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Singapore's M&A market has grown in 2006. The total number of M&A deals stands at 344, with a value of $11.8 billion, showing an improvement from last year's $8.2 billion total within 300 deals, according to Dealogic.

Recommended firms Tier 1 Allen & Overy De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Tier 2 Clifford Chance Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer NautaDutilh Stibbe Tier 3 Houthoff Buruma Loyens & Loeff Simmons & Simmons The Netherlands has seen large M&A increases in January to October (inclusive) compared to last year's results, according to Dealogic. In private equity, the amount of deals has fallen by 14, but the total deal value has risen by almost three quarters. The past year's 78 deals yielded $21.97 billion, but the 64 deals closed in 2006 have brought in $35.26 billion.

Recommended firms Tier 1 A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Matheson Ormsby Prentice William Fry Tier 2 McCann FitzGerald Tier 3 Mason Hayes & Curran Irish M&A statistics for the last year provide interesting reading. Law firms have not enjoyed a massive growth in work, as the volume of deals has been static while the overall value soared.

Recommended firms Tier 1 Bredin Prat Cleary Gottlieb Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier Linklaters Tier 2 Gide Loyrette Nouel Skadden Arps Sullivan & Cromwell International firms Linklaters and Cleary Gottlieb joined domestic rivals Bredin Prat and Darrois Villey in the top tier for French M&A advice the first time. The message from the market is that there is no longer an upper echelon of French M&A that is off-limits to international firms. Respondents to IFLR's researchers identified the influx of private equity money into France as the main reason these barriers have come down.

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