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Providing heartening news for Latin America's technology sector, Chile's Certifica.com this March became one of the first internet companies on the continent to attract venture capital since US tech-stocks crashed last year. Advised by Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Certifica completed its first round of financing early in March, raising $3.3 million. Compared to Silicon Valley financings the numbers are small, but according to one investor completion of the deal is a key step in developing Latin America's web economy.

Linklaters and A&O act on benchmark Polish bond issue

Allen & Overy is advising Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) and Goldman Sachs International on the second largest initial public offering (IPO) in the UK this year. UK firm Herbert Smith is also working on the $1.25 billion London listing of UK recruitment consultant Michael Page International. Allen & Overy is advising CSFB, which is joint lead manager with Goldman Sachs International, as sponsor, global co-ordinator, sole book runner and underwriters on the UK company's IPO. Other banks involved in the offering are Deutsche Bank, Schroder Salomon Smith Barney, HSBC and West LB Panmure.

"We know what the weather market wants"

Ian Garth McGill and Tom Poulton Allen Allen & Helmsley and Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks have agreed to merge. After a 15-year courtship the two firms have finally agreed to formalise its relationship.

The referral of powers from states to the federal government is a necessary prelude to the enactment of Australia’s corporations legislation. Don Harding, a partner of Freehills in Sydney, explains how the Corporations (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2001 of New South Wales provides a model for juggling constitutional concerns

Once completed, the planned shake up of Turkey’s electricity industry should provide a wealth of opportunties for foreign investors. In the meantime, however, there is likely to be a degree of uncertainty. Kristin Meikle, Chadbourne & Parke, and Begum Durukan with the Birsel Law Offices, look at the prospects for the next few years

Derivatives have traditionally been viewed as forbidden territory to insurance companies. But is this always true? Maria Ross and Charlotte Davies of Norton Rose, London, ask if the two can be reconciled

The Polish government, when implementing the "Principles of Operation of the Energy Market in Poland in 2000 and Subsequent Years", which determes the agenda of actions to be taken towards liberalizing and privatizing Poland's energy sector, organized the creation of the Polish Power Exchange. Its founding act was signed in November 1999 and the first market transactions were concluded in June 2000.

The European Company Statute (ECS) continues its tortuous progress towards implementation. On December 20 2000, political agreement was reached by the EU's Council of Ministers to establish the Statute, and on the related Directive concerning worker involvement in European companies. However, the question remains as to whether the compromise reached, which is still to be endorsed by the European Parliament, will in practice be palatable to countries such as the UK with less of a tradition of worker involvement, than other countries.