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  • Corporate Law transition
    British Virgin Islands (BVI) corporate law has now reached the halfway point in the two-year transition from a dual statutory regime to a single statutory regime. It was possible in 2005 to incorporate a company under the International Business Companies Act (the IBC Act) or under the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (the new Act), but in 2006 it will only be possible to incorporate companies under the new Act.
    February 01 2006
  • First experiences with the new Competition Law
    Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG recently acquired shares in Nova Banjalucka Banka ad, Banja Luka, creating the first concentration in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) ever to be cleared by the new competent authority, the Competition Council. The transaction highlighted some important procedural provisions to be aware of when submitting a filing for a transaction in BiH under the new Competition Law (Zakon o konkurenciji), which took effect on July 27 2005.
    February 01 2006
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    Equity
    Texan firms Andrews Kurth and Vinson & Elkins advised on the first US initial public offering (IPO) of 2006, for Linn Energy. The natural gas exploration and production company raised almost $250 million through its flotation on Nasdaq. In Houston, James Baird and Gislar Donnenberg of Andrews Kurth advised the company. Thomas Mason of Vinson & Elkins acted for the lead underwriters, Lehman Brothers and RBS Capital Markets.
    February 01 2006
  • Asia
    Herbert Smith announced the establishment of a dispute resolution practice in mainland China. The team will be led by litigation partner Graeme Johnson from Shanghai, working alongside the firm's corporate departments in Shanghai and Beijing as well as the dispute resolution practice in Hong Kong.
    February 01 2006
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    SEC prepares to narrow soft-dollar safe harbour
    The SEC plans to clamp down on soft-dollar commissions. But some of the regulator's proposals are too rigid, say critics. By Steven F Gatti
    February 01 2006
  • Dongfeng clears way for China ventures to list
    Chinese car-maker Donfeng's recent IPO overcame the difficulty of listing a company that operates through joint ventures rather than subsidiaries. Ashley Alder explains how
    February 01 2006
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    Luxembourg's prospectus rules in line with EU
    Josée Weydert of NautaDutilh Luxembourg outlines the effects of Prospectus Directive implementation on offering or listing securities in Luxembourg
    February 01 2006
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    Foreign investors eye Finnish real estate
    Samuli Palin and Anu Tuomola of Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd assess the surge in foreign interest in real estate deals, and explain how such deals are structured and financed
    February 01 2006
  • Tender offers take uncertain step back towards acceptance in US
    The SEC's plans to revive the tender offer as a viable alternative to the one-step merger may need refining. Ben Maiden reports
    February 01 2006
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    United States
    Mary Schapiro, NASD NASD, the world's largest private sector securities regulator, announced that Mary Schapiro is to succeed Robert Glauber as chairman and chief executive of the organization. She was previously head of NASD's regulatory policy and oversight division. In that role she served as the chief regulator for more than 5,000 securities brokerages firms and almost 700,000 registered brokers. Before joining NASD, Schapiro chaired the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and was an SEC commissioner.
    February 01 2006
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