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Allen & Overy has finished top of Dealogic's global project finance review for the third time in four years. The firm closed 51 deals worth over $15 billion in 2004, taking a 9.3% share of the market.

A decision of the Federal Supreme Court in 2003 (362/24 and 430/24) contains various rulings that will be of interest to banks. There is no binding system of precedent in the UAE, but it is likely that this decision will be considered in subsequent court proceedings.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has endured a difficult few years. Criticized at home for what some claimed was a failure to prevent corporate scandals such as Enron, it has also faced challenges from activist state attorneys-general and been blamed for what others see as over-regulation. Abroad, corporates continue to lobby against what is perceived as US regulatory overreach.

UK insurer Friends Provident's new financing proves the worth of embedded value securitization to the life insurance industry.

Germany's financial regulator has proposed guidelines explaining how public companies should interpret the increased disclosure and market abuse obligations created by German implementation of the EU's Market Abuse Directive in November 2004.

Adam Glass, securitization specialist at Linklaters in New York, introduces an occasional series on partners' personal experiences in corporate finance and what it takes to succeed (or fail) in their practice area of choice

One of Boston's most prominent venture capital law firms, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault, will shut down following a vote by its partnership in mid-January. The firm pointed to the departure of 10 partners in early December and its subsequent failure to secure a merger, despite holding talks with various firms, as the reasons behind the decision to dissolve the remaining partnership. "A law firm such as ours, although prominent, profitable and filled with talented lawyers is - like any professional services organization - knit of a fabric that, if stretched too thin, can unravel," said managing partner George Davitt. A player in the Boston legal market for 30 years, Testa Hurwitz has been well known for its work in venture capital and private equity, including a fund formation practice.

IFLR is please to announce the short listed deals and law firms for the eighth Asian awards, as well as the winners of the National Law Firms of the Year

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is publishing a reference rate for short-term interest rates, called the Bangkok Interbank Offered Rate (Bibor). Bibor is the rate of interest at which banks can borrow funds from other banks in the Bangkok interbank market.

Companies outside the US are taking action to avoid rules that would compel many of them to register with the SEC. Dan Andrews reports