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  • Colombia
    Latin America-Development plan approved by Congress
    May 31 1999
  • Spain
    Europe-Increasing control on concentrations
    May 31 1999
  • Italy
    Italy enacts new law on securitization
    May 31 1999
  • Barilla buys Wasa from Novartis
    Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis is selling its Wasa crispbread unit to Italy’s Barilla Alimentare. The Italian food company is paying Sfr475 million ($315 million) including debt. The deal is part of Novartis’s move to refocus its consumer health division.
    May 31 1999
  • Poland
    Europe-Polish Zloty (PLN) to be fully convertible by the year 2000
    May 31 1999
  • Sweden’s first junk bond
    US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley on Sweden’s first ever high-yield bond issue.
    May 31 1999
  • $2.2 billion Pepsi Bottling Group IPO
    The Pepsi Bottling Group has issued 100 million common stock shares in an initial public offering worth $2.2 billion. The New York-based group manufactures and distributes Pepsi-Cola drinks.
    May 31 1999
  • Advisers on Canada’s Mutual Life $1.9 billion demutualization
    The demutualization of Mutual Life of Canada, the first by a Canadian life insurance company, is likely to give the company an initial value of between C$1.9 billion and C$2.9 billion ($1.2 billion to $1.9 billion). Mutual’s 900,000 members vote on the plans to demutualize on June 10. Their windfalls will be in the form of either cash or shares. Any bonuses are contingent on two-thirds of members voting in favour of the plans.
    May 31 1999
  • inside-China confirms WTO membership
    A senior Chinese official has confirmed that the country’s expected future membership of the WTO will lead to a relaxation of restrictions on foreign law firms. In particular, the rule that firms may open only one office would be dropped, but joint ventures between local and foreign firms will not be permitted.
    May 31 1999
  • Inside-Fifty three per cent of UK firms
    Over 50% of UK law firms would consider forming a multi-disciplinary partnership (MDP) in the next five years. Accountants are the preferred partners, followed by barristers’ chambers.
    May 31 1999
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