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Due to a production error, the article that appeared in November's IFLR on page 11 (Heidelberger's acquisition of majority stake in Indocement, by Philip Rapp and Lee Taylor of Clifford Chance (Singapore) and Vincent Mignon of Heidelberger Zement) was combined with a separate article. We apologise to readers and to Clifford Chance and Heidelberger Zement for any confusion this may have caused. A corrected version of the article can be viewed at http://www.legalmediagroup.com/IFLR/default.asp?Page=1&cIndex=3&SID=3215&M=11&Y=2001.

Allen & Overy secure Greek hat trick

US firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised Euronext on its successful $807 million bid for the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) last month. Euronext successfully beat rival bids for the derivatives exchange by Deutsche Börse and the London Stock Exchange.

Singapore's first listing of a real estate investment trust (Reit), one of its most eagerly awaited deals, has collapsed. The decision to pull the initial public offering (IPO) of SingMall Property was taken in an effort to prevent poisoning the future of the Reit market.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) specialists are hoping that Emerson Electric's acquisition of one of China's most profitable private companies may signal a change of attitude from the government.

Hengeler Mueller has used a new residential mortgage-backed securitization structure to close a synthetic securitization for the German financial institution Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank. The German firm created the PROVIDE-Platform for the euro 1 billion ($875 million) synthetic securitization of residential mortgage receivables held by the state-owned Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

Danaharta, Malaysia's state-owned asset management company, has finally completed its first asset-backed securitization (ABS). Allen & Overy won the mandate against inevitable competition from Clifford Chance and Freshfields, the two firms that have traditionally dominated the Asian securitization market.

The Italian Constitution has recently been amended by constitutional law No 3, October 18 2001, in line with the general trend towards federalism.

Commissioner Laura Unger, who this October announced plans to leave the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the end of 2001, says she is prepared to stay on until new commissioners are appointed.

US legislators have granted the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) increased powers to respond to terrorist attacks or other emergencies. On October 12 the House Financial Services Committee voted to increase the length of time the Commission can waive regulations in response to a crisis.