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Marco Compagnoni, Weil Gotshal & Manges Jonathan Wood, Weil Gotshal & Manges Weil Gotshal & Manges raided Lovells' private equity team for star partner Marco Compagnoni and senior assistant Jonathan Wood. Both will join Weil's London office as partners in the firm's global private equity group.

All go for Exco IPO Haynes & Boone and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett were outside counsel on the $650 million initial public offering (IPO) of Exco Resources. The oil and gas exploration and production company turned to William Boeing of Haynes & Boone's Texas office to guide it through the flotation. Gary Sellers of Simpson Thacher acted for the lead underwriters Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan.

Disney eyes Pixar acquisition Three firms took roles on Walt Disney's acquisition of animation company Pixar. The deal, valued at $7.4 billion, will combine Disney with its long-time collaborative partner Pixar, which has produced films such as Toy Story, Monsters Inc and The Incredibles. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom was lead counsel to Disney on the deal. Brian McCarthy and Joseph Giunta of the firm's Los Angeles office headed the team. Dewey Ballantine, which has close ties to Disney, advised the company on tax and historical issues through Adel Aslani-Far, Morton Pierce and Gordon Warnke. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Pixar with a team including Larry Sonsini, Michael Ringler, Jose Macias and Marty Korman. The firm worked in collaboration with Pixar's general counsel, Lois Scali.

The UK's new Disclosure Rules came into effect on July 1 2005, implementing the EU Market Abuse Directive.

To attract the billions of dollars held by Middle Eastern investors, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is developing a series of indices that are compliant with Islamic law (Sharia).

Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank acted as sole mandated lead arranger on the $122.5 million financing of Pacific Alliance's acquisition of the Goodbaby Group. The financing represents the first completed leveraged buyout in the PRC, Goodbaby being China's largest baby goods supplier. Allen & Overy, led by Joseph Tse in Hong Kong, advised Taipei Fubon. Pacific Alliance Group was advised by White & Case on the acquisition and by Sidley Austin on financing matters.

A recently proposed revision to the Japanese conflict-of-law rules is expected to have an impact on various international transactions.

The latest overhaul of Mexico's securities laws will require careful implementation to avoid potential problems. James Ritch explains

Recent developments in Hong Kong and Singapore are stimulating growth in Reit activity. But the regulatory environment can still be improved, argue John Sullivan and Hayden Flinn

Paul Hastings announced a further expansion of its corporate finance practice, with three new hires. The firm lured leveraged finance specialists Brett King and Susan Thom from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy to join as partner and senior associate respectively. King and Thom have worked on leveraged buyouts in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Korea. David Grimm, previously with Cravath Swain & Moore, was appointed of counsel. Grimm has 15 years of experience in cross-border capital markets, corporate finance and M&A transactions spanning London, New York and Hong Kong.