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South Korea Recommended local firms Tier 1 Bae Kim & Lee Kim & Chang Lee & Ko Shin & Kim Yulchon Tier 2 Horizon Law Group Hwang Mok Park Tier 3 Kim & Company Kim Chang & Lee Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu South Korea Recommended foreign firms Tier 1 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Linklaters Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Tier 2 Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Tier 3 Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie Debevoise & Plimpton Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Sidley Austin Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom White & Case Responding to the threat posed by international institutions, consolidation in the Korean financial services industry has continued to produce deals, with one highlight being Shinhan's takeover of LG Card, reported as the largest takeover ever in Korea.

Portugal Recommended firms Tier 1 Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados PLMJ Tier 2 Linklaters Vieira de Almeida & Associados Tier 3 Gonçalves Pereira Castelo Branco Uría Menéndez Although the Portuguese economy has not had an especially strong year, a boom in M&A and private equity across the rest of Europe has benefited local lawyers. Foreign investment from Spain, Germany and France has brought a considerable amount of work, particularly for deals involving power stations and local ports. The influx of Spanish interest has particularly helped those Spanish firms that set up in Portugal relatively recently, including Uría Menéndez and Garrigues Portugal. Plus the international network of international firms like Linklaters, which also has a strong office in Madrid, has helped win some of this cross-border work.

Mexico Recommended firms Tier 1 Creel García-Cuéllar y Müggenburg Galicia y Robles Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuentes White & Case Tier 2 Jáuregui Navarrete y Nadar Kuri Breña Sánchez Ugarte Corcuera y Aznar Ritch Mueller Santamarina y Steta Tier 3 Baker & McKenzie Basham Ringe y Correa González Calvillo Goodrich Riquelme y Asociados Holland & Knight – Gallastegui y Lozano Von Wobeser y Sierra Mexican financial institutions have created enormous funds that are looking for institutional products to buy.

Luxembourg Recommended firms Tier 1 Allen & Overy Arendt & Medernach Bonn Schmitt Steichen Elvinger Hoss & Prussen Linklaters Tier 2 Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance Oostvogels Pfister Feyten Tier 3 Loyens Winandy Molitor Fisch & Associés Wildgen & Partners Luxembourg has been buzzing with activity following a surge of takeover activity. Private-equity firms in particular have used the jurisdiction to structure buyouts due to Luxembourg's friendly regulatory framework.

Hiroshi Kondo and Chris Hodgens of Baker & McKenzie look at issues likely to be faced by US, UK and Australian companies contemplating acquisition of a Japanese company under Japan's new triangular merger regime

Fumiko Oikawa, Takafumi Uematsu and Koji Kawamura of Atsumi & Partners assess the impact of recent changes in the law

Deal protection clauses were viewed as unnecessary in the past, but are now becoming more common. Hiromi Hayashi of Mori Hamada explores their complexities

Masahisa Miwa of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu explains why the Bull-Dog Sauce case creates a tough precedent for those wanting to engage in hostile takeovers

The Japanese carbon market is opening its arms to the financial sector. This will lead to increased innovation and opportunity, say Tsutomu Hiraishi and Gavin Raftery of Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office