Carnival Cruise Lines was found liable for a passenger’s injuries on one of its ships, but a Miami federal judge awarded only about $344,000, far less than the $14 million initially requested. The plaintiff’s attorney is considering an appeal, stating, “They had unusually elevated thresholds and didn’t bother repairing them.”

In order to acquire a minority stake in Euro Company S.p.A., an Italian company that leads the market in the production of dried and dehydrated fruit, Baker McKenzie provided advice to Korys Investments NV, the entrepreneurial investment company of the Colruyt family, who founded the nation’s largest retail group.

Law firms advising Chinese companies on initial public offerings (IPOs) in the U.S. say clients are reconsidering their goals due to stricter listing requirements. Consequently, many are opting for IPOs in Hong Kong instead.

The winning consortium Cascade Infrastructure Limited, a joint venture formed by international contractor STRABAG, global infrastructure investor Equitix, and project partner GLIL Infrastructure, was successfully advised by international law firm BCLP in reaching Financial Close for the innovative £2.9 billion Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (the HARP Project).

Neel Sachdev, the co-head of Paul Weiss’ U.K. operations, discusses rapid growth, the limitations of financial incentives to retain top partners, future hiring plans, and the challenges of leasing Twitter’s former headquarters.

For the development, construction, and operation of the second phase of the Port Arthur LNG project, a subsidiary of Sempra Infrastructure Partners formed a joint venture with a group of private capital funds headed by Blackstone Credit & Insurance, Apollo, KKR, and Goldman Sachs Alternatives.

In a $996 million sale of notes backed by current and future Dollar-denominated diversified payment rights (DPRs) created by Banco Industrial S.A., Guatemala’s biggest bank, Mayer Brown represented a group of private placement investors.

Safran Defense and Space, Inc. (“Safran DSI”) received advice from BCLP on its acquisition of Attollo Engineering, LLC. A US subsidiary of the French multinational Safran Group, Safran DSI provides cutting-edge space and defense technologies that enable mission-critical activities in a variety of fields, including navigation, geospatial intelligence, space solutions, fluid, fuel, and oxygen systems,…

The acquisition of duagon Group (“duagon”), a prominent supplier of railway electronics in the rail industry, was advised by Baker McKenzie to Knorr-Bremse. A related purchase agreement has been executed by Knorr-Bremse and Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), the former owner.

As part of a sale-and-leaseback agreement, Norton Rose Fulbright has provided BREMER Projektentwicklung GmbH with advice for the purchase of a 30,500-square-meter site in Dissen am Teutoburger Wald, which includes an existing property.