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Compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act — Avoiding pitfalls and penalties By Ronan P Harty of Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York

An overview of the telecoms sector By Paul Westover, Askandar Samad and Tom Deegan of Denton Wilde Sapte, Hong Kong

An overview of mergers & acquisitions law and practice By David Brewster and Rachel Launders of Gilbert & Tobin, Sydney

By Manuel Solano, Terri Grosselin and Mario Prats of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mexico City

By Navin Aggarwal and Lorraine Loh of Preston Gates & Ellis, Hong Kong

Chilean Securities Act

Hong Kong’s mobile operators have waited since late last year to find out how they will be asked to pay for the territory’s 3G licences. Michael Reede and Alana Triscott of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in Hong Kong reveal how the sale will work

Strategic Defence Take-over Insurance (SDTI) was recently launched by Lloyd's in the US, offering companies coverage in the event of hostile bids and proxy contests. Companies purchase an option which guarantees the right to secure an insurance policy, in the event that a hostile bid is received by a target company. Insured companies are reimbursed for direct costs associated with a hostile bid. The costs include expenditures on investment bankers, public relations/ advertising firms, legal advisers, proxy solicitation costs, and printing and mailing costs.

After High Court decision No. 14899/2000, the Italian Council of Ministers issued, on December 29 2000, Law Decree No. 394, on the subject of usurious loans. It aims to avoid the negative consequences that the Bank of Italy and the Italian Banking Association had anticipated would be produced by the Court's decision on the stability of the entire credit system.

KPMG Consulting gave a much-needed shot in the arm to the Nasdaq market with its $2 billion initial public offering (IPO) in February. The issue was the biggest seen from a US company in almost a year. It was also the first time a big five accountancy firm's consultancy business had been floated.