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Linklaters' New York team advised Qwest Communications International, on an offering of $1.95 billion of high-yield notes, which is the largest non-acquisition high-yield offering and one of the largest overall offerings to date in 2005. The issue was divided into two offerings of $1.75 billion and $200 million. Cahill Gordon & Reindel acted as initial purchasers' counsel; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher was the issuer's disclosure counsel; and Hogan & Hartson advised the issuer on regulatory matters.

The recent Toys 'R' Us ruling in Delaware gives clearer standards of care to directors who auction their companies. By Toby Myerson and Didier Malaquin

Over the past decade, Greek arbitration law has developed to meet international standards. Nikolaos Panou and Panos Yiannopoulos of Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm track its progress

A consortium of international and Indonesian investors completed a $1 billion leveraged buyout of PT Adaro Indonesia, Indonesia's biggest coal mine. The deal comprised senior debt of $600 million and $400 million of mezzanine financing. Allen & Overy Shook Lin & Bok advised the arrangers. KhattarWong & Partners, Freehills, Erriah & Uteem Chambers, Melli Darsa & Co Law Offices and Fenech & Fenech Advocates also advised. Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy advised the consortium and Latham & Watkins acted for the Indonesian investors.

Recent legislative changes have made real estate investment companies an effective instrument through which to invest in the real estate market in Greece. George Photopoulos of Photopoulos & Associates explains

Michael R Tsibris of Moussas & Tsibris provides an overview of merger and acquisition processes in Greece and highlights recent legislative developments

IFLR continues its series of reports on the implementation of the Prospectus Directive with briefings on changes to the legal environment for securities offerings in France, Malta and Portugal

Greece has drafted legislation to implement the latest EC competition directive. Constantine Lambadarios and Melina Katsimi of Lambadarios and Associates outline the changes

Jay Gould and Zeeshan Ahmedani assess the impact of the NASD's new rule on fairness opinions and warn that the issue might still need to be resolved in the courts

Representatives of Turkey's Capital Markets Board foresee that the amendments on primary and secondary capital markets legislation for purposes of integration with the EU legislation will be completed by the end of 2005.