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  • Third release of the Easdaq rule book
  • The SEC’s new tender offer and M&A rules went into effect on January 24 and are already proving to be very different from the old rules. Meredith M Brown, Alan H Paley and William D Regner, of Debevoise & Plimpton, examine how the new rules are working in practice
  • Allen & Overy is beginning to see the fruits of its new London-based Italian desk, with the recent completion of what it says is one of the most important deals in Italy.
  • BP Amoco announced in mid-March that it will buy Burmah Castrol for $4.7 billion. Once the deal is concluded, Castrol will become its leading lubricants brand and will provide BP Amoco with subsidiary outlets in 55 countries around the world.
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising on its second recent high-tech merger (see Network Solutions). The US firm is advising Mission Critical Software on its intended merger with NetIQ Corporation. Both companies are valued at $1.4 billion in what they describe as "a merger of equals".
  • The Trafford Centre in Manchester, one of the UK's largest shopping centres, has become the first of its kind in Europe to launch a securitization financing.
  • MGM Grand is to buy Mirage Resorts for $4.4 billion in a deal announced on March 7 2000. It will create the second-largest betting company in Las Vegas, behind Park Place Entertainment, which was formed at the end of 1998 by the Hilton Hotels Corporation.
  • It's been a long time coming. In fact, it's taken longer to complete than any other syndication. But — at last — the financing agreements for Athens' new ring roads were signed in early March.
  • Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn announced in March that it has hired Krzysztof Stefanowicz as its new IT and telecommunications partner in the Warsaw office. The arrival of Stefanowicz will increase the office's number of partners to four, and significantly expand its high-tech and telecommunications practice. Stefanowicz joins from Hogan & Hartson, also in Warsaw.
  • Telewest Communications and Flextech have announced that they intend to merge. The two companies have approximate market capitalizations of £10.1 billion ($16 billion) and £2.5 billion respectively.