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Alessandro Varrenti White & Case has become the latest international firm to open up offices in Italy. The US firm has set up shop in Rome and Milan through a merger with Italian firm Varrenti e Associati. The combined firm will advise under the hefty title, Studio Legale White & Case Varrenti e Associati. It will have 20 lawyers and three equity partners. Alessandro Varrenti, name partner of the original Italian entity, becomes a White & Case partner, and is joined by two other partners from White & Case's international network. Ken Lee arrives from the firm's Mexico office, while Anthony Giustini is moving over from Paris.

Simmons & Simmons has become the latest UK firm to add a German office to its European network. The City firm has decided that Kaiser, a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) boutique with seven lawyers, will give it the foothold it needs in the German market.

The Amsterdam office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has tempted over a finance partner from The Netherlands' leading independent firm, Nauta Dutilh.

Commercial businesses to be authorized to take customer depositsRoschier-Holmberg & Waselius Helsinki

Buenos Aires Stock Exchange creates new listing section for technology stocksAllende & Brea

Legislation encouraging investment in renewable energy

The start of 2001 has seen the SEC introduce a number of measures aimed at promoting the role of independent directors. Kenneth Berman and Elizabeth Kaplan of Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, assess the reforms

IFLR is proud to announce the nominations for its 2000 Awards. The winners will be revealed during a ceremony held at The Park Lane Hotel, London, on March 15 2001. For enquiries regarding the awards dinner and reservations please contact Nichola Whitaker on +44 (0) 20 7779 8467

In the largest cross-border acquisition of a Singapore company, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented Singapore's NatSteel. Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati represented the US acquiror, Solectron. Stamford advised the target NatSteel Electronics. The deal is valued at $2.4 billion.

Korea's securitization market will be one to watch during 2001. Brown & Wood's Hong Kong office recently advised Chase Securities on the arrangement of a novel asset-backed securities issue for Asiana Airlines.