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  • Swiss Telecom/Essar in Indian joint venture
    Swiss Telecom PTT has acquired a 30% interest in Sterling Cellular, an Indian company which holds a licence to operate cellular telephone services in Delhi. Sterling is controlled by Essar Goup, the US telecommunications company.
    June 30 1996
  • France introduces law to implement ISD
    The EU Investment Services Directive (ISD) is finally to be enacted into French law. Jean-Guillaume d'Hérouville and Pierre Gissinger of Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris, discuss the changes to the regulatory regime
    June 30 1996
  • $647 Million Samalayuca II Power Project
    The 700 MW gas-fired Samalayuca power project located south of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua is Mexico's first foreign-sponsored generating project to reach financial closure. The $647 million financing was concluded on May 24 after four years of negotiation.
    June 30 1996
  • Largest ever Canadian takeover
    Inco, the North American nickel company, has acquired Diamond Field Resources, the Canadian metals company, in a US$4.3 billion agreed takeover, the largest in Canadian history.
    June 30 1996
  • Brazil
    On May 21 1996, 54.6% of the voting shares of electricity distributor Light were sold to a consortium lead by Electricité de France for US$2.2 billion. This was the largest privatization to date and the second to involve a significant foreign participation. Light has 80% of the distribution market in the state of Rio de Janeiro and has now been granted a new concession for 30 years.
    June 30 1996
  • Hong Kong overhauls securities and futures rules
    The package of regulatory reforms set to come before the Legislative Council this autumn will innovate as well consolidate. John Holmes and James Walker of Clifford Chance, Hong Kong, look at its new provisions
    June 30 1996
  • Gustafson draws US private placement closer to UK
    Differences between US and English law have always been more apparent than real. The Gustafson decision brings the two even closer in respect of issuer liability. By Simon Gleeson of Richards Butler, London
    June 30 1996
  • £1 billion Anglo-French defence merger
    After four years of negotiation French electronics and defence group Matra has reached agreement with UK counterpart British Aerospace to form a £1 billion (US$1.5 billion) joint venture company Matra BAe Dynamics. The new company results from a merger of the missile operations of the two groups and will be the largest missile manufacturer in Europe.
    June 30 1996
  • General Motors spins off EDS
    General Motors, the US car company, has spun off its subsidiary Electronic Data Systems (EDS), the US software and consulting company, in a US$500 million transaction. EDS now has a listing on the New York and London stock exchanges.
    June 30 1996
  • Twelve new partners at Wilde Sapte
    UK firm Wilde Sapte has appointed 12 partners, 10 in the London office, one in Tokyo and one in New York.
    June 30 1996
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