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  • Commerzbank is the first big European bank to set up an asset management group in Italy under new rules adopted in 1998. Gianluca Santilli and Andrea Marino of Santilli e Associati are advising the bank and describe the structure
  • Continental firms Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener (Germany), Moquet Borde & Associés (France), Pavia e Ansaldo (Italy) and Meyer Lustenberger (Switzerland) have joined to form the partnership BBLP
  • Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, has bid £6.7 billion ($10.8 billion) in cash for UK supermarket chain Asda.
  • Two Danish firms are merging to knock 80-lawyer Kromann & Munter from its position as the country’s largest firm.
  • The Dutch Central Bank and Securities Board have given the clearest guidance to date on the qualification criteria for restricted circle offerings. By Pieter Riemer of Trenité Van Doorne, London
  • 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.”