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  • The DaimlerChrysler revolution
    When DaimlerChrysler’s stock began to trade on the NYSE in mid-November, a quiet revolution began for foreign equity securities trading in the US. By Nicholas DS Brumm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York*
    January 01 1999
  • Singapore
    Asia PacificCompanies Act amended
    January 01 1999
  • $70 billion Astra and Zeneca merger
    On December 9 pharmaceutical groups Astra of Sweden and Zeneca of the UK announced that they are merging in a deal which will create Europe’s largest pharmaceutical group with a market capitalization of $70 billion. The deal is Europe’s largest ever merger.
    January 01 1999
  • Tyco buys AMP for $11.3 billion
    The industrial conglomerate Tyco has announced that it is to acquire AMP in an all-stock deal. The offer has rescued the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based electrical equipment manufacturer from the hostile takeover attempt by AlliedSignal announced in the summer. Tyco’s offer tops AlliedSignal’s cash bid by $1.6 billion.
    January 01 1999
  • Deutsche Bank to buy Bankers Trust
    Germany’s Deutsche Bank confirmed on November 23 that it was in the advanced stages of talks to buy US bank holding company Bankers Trust. The merger would create the world’s fifth-largest fund manager, with $500 billion-worth of assets.
    January 01 1999
  • China
    News on turnover taxation
    January 01 1999
  • $79 billion Exxon/Mobil merger
    A stellar team of law firms has been assembled to represent Exxon and Mobil on their $79 billion merger, the largest in history. The merged company will be known as Exxon Mobil and, with a market value of $250 billion, will be the world’s biggest quoted energy company, ahead of Royal Dutch/Shell Group. The different firms are needed to cover regulatory and antitrust aspects, as well as corporate issues, for the US and the companies’ principal foreign subsidiaries.
    January 01 1999
  • Market Focus - Canadian firms fight the lure of the US dollar
    Growing opportunities abroad for young Canadian lawyers have forced domestic firms to reassess their strategy. Stephen Mulrenan reports
    January 01 1999
  • Stephenson Harwood in Brussels joint
    UK law firm Stephenson Harwood is to join forces in Brussels with Italian firm De Berti Jacchia Perno & Associati and Paris firm Barbé Carpentier Thibault Groener. The firm’s association with France’s largest law firm, Fidal, part of the KPMG legal network, is over. In its new association Stephenson Harwood plans to look at joint business
    January 01 1999
  • Guernsey firm reaps rewards of banking alliance
    Guernsey law firm, Ferbrache & Co (soon to be renamed Ferbrache Morgan) plans to poach partners from City firms in a bid to compete with other firms on the island. The planned growth has resulted from Ferbrache & Co receiving more work as a result of its alliance with The Bank of East Asia.
    January 01 1999
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