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Uncertainty over the Brazilian's state's right to control the domestic insurance industry appears to have been temporarily resolved – to the advantage of foreign insurance firms. By Manoel Ignácio Torres Monteiro of Amaro, Stuber e Advogados Associados, São Paulo

Since UK firm Allen & Overy announced the appointment of David Slade as a project finance partner in the New York office (see Insides, IFLRev, October), three other lawyers have joined Slade at Allen & Overy, effectively wiping out the Russian practice of US firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.

Charles Toy, vice president and general counsel of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Washington DC, talks to Richard Forster

Following the debate launched earlier this year by the Commission's Green Paper on the review of the Merger Regulation, the Commission has published two proposals for revision of the Regulation, which it has submitted to the Council of Ministers for discussion. One of these, containing the Commission's more controversial proposals concerning reduction of the 'Community dimension' thresholds, is capable of adoption by qualified majority, as envisaged in the existing Regulation. The other proposal, which requires the unanimous agreement of the member states, contains a number of improvements to the Regulation which are likely to be less controversial.

Christopher Lewis of Simmons & Simmons considers the rise and rise of the asset repackaging phenomenon and takes a detailed look at how deals are structured and what are the main vehicles on offer

The UK government has agreed to sell the Married Quarters Estate of the Armed Forces to the Annington Group for £1.6 billion (US$2.5 billion). The transaction, one of the largest ever UK conveyancing deals, requires the sale of 2400 properties to Annington and a sale and leaseback of 55,000 properties under 999-year head leases.

UK firm Amhurst Brown Colombotti has spoken to IFLRev following reports that the firm has transferred its Italian law department to another firm. It was alleged that Milan firm Studio Legale Sutti had taken over the department on the retirement of Italian law specialist Salvatore San Marco.

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McKenna & Co has announced that it has taken five lawyers from UK rival Nabarro Nathanson, establishing 'the number one real estate practice in Warsaw'. Resident Nabarro partner Steven Shone has moved with three of his property team to McKenna & Co with one more set to join.

US consumer products company Gillette is set to acquire Duracell International, the US battery manufacturer, in a US$7.3 billion share exchange. As a result, US buy-out firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which has a 34% shareholding in the target company, will become Gillette's second largest shareholder.