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  • Aiming for efficiency
    Dr Peter Derendinger, general counsel at Credit Suisse Group, Zurich, talks to Paul Lee
    September 30 1997
  • Denmark
    In June 1997 the Danish Parliament adopted a new Act on Competition (No. 384), bringing Danish competition law into line with EU competition principles. The provisions of the new Act come into force on January 1 1998.
    September 30 1997
  • Mexico
    In 1996 the Mexican government organized an entity called Valuación y Ventas de Activos SA (VVA) for the purpose of organizing a series of sales of loans made by Mexican banks. The aggregate amount of the loans is said to exceed US$42 billion. The loans are held by Fondo Bancario para la Protección de Activos (FOBAPROA), a trust administered by Banco de México, the central bank.
    September 30 1997
  • Linklaters takes lead as firms build for the future
    UK firm Linklaters & Paines overtakes US rival Davis Polk & Wardwell to head this year’s ranking of the leading advisers on international equity issues. But other firms are catching up. Richard Forster and Robert Dwyer report
    September 30 1997
  • Largest international ship finance transaction
    The US$944 million financing package for Osprey Maritime Limited of Singapore to purchase Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation is the largest non-government ship finance transaction. It is also the largest US dollar syndicated loan provided by Singapore banks.
    September 30 1997
  • Bengang Steel Plates B share listing
    Chinese company Bengang Steel Plates was floated by an international placing of B shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
    September 30 1997
  • Biggest City of London development of the year
    The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) has bought a long leasehold interest in part of the 13-acre Spitalfields site, in London, to build a new trading building.
    September 30 1997
  • First major UK PFI deal in the health sector
    A consortium led by Tarmac has won a contract to design and construct a general NHS hospital. The contract, which includes the operation of the hospital's non-clinical services for at least 25 years, is worth £143 million (US$232 million). The deal is the first major private finance initiative (PFI) project in the British health sector.
    September 30 1997
  • DuPont buys ICI divisions
    US chemicals group DuPont is paying £1.8 billion (US$3 billion) for the titanium dioxide and polyester businesses of the UK's ICI. The deal is part of ICI's programme to fund its £4.9 billion acquisition of Unilever's speciality chemicals businesses.
    September 30 1997
  • Privatization of Svyazinvest
    A consortium of firms, including Soros funds, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Renaissance Capital, Uneximbank and Morgan Stanley Asset Management successfully bid US$1.875 billion for a 25% stake in Svyazinvest, the Russian telecoms holding company.
    September 30 1997
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