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On August 8 1996 Hollinger International completed, following a Scheme of Arrangement under section 425 of the Companies Act 1985, its acquisition of all those shares of The Telegraph plc it did not already own.

UK law firms Dibb Lupton Broomhead and Alsop Wilkinson merged on October 1 to form the UK's sixth largest firm and the world's eleventh largest (see page 16). The new firm, Dibb Lupton Alsop, will have 214 partners and a total of 734 fee earners, with a turnover in in the region of US$140 million. Both firms grew from strong regional bases, Dibb Lupton in Leeds and Alsop Wilkinson in Liverpool. Their London offices opened later but by merging they hope to build their City profile as well as develop an international presence. Alsop Wilkinson has offices in New York, Brussels and Hong Kong but Dibb Lupton did not have an office outside the UK.

Canadian firm Goodman Phillips & Vineberg opened a Vancouver office on September 9. The firm poached the managing partner for the office, Paul Goldman, from Canadian rival Lang Michener.

In one of the most significant moves in the expansion of the legal networks of the big six, Ramon Lladó, managing partner with Madrid-based J&A Garrigues, has confirmed that the firm is in merger talks with Spanish legal firm Arthur Andersen ALT.

The controversial loi Toubon restricting the use of English in financial documentation produced by state entities in France has been amended following protests. By Gilles Endréo of Linklaters & Paines, Paris

In the second of two articles, Tim Soutar and Judith Hanson, of Clifford Chance, Hong Kong, continue their discussion of the role played by Asian governments in developing independent power sectors

Swiss Re has agreed to purchase the Mercantile & General reisurance arm of the UK's Prudential Corporation for £1.75 billion. Swiss Re's bid has been accepted subject to regulatory approval.

UK group Imperial Tobacco is being demerged from UK conglomerate Hanson and will be floated on the London Stock Exchange. The company is expected to be accepted for the Official List from October 1 with a market capitalization of over £2 billion.

The decision in Octagon Gas Systems Inc v Rimmer, 995 F2d 948 (10th Cir 1993), cert denied, 114 S Ct 554, 126 L Ed 2d 455 (1993), complicates securitization transactions in US Tenth Circuit states Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. This article examines how ABN AMRO overcame Octagon and completed a transaction for a Tenth Circuit company.

New York-based LeBouef, Lamb, Greene & MacRae has appointed Jude Kearney a partner in the firm's Washington DC office. Kearney was formerly deputy assistant secretary for Service Industries and Finance at the US Department of Commerce. He specializes in international trade and project finance matters and works extensively with the insurance industry on issues of its access to, licensing by and investment in foreign markets.