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Under the EU Prospectus Directive certain exemptions from the obligation to publish a prospectus apply to the public offer of particular types of securities. However the issuer must make a document available that contains specific information on such an offering.

The winning deals and teams across three continents profiled alongside photographs from IFLR's presentation dinners in New York, London and Hong Kong

Studios are increasingly using securitization to help finance film production. Edward De Sear examines the challenges of putting together a new generation of deals

Some features of HCFB's securitization are unique and innovative not only for Russia but also in the international capital markets context. Vladimir Dragunov describes how the deal was structured

Daniel Andrews asks whether growth this year in the European corporate hybrid market will be explosive or stuttering

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).