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Goulart Penteado, Iervolino e Lefosse - Advogados

What should be taken into account? By Catalin Baiculescu and Stefan Damian of Musat & Asociatii, Bucharest

By Miguel Teixeira de Abreu of Abreu, Cardigos & Associados, Lisbon

An alternative route to takeovers in Hong Kong By Nicholas Norris Simmons & Simmons, Hong Kong

M&A activity in the UK Nigel Boardman and Stephen Cooke Slaughter and May, London

By Dr Oliver Triebold and Dr Thomas Kindler of Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich

Chilean Securities Act

Decision 486 of the Andean Community Commission, the new Intellectual Property Law for the member countries of the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela), grants additional protection for well-known trademarks. This protection guards well-known signs against unauthorized registration of a domain name, in all countries of the Community.

The Ontario government’s rejection of the Securities Commission proposals for derivatives regulation threatens to destroy five years of work. Margaret Grottenthaler of Stikeman Elliott, Toronto, reflects on the government’s negative response and asks where the market can go from here

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.