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  • Chiomenti loses four to Freshfields
  • Shareholders of German companies have had their right to say how hostile takeover bids should be dealt with curtailed. Last minute changes to the controversial takeover bill last month will allow board directors to take some form of poison pill defensive action against hostile bids as soon as they obtain the consent of the company's supervisory board.
  • Slaughter and May is to benefit from the unexpected defection from Clifford Chance of a 10-lawyer securitization team to independent Italian firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo.
  • Whitney Pidot and former Shearman & Sterling partner, US ambassador to China Clark Randt In a move unprecedented among US firms, Shearman & Sterling has relocated its global managing partner to Asia. Whitney Pidot, who is also a member of the four-man executive committee, has stepped down from the top job to become managing partner for Asia in a move that has left even his New York colleagues surprised.
  • NautaDutilh is launching a securitzation practice in Europe's leading market. Joanne Kellermann has moved to London to spearhead the development of a practice that will extend the firm's offerings in the UK capital. At the same time she will expand the locally-based team to two partners.
  • Jones Day Reavis & Pogue has established a joint enterprise with Showa Law Office in Tokyo to strengthen its mergers and acquisitions, antitrust and IP practices.
  • A number of governmental and international bodies have begun to take action in the so-called "war against terrorism". The IMF, the OECD (through its Financial Action Task Force, or FATF) and the US government have all set down plans to cut off the flow of legitimate and illegitimate to organizations supporting terrorist activities around the world.
  • Money laundering is a key target in the battle to cut off funds to terrorist organizations. In October the US passed legislation to crack down on laundered funds by requiring financial institutions to use strict compliance and due diligence programmes. Danforth Newcomb, Rachel Barnes and Saamir Elshihabi of Shearman & Sterling, New York, explain the implications
  • The Takeover Panel’s ruling on WPP’s bid for Tempus could spell the end for material adverse change conditions. Tunde Ogowewo of King’s College London’s School of Law reviews the case
  • Andrew Malcolm of Linklaters, Hong Kong, analyzes the fifth retail bond offering by HKMC, whose structure and use of publicity provide a model for future deals