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Garrigues has merged with Romanian firm Mares & Asociatii to become the first Iberian firm in Bucharest.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is advising the sponsors of a liquefied natural gas project in Peru. The so-called Peru LNG Project will receive more than $2 billion in construction finance loans. Skadden is representing the sponsors, a consortium comprising Hunt Oil Company, Repsol YPF, SK Energy and Marubeni. This is the largest direct foreign investment in Peru, and the country's largest private-sector project.

In a move that could drive the derivatives industry abroad, the Financial Services Authority is planning indiscriminate regulation that will require holders of contracts for difference to disclose their positions

CMS Reich Rohrwig Hainz, Schoenherr, Walder Wyss & Partners and Lenz & Staehelin have advised on a $480 million syndicated loan to Austrian lighting producer Zumtobel. Austrian firm Schoenherr advised Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich and Erste Bank (a subsidiary of Austrian bank Sparkassen) on the loan, which is one of the largest syndicated-loan facilities documented under a Loan Market Association (LMA)-compliant agreement under Austrian law. Patrick Huenerwadel and Marcel Tranchet of Swiss firm Lenz & Staehelin advised the banks on Swiss law.

TozziniFreire Advogados is advising Femsa Group on its takeover of the Brazilian operations of a Coca-Cola bottler. Femsa will pay R$488 million ($305 million) to acquire the manufacturing and distribution facilities of Refrigerantes Minas Gerais from the Coca-Cola Group. This is part of Femsa's broader strategy to expand the company across the region.

Three southeast Asian law firms have banded together to establish the first joint-venture law firm to be licensed in Vietnam. Allen & Gledhill (Singapore), Zaid Ibrahim & Co (Malaysia) and LCT Lawyers (Vietnam) have joined to form AGZI LCT.

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has advised the Republic of Croatia on a public-private refinancing.

DLA Piper's Moscow office has hired finance lawyer Vyacheslav Khorovskiy from Allen & Overy. Khorovskiy joins DLA Piper as a partner in its Finance & Projects group. He has previously served as a counsel in Allen & Overy's banking department, and as head of Lovells' Russian banking practice.

Banks are trying to pull out of more leveraged loans, bringing Mac clauses to centre stage. As more clauses appear in court, both sides will realise the benefits of clearly defining a Mac

UK has hedge funds in its sights; European Spacs don't need formal regulation; Debt buy-backs force change to documentation; Clear Channel infects global lending; Spacs hit Asia