved the suit it filed Wednesday after a team of former high-level investment managers left the firm for Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, allegedly taking clients and other employees with them. http://www.law360.com/articles/150915 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/150441 Goldman Sachs & Co. is suing a team of former high-level investment managers it claims poached clients and employees after abruptly leaving the company for Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/150441 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/150306 Bankrupt real estate investment firm TMST Inc., formerly known as Thornburg Mortgage Inc., has won court approval to sell off its $11 billion mortgage-servicing portfolio to Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. for $96 million, over objections by the plaintiffs in a securities class action against the company. http://www.law360.com/articles/150306 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/149967 A group of noteholders has renewed its attempt to set the terms of bankrupt amusement park operator Six Flags Inc.'s restructuring, saying the debtor's plan will not pass muster as is. http://www.law360.com/articles/149967 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/148759 Within the last several months, two significant bankruptcy disputes with credit bidding at their center have reached U.S. appeals courts, signaling that bankruptcy professionals and their clients would be well advised to familiarize themselves with the nuances of credit bidding, say Douglas R. Gooding, John F. Ventola and William S. McMahon of Choate Hall & Stewart LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/148759 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/149938 JSC Alliance Bank, Kazakhstan's sixth-largest bank, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States, listing more than $1 billion in estimated liabilities and making it the second major Kazakh financial institution to seek Chapter 15 protection this month. http://www.law360.com/articles/149938 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/149372 Six members of a commercial workers union have become the latest group of shareholders to cry foul at a proposed $41 billion, all-stock tie-up between global energy behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. and natural gas and oil developer XTO Energy Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/149372 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/147743 Companies seeking to restructure their debts often enlist the services of investment bankers or financial advisers. When preparing engagement letters, investment bankers and financial advisers would be wise to heed the lessons of Peter J. Solomon Company LP v. Oneida Ltd., say Wojciech F. Jung and S. Jason Teele of Lowenstein Sandler PC. http://www.law360.com/articles/147743 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/148502 Homebuilder Champion Enterprises Inc. has received approval from a U.S. bankruptcy court to move forward with its plans to auction off all its assets. http://www.law360.com/articles/148502 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/147915 Kazakhstan's JSC BTA Bank has filed for Chapter 15 protection in federal bankruptcy court to protect it from creditors as it hashes out an $11.6 billion restructuring in a Kazakh court. http://www.law360.com/articles/147915 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/147595 Kraft Foods Inc. on Thursday launched a four-part offering of $9.5 billion in notes to help finance its $19 billion acquisition of U.K. confectioner Cadbury PLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/147595 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.law360.com/articles/147392 Tronox Inc. has asked a bankruptcy judge to approve a settlement with unsecured creditors and Credit Suisse, the agent for the company's lenders, that Tronox says is key to moving forward with its reorganization. http://www.law360.com/articles/147392 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600