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  • The US Accountancy Board, the FASB, has brought an end to the pooling of interests for the accounting treatment of mergers and acquisitions in the US. David Bernstein of Rogers & Wells, New York reviews the effect of the decision and questions the wisdom of amortizing goodwill on M&A deals
  • Conflict of law rules codified
  • Before China can improve the effectiveness of foreign investment and restructure its state-owned industries it must first reform its asset appraisal industry, writes Steven Blayney, White & Case, Hong Kong
  • The London office of US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges has recruited partner Bruce Johnston from UK firm Wilde Sapte to boost its project finance capability.
  • US firm Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle is opening an office in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm hopes to build on its corporate and litigation work. George Kahale, firm managing partner, comments: “Stamford is a growing area with a lot of corporate activity, several firms have offices there.”
  • UK law firm Cameron McKenna has joined with five European firms to form an alliance covering 19 countries and 31 offices.
  • UK firm Trowers & Hamlins has opened an office in Cairo. The creation of the new office will allow Trowers to develop its role as a Middle Eastern regional counsel for multinational corporations.
  • On April 23 1999, the Commission approved the takeover of Bankers Trust Corporation by Deutsche Bank.
  • As part of their joint effort to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in central and eastern Europe, the European Commission and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have reached an agreement to establish a euro125 million SME Facility for the 10 central and eastern European countries that are candidates for European Union (EU) accession.
  • After meetings with foreign investors, the Vietnamese government has introduced a series of measures to attract foreign capital. Tony Foster and Dang Duong Anh of Freshfields, Hanoi discuss the changes for new and existing investors