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Freshfields sets record; Cadwalader wins structured finance; M&A trophy goes to Skadden

Hedge funds are again stepping onto investment bank territory, by forming a lobbying group for membership on MTS.

Insider advice for sellers

Why the new fiducie institution brings France closer to its Anglo-Saxon peers

A surprising case in Canadian M&A

Wilkinson joins Goldman Sachs: Cadwalader responds Cadwalader's totemic London partner, Andrew Wilkinson, is leaving to join Goldman Sachs as co-head of its restructuring business.

The new Slovenian Public-Private Partnership Act entered into force on March 7 2007. The new Act systematically regulates the system in which government services and private business ventures are funded and operated through a partnership between government and one or more private sector companies. The Act implements Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts and next to "construction works concessions" regulates also "service concession", which is entirely excluded from EC secondary legislation.

As of February 1 2007, an amendment of the Slovak Commercial Code, published in the collections of laws under number 19/2007, came into force. The amendment: (i) tightens the obligations of companies with respect to their company seats, (ii) regulates the voluntary publication of data and deeds in languages other than the Slovak language with respect to third parties, (iii) relates to entrepreneurs who offer their goods or services on the internet, and (iv) stipulates some changes with respect to joint stock companies.

In March a record number of lawyers from around the world were rewarded as part of IFLR's annual awards celebrations. Read all about all the winners in Europe, the Americas and Asia

Why so many companies renegotiate M&A