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  • P&O/Royal Nedlloyd shipping merger
    P&O, the UK shipping firm, is set to merge its ocean container business with that of Dutch counterpart Royal Nedlloyd. The merged entity, P&O Nedlloyd Container Line, requires EU regulatory clearance and will have assets of US$1.5 billion.
    January 01 1997
  • Commission publishes blueprint for euro legal framework
    Geoffrey Yeowart of Lovell White Durrant, London, answers some of the most frequently asked legal questions relating to the forthcoming introduction of the euro
    January 01 1997
  • Hershey buys US interests of Huhtamaki
    US chocolate company Hershey has agreed to buy the North American confectionery business of Leaf Inc, the US subsidiary of Finland's Huhtamaki. The price is US$440 million plus annual licensing fees. Hershey has also agreed to sell Huhtamaki its two European operations, Germany's Gubor and Italy's Sperlari, for US$110 million.
    January 01 1997
  • South African Breweries ADS offering
    South Africa's largest industrial company and one of the world's top five brewers, South African Breweries, made a US$362 million offering of ADSs into the US and internationally. The offering was conducted under Rule 144A and Regulation S. The lead managers were Robert Fleming and Cazenove & Co.
    January 01 1997
  • Chinese citizen Herbert Smith partner
    Jeremy Xiao, who in August became the first Chinese citizen to qualify as a Hong Kong solicitor, will become a partner in the Hong Kong office of UK firm Herbert Smith.
    January 01 1997
  • Asian specialist back in London
    Clifford Chance partner Tim Soutar is returning to London from Hong Kong to bolster the firm's Asian capability in London. He will also assist with the coordination of the firm's global projects group, headed by Rodney Short.
    January 01 1997
  • Canadian firm opens in Singapore
    Toronto-based Goodman Phillips & Vineberg has launched its third office in Asia, opening in Singapore in December. Goodman Phillips has had an office in Hong Kong for some 25 years and is the only Canadian firm with an office in Beijing.
    January 01 1997
  • Foreign influence pushes German lawyers into new mergers
    The new presence of foreign law firms aggressively staking out territory in Germany is putting pressure on local firms. A second wave of mergers seems to be beginning. Samantha Wigham reports
    January 01 1997
  • Cyprus
    The Central Bank of Cyprus has drafted a bill containing provisions for the harmonization of the Cyprus banking system with that of the EU, and the establishment of a unified framework for the effective operation of banking transactions. It is expected that the bill will be passed by the Cyprus parliament in early 1997.
    January 01 1997
  • Australia
    A general exemption under Section 66 of the Banking Act 1959 of Australia announced on September 23 1996 by the then Assistant Treasurer of Australia, senator Jim Short, has opened up the door for the first time for foreign banks wanting to issue securities on Australia's wholesale capital markets in their own time.
    January 01 1997
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