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July 04 2009
15 Jun 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the most improved M&A practice in Taiwan over the past five years.
Tags: Corporate, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Taiwan, Jones Day, Features, Lee and Li, Chen & Lin, LCS & Partners, Lexcel Partners, Russin & Vecchi
13 Jun 2009
Discomfort between local and foreign firms in Sofia has led to appeals for justice from both sides.
Tags: CEE, Bulgaria, CMS Cameron McKenna, Features, Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, Spasov & Bratanov
10 Jun 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the two most improved M&A practices in Brazil over the past five years.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Features, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Pinheiro Neto, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados, Felsberg e Associados Advogados, Lefosse, Motta Fernandes Rocha
11 Jan 2009
Mexican duo advise on Grupo Bimbo’s $2.5 billion acquisition of a US bakery business.
Tags: Corporate, White and Case, Latin America and Caribbean, Mayer Brown, Canada, Mexico, Deals, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuentes, Ritch Mueller, Stikeman Elliott
08 Dec 2008
Brazilian firms advise on Coscan’s $715 million purchase of Exxon Mobil’s Brazilian service stations.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Pinheiro Neto
02 Dec 2008
Brazilian firm Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice advises BR Malls on a $30 million bond repurchase.
Tags: Capital Markets, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Davis Polk and Wardwell, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Maples and Calder
19 Jan 2009
Ukrainian firm Magisters to open a representative office in London to service both in and outbound clients.
Tags: CEE, UK, Ukraine, Office moves, Magisters
10 Dec 2008
Albanian firm acts for Falcione Group in its winning bid to construct a €1 billion LNG terminal and pipeline.
Tags: Project finance, CEE, Albania, Deals, Apicella
Ukrainian firm Magisters merges with Belarus's BelJurBureau to give Magisters its third office in the CIS.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, CEE, Office moves, Belarus, Magisters, BelJurbureau
12 Nov 2008
UK firm's new office to add to its existing branch in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tags: Corporate, Asia-Pacific, Vietnam, Office moves, Lovells
11 Nov 2008
New team to focus on Indian capital markets, M&A, finance and dispute resolution work.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Clifford Chance, Asia-Pacific, India, Singapore, Office moves, Amarchand and Mangaldas and Suresh A Shroff and Co
21 Oct 2008
Three partners leave Trilegal to launch corporate finance firm Phoenix Legal.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Asia-Pacific, India, People and moves, Office moves, Trilegal, Phoenix Legal, Kochhar and Co
15 Apr 2009
The Austrian Stock Corporation Act amendment will affect a number of shareholders' rights -- Florian Kusznier, Schoenherr
Tags: Corporate, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria
14 Apr 2009
Spain's insolvency law has been updated to facilitate restructuring and refinancing agreements -- Iñigo de Luisa, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, Briefings, Spain, Cuatrecasas
09 Feb 2009
The new BVI anti-money laundering and terrorist financing code is practical and effective -- Ross Munro, Harneys.
Tags: Corporate, Investment funds, Latin America and Caribbean, Briefings, Harneys, British Virgin Islands
26 Nov 2008
The government has amended the Stock Exchange Act to allow it to temporarily prohibit short selling -- Abi Winter, Schoenherr
Tags: Capital Markets, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria
27 Oct 2008
The government has taken legislative action to quell market turmoil -- Martin Ebner, Schoenherr
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria