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  • Arbitration at the crossroads in Hong Kong
    International commercial arbitration in China and Hong Kong after July 1997 remains an area of law full of uncertainties. Simon G Zinger of Graham & James LLP, San Francisco, looks at the options for parties to disputes
    May 31 1997
  • US litigation
    Lloyd's litigation
    May 31 1997
  • United States
    The debt crisis of the 1980s may be over, but the litigation arising from the various sovereign defaults is not. The holding of a recent case, Pravin Banker Associates v Banco Popular Del Peru, 1997 WL 134390 (2nd Cir NY), may have serious repercussions for rescheduling sovereign debt.
    May 31 1997
  • Germany
    Legislative reform of the German financial markets continues with the publication in April of the long-awaited draft of the Third Financial Markets Promotion Act. The bill is expected to come into force on January 1 1998.
    May 31 1997
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    European Union
    On April 2 1, the European Council of Industry Ministers reached agreement on important changes to the existing EU merger control regime under Council Regulation 4064/89 (the Merger Regulation). The principal amendments relate to:
    May 31 1997
  • Chile
    The Board of the Central Bank of Chile in its meeting of April 5 1997 resolved to open access to the Formal Exchange Market (made up of banks and authorized foreign exchange brokerage firms) for purchases of foreign exchange to make investments or pay expenses in Chile or abroad in foreign currency, to eliminate other restrictions on investment abroad and to renew the effectiveness of the rest of the foreign exchange restrictions on the entry of capital into Chile.
    May 31 1997
  • Microsoft acquires WebTV Networks
    Microsoft, the largest computer software company, is buying WebTV Networks of Palo Alto for around US$425 million in stock and cash. WebTV, which will become a Microsoft subsidiary, has developed technology enabling consumers to surf the internet using their television sets.
    May 31 1997
  • Cutting edge close-up: Finland’s Highway Four project
    Road Administration Adviser: Veikko Palotie & Co
    May 31 1997
  • Ashurst to open in Frankfurt?
    The new managing partner of UK firm Ashurst Morris Crisp has set an agenda for European expansion. London partner Ian Nisse, elected by secret ballot of the partnership to the new role, says the firm is set to open one or two new offices within the EU. "It is no secret that Frankfurt is very high on our agenda as Germany is a very big focus of ours," says Nisse. "We are also looking at Italy and Spain." Nisse adds the firm will at the same time seek to expand its existing Brussels and Paris offices.
    May 31 1997
  • Colombia
    The Financial System Statute lays down that leasing services can only be offered by certain companies known as Commercial Financing Companies (CFCs). CFCs require prior authorization from the Banking Superintendency, and are subject to a special regime. CFCs must be organized as stock companies. They cannot be branches of foreign companies, but they may be subsidiaries. CFCs may effect active credit transactions up to the equivalent of 35% of total assets.
    May 31 1997
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