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  • Aid ruling increases risk for special institution creditors
    Robin Griffith and Michail Papadakis of Clifford Chance consider Europe's recent compromise on German state aid and its effect on the credit risk of special institutions
    June 30 2002
  • EU judgment ends state protection from takeovers
    National governments have long held special rights allowing them to block takeovers of state-favoured companies. But new rulings from the European Court of Justice could make such holdings illegal. By Vincent Brophy of Linklaters
    June 30 2002
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    How to structure payment-in-kind notes
    Payment-in-kind notes have been popular in the US for some time. Now bankers in Europe are keen to add these instruments to their deals. Clifford Atkins and Philippa Dodd of Shearman & Sterling show how
    June 30 2002
  • Court demands proof of HP-Compaq vote buying
    A Delaware court has rejected claims of vote buying in the shareholder vote for Hewlett-Packard’s merger with Compaq. Meredith Brown and Gary Kubek of Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, examine the decision
    June 30 2002
  • Moody's predicts aircraft securitization boom
    A ratings agency report says synthetic aircraft financings will boom because they solve a raft of legal difficulties. There are likely to be several high profile synthetic aircraft transactions over the coming months as banks start to exploit their portfolios of aviation interests.
    May 31 2002
  • Word of Mouth
    "Ignoring the problems for the sake of the sacred principles of property and contract is a disappointing example of tunnel vision."
    May 31 2002
  • SEC counsel joins Cleary
    David Becker, the general counsel of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) until May 7, is to join Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Becker will join the firm's securities transaction and enforcement practice as a partner in Washington DC, where he will advise clients on capital markets activities, representing clients in SEC and other investigations, on corporate governance issues and in other SEC regulatory matters.
    May 31 2002
  • SEC orders broker cooperation to fight terror
    Lori Richards, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Compliance Inspections and Examinations Office, has called for brokers to cooperate more closely to combat money-laundering. Richards said the SEC "found the need for great improvement" when examining the types of reports that clearing brokers provide to introducing brokers, and whether they could be used to detect money-laundering activity.
    May 31 2002
  • Brussels to strengthen disclosure regime for listed companies
    The EU is preparing to radically overhaul disclosure rules for publicly-traded companies, making them responsible for disclosing information to the markets more often and more comprehensively than ever before. The European Commission is behind the proposals, announcing plans to introduce disclosure requirements that become increasingly stringent depending on the size of a business.
    May 31 2002
  • CMS expands into China
    The CMS alliance is expanding its presence in China after relocating UK, French and German lawyers to the new Shanghai office of Bureau Francis Lefebvre. CMS's French member opened its first Chinese operation this month to focus on corporate and commercial work, insurance and construction, after being awarded a licence by the Chinese Ministry of Justice at the end of 2001.
    May 31 2002
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