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Recommended firms Tier 1 Clifford Chance Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hengeler Mueller Linklaters Tier 2 Cleary Gottlieb Gleiss Lutz Shearman & Sterling Hengeler Mueller continued to lead the way in German M&A in 2006. Standout deals included advising Schering on its €16.3 billion bid from Bayer, acting for Boc Group on the $14.2 billion Linde deal and representing Bear Stearns on the financing for Merck's €11.5 billion bid for Serono. And somehow the firm managed to find the time to act as German counsel to E.ON on its €48 billion bid for Endesa.

Recommended firms Tier 1 Hannes Snellman Roschier Holmberg Tier 2 Borenius & Kemppinen White & Case Tier 3 Castrén & Snellman Fennica Merilampi Marttila Laitasalo The Finnish M&A market has been rather slow in 2006 despite a boom in Scandinavia as a whole. The total number of deals fell 16.6% in the first 10 months of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005, according to Dealogic figures. The combined deal value dropped by a comparable percentage and the losses have been similarly proportioned across private equity and company-to-company transactions.

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In an attempt to further develop the Ukrainian banking system and better ensure its transparency and security for investors, the Ukrainian parliament has introduced new requirements for the organizational form of Ukrainian banks. Adopted on September 14 2006, they are effective from October 4 2006.

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Recommended firms Tier 1 Uría Menéndez Tier 2 Clifford Chance Cuatrecasas Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Garrigues Linklaters The volume and value of Spanish M&A activity have grown over the last 12 months. Four hundred and sixty deals in the first 10 months of 2005 soared to 550 in the same period in 2006. The cumulative value of the deals rose accordingly, from just over $100 billion to $167.4 billion. The growth was fuelled by booming public equity transactions, while private equity deals declined.