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  • Entry to the WTO means that China must take a hard look at the way it distinguishes between domestic and imported technology. Warren Rothman and Grace Chen of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Beijing, reveal the unlevel playing field for foreign technology providers
  • Under new SEC proposals, Regulation S-T will be amended to extend the requirement to file with its electronic system, Edgar, to non-US issuers. Sebastian Sperber and Ying Hsu of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Hong Kong, explain how to negotiate the system
  • Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) has wrapped up its takeover of Singaporean rival Overseas Union Bank (OUB) with a S$1.3 billion ($715 million) bond issue, the largest of its kind in Singapore. It also launched a US-dollar denominated $1.27 billion issue.
  • Thacher Proffitt expands finance team
  • Europe's three largest exchanges are locked in a battle for control of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe). Deutsche Börse, the London Stock Exchange and Euronext, which runs securities markets in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, have all expressed interest in buying Liffe, Europe's second largest derivatives exchange.
  • Simmons & Simmons has continued the expansion of its Asian services with the recruitment Masons' Hong Kong litigation team. The move comes just one month after the firm secured a joint venture in Tokyo with mid-size Japanese firm TMI Associates.
  • Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners is planning to strengthen both its banking and finance, and antitrust practices, as Linklaters & Alliance's Italian ally tries to become more widely known as a full service firm.
  • In order to meet the objectives of the Financial Services Action Plan, on March 27 2001 the European Commission introduced a proposal for a Directive on financial collateral arrangements. The Belgian presidency wishes the definitive text to be put on paper by the end of 2001.
  • Sullivan & Cromwell last month announced the appointment of two partners in Frankfurt as it revealed plans to launch a German law practice for the first time.
  • Following its severed alliance with Hong Kong's Johnson Stokes & Master and subsequent three-year exile from the territory, Norton Rose is preparing to reopen its doors for business on April 2 2002. Between viewings of available office space in Hong Kong's central district Paul Giles, Norton Rose's managing partner for Asia, discusses plans for the new office, China and Norton Rose's strategy for further growth in Asia.