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  • The Swedish Supreme Court has recently had to pass judgment in an interesting case (NJA 1996 s52) regarding the perfection of pledges under Swedish law.
  • In this, the first ever survey of the legal advisers on international equity issues, International Financial Law Review identifies the leading firms in the field and discovers why they head the tables. Richard Forster reports
  • Global harmonization of over-the-counter derivatives regulation is an idea whose time has not yet come, argues Schuyler K Henderson of Baker & McKenzie, London
  • UK firm Ashurst Morris Crisp is opening an office in Singapore. Headed by corporate partner Richard Gubbins and project finance partner Scott Brodsky, it will concentrate on international transactions and project finance. Three associates, Clive Tucker, Shaun Lascelles and Tom Whelan, will also be based in the office, opening in October.
  • International firms are continuing to formalize their operations in the Italian market. Minnesota-based firm Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly has formed an association with Italian firm, Pisano De Vito Maiano & Catucci. Pisano has offices in both Rome and Milan.
  • In a market formerly dominated by only one practice area, privatization, lawyers are enjoying the opportunity to offer more general corporate advice. However, this is putting weaker firms under pressure and leading to consolidation. Paul Lee reports
  • Ruling in favour of the international chemical group Bayer AG, the Court of First Instance has suspended the Commission decision of January 10 1996 which stated that the activities of Bayer Spain and Bayer France, subsidiaries of Bayer AG, constituted an 'agreement' contrary of Article 85 of the EC Treaty.
  • The Banking (Amendment) Act, passed on May 21 1996, will require locally-incorporated banks to raise their minimum shareholders' funds to approximately US$1 billion from the current minimum of approximately US$540 million.
  • The major Hong Kong conglomerates are in the grips of spin-off fever. Cheong Kong, Henderson Land, New World Development and Wai Kee Holdings have all streamlined their operations in the past year through the use of spin-offs.
  • Madeira could represent an interesting alternative for Brazilian companies wishing to avoid the consequences of recent Brazilian legislation on Corporate Income Tax (Imposto de Renda de Pessoas Jurídicas), Law No. 9249 of December 26 1995, which came into force on January 1 1996.