Archive

Deal analysis

• Hedge fund relief in Germany; Elegant drafting required for aid bond; ICBC dual listing sets lucky precedent

  01 Dec 2006

News analysis

• Light at the end of the Eurotunnel

  21 Dec 2006

  Although Eurotunnel has agreed a deal to restructure the group's €9 billion ($11.7 billion) debt, the arrangement isn't out of the woods yet

• Qantas bid tests foreign ownership

  21 Dec 2006

  Three pieces of specific legislation stand in the way of a consortium of investors' bid for Australian airline Qantas

• Mittal creates optimism among lawyers

  12 Dec 2006

  Mittal Steel's bid for fellow steel-maker Arcelor has produced Europe's largest general corporate funding loan – good news for M&A lawyers

• New leader for Paul Hastings private equity

  12 Dec 2006

  US firm Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has recruited William Kirsch to head its global private equity group

• Landmark Czech buyout

  06 Dec 2006

  A consortium including Abu Dhabi's Al-Bateen Investment Company has bought the Czech Republic's national broadcaster, Radiokomunikace, in a €1.2 billion deal

• Clifford Chance steals bengoshi from Freshfields

  05 Dec 2006

  Clifford Chance's hiring of Masayuki Okamoto as a partner in its finance practice has strengthened its team of bengoshi

• Paul Weiss in largest Asian private equity

  05 Dec 2006

  Paul Weiss is acting on what would be the first acquisition of a company dual-listed in Taiwan and the United States, and the largest private equity acquisition in Asia

• Roschier nabs Linklaters' finance head

  05 Dec 2006

  The head of banking and finance in Linklaters' Stockholm office is set to join Roschier in what is quite a coup for the Finnish firm

• US acquisition finance: Great inventions

  01 Dec 2006

  US lawyers are responding to the needs of private equity with innovative financing techniques

• Chinese private equity: Teething troubles

  01 Dec 2006

  How uncertainty has made it hard to build a private equity practice in China

• Japanese M&A: Defending home turf

  01 Dec 2006

  Rising M&A is intensifying the fight for Japanese lawyers

• European private equity: The great divide

  01 Dec 2006

  The UK approach to private equity can't last

• European M&A: Stick to your knitting

  01 Dec 2006

  Learn the lessons of Skadden in Europe

• Deal size: What's your average?

  01 Dec 2006

  Why US firms make more money in M&A

• Country analysis

  01 Dec 2006

  A look at the M&A boom in 22 countries

• Australia: Private equity doubles

  01 Dec 2006

• Brazil: The first real M&A

  01 Dec 2006

• BearingPoint: Power to bondholders

  01 Dec 2006

  Hedge funds and other investors succeed in squeezing a company for its late SEC filing

• Private equity: The rise of quick flips

  01 Dec 2006

  Don't expect private equity to stop flipping companies faster and faster

• US tender offers: Mittal is not enough

  01 Dec 2006

  The SEC should review its approach to takeover offers for non-US targets

• Punishment and reward in Indonesian oil acquisition

  29 Nov 2006

  CITIC Resources' acquisition of a majority interest in Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration's Indonesian oil field highlights the growing number of Chinese state-owned enterprises looking to capitalize on Indonesia's power supplies

• Simpson Thacher on second record LBO

  28 Nov 2006

  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has advised on the world's largest private equity deal and the largest leveraged buyout (LBO) to date

• EVOLVE OR PERISH: HOW FIRMS ADAPTED TO CHANGING MARKETS IN 2006

  01 Nov 2006

  The IFLR Capital Markets Review 2006, annual analysis of the biggest financial and product trends of the past year and how they are affecting the business of running a law firm