December 1998

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Olivér Glatz

City litigation: Recovery of money paid under mistake of law

Allen & Overy poaches financial services head from Richards Butler

Freshfields Deringer ally with Austrian firm

Channel Islands Stock Exchange encourages one-stop-shop for listings

Herbert Smith confident of upturn in Thailand

Shaw Pittman opens with a bang in London

Allen & Overy and Gide Loyrette end association

Heard at the bar

Simmons & Simmons scoops Channel Tunnel rail deal

$4.2 billion IPO for Conoco

Fannie Mae’s $3 billion bond issue

$4 billion merger for Kerr-McGee/Oryx

Siebe and BTR in $15 billion merger

Telecom Italia buys into Austrian rival

Tennessee Valley’s $2 billion global bond

Akzo Nobel issues Dm1 billion bond

Protecting US shareholders in UK tender offers

Swiss lawyers profit from historical neutrality

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Latin American projects test sovereign resolve

New opportunities for asset-backed issues in Spain

Y2K in Asia: authorities call for urgent action

China implements new foreign exchange regime

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New focus for Cayman’s Stock Exchange

Barings investors hold out for more money

Three-way merger creates new international firm in South Africa

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