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European capital markets team of the year: Linklaters & Alliance Project finance team of the year: Allen & Overy Cross-border M&A team of the year: Shearman & Sterling Structured finance team of the year: Clifford Chance Capital markets team of the year - France: Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Capital markets team of the year - Italy: Grimaldi Clifford Chance Capital markets team of the year - Germany: Hengeler Mueller Capital markets team of the year - Spain: Uría & Menéndez Capital markets team of the year - UK: Allen & Overy Central and eastern European team of the year: Linklaters & Alliance Equity deal of the year: Orange

In the wake of the Enron collapse, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been quick to put forward proposals to improve accounting and financial disclosure, in the hope of preventing any future disasters. Leslie Silverman and Mark Adams of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, and Sebastian Sperber and Robert Williams in Hong Kong review the SEC’s statements and explain how companies should react when preparing financial disclosure press releases and reports filed with the Commission

Shearman and Freshfields team up for $505 million private equity deal

Allen & Overy and Linklaters have teamed up with two Finnish law firms to work on a €1billion ($1.75 billion) cross-border brewery merger. Partner Matthew Middleditch is leading a Linklaters team working with local counsel Dittmar & Indrenius to advise Scottish & Newcastle on its conditional takeover offer for Hartwall, Finland's leading beer and soft drinks company. The Scottish & Newcastle brewing group includes the UK's Scottish Courage, France's Brasseries Kronenbourg and Belgium's Alken Maes. Hartwall's portfolio includes Finland's most popular lager, Lapin Kulta.

"If you don't maximize due diligence regardless of what is going on in the market, you haven't been doing your job properly"

The chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has called for increased due diligence on credit derivatives deals to prevent litigation over possible legal flaws.

M&A and investment By Dulce Franco, of PLMJ - Sociedade de Advogados, Lisbon

The dust begins to settle By Rune Solberg and Even Bratsberg of Thommessen Krefting Greve Lund, Oslo and London

By Nicolas Bombrun, partner, and Michel Houdayer of Latham & Watkins, Paris

By Michael Olislaegers and Dirk Lontings of Lontings & Partners, with the assistance of Patrick Verraes and Esther Somsen for the research