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  • Simmons & Simmons grabs two deals in Hong Kong
    Simmons & Simmons has been used as adviser on two of Hong Kong's largest recent deals, underlining its status in the market. In the first, the UK firm advised Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW) on its acquisition of Cable & Wireless HKT. The successful bid is one the largest takeovers in Asia with a value of $36 billion. Cable & Wireless owns a 54% stake in HKT. The merger will make PCCW the third largest company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
    March 31 2000
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia acquires Colonial
    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced last month that it intends to buy Colonial Limited for $5.7 billion. The combined group will be among Australia's market leaders for lending deposits and asset management. It will also become the country's third largest issuer of new life insurance premiums.
    March 31 2000
  • Shearman & Sterling recruits non-lawyer to board
    US law firm Shearman & Sterling has hired a non-lawyer, Clinton Kendrick, to its executive board. The firm calls Kendrick "an international financial services executive and entrepreneur". He joins the firm from Matrix Global Investments, where he was CEO. The other members of the four-man board are: Stephen Volk, senior partner; Whitney Pidot, managing partner; and David Heleniak, European coordinator.
    March 31 2000
  • Haarman Hemmelrath opens in Moscow
    German firm Haarmann Hemmelrath has added to the recent opening of offices in London and Brussels by moving into Moscow. The new office complements to the firm's existing eastern European network which includes Prague, Warsaw, Bucharest and Budapest.
    March 31 2000
  • Canadian market wakes up as five firms merge
    Five Canadian law firms have merged to create the country's second largest firm, Borden Ladner Gervais, with nearly 600 lawyers. The new entity brings together members from each of Canada's important financial centres. Borden & Elliot, the largest, is based in Toronto, McMaster Gervais in Montreal, Scott & Aylen in Ottowa, Ladner Downs in Vancouver and Howard, Mackie in Calgary. The new firm came into existence on March 1.
    March 31 2000
  • Securitization in the shipbuilding industry
    Securitization techniques are being adopted in increasingly unusual ways. Richard Henderson of Watson, Farley & Williams, London, summarizes the available structures for ensuring off balance sheet financing for shipbuilders
    March 31 2000
  • Using Cayman Islands special purpose vehicles
    Securitization and debt repackaging are growth areas in offshore financial centres. Ian Ashman of Walkers, George Town, discusses the uses and developments of Cayman Islands special purpose vehicles in these structured finance transactions
    March 31 2000
  • Using commercial insurance to avoid project risk
    Managing risk through the use of commercial insurance in international projects can be confusing. Noam Ayali of Chadbourne & Parke, Washington DC, explains what lies behind the jargon and how to successfully incorporate insurance into a lender’s security package
    March 31 2000
  • Uruguay
    New pledge system
    March 31 2000
  • Sweden
    Share buy-backs allowed in Sweden
    March 31 2000
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