April 1998

Main

Light at the end of the tunnel?

Benelux firms resist international competition

Computer Associates/Computer Sciences hostile bid

Bowater pays C$3.5 billion for Avenor

Exel buys Mid Ocean

Bass buys Inter-Continental

Compagnie Générale des Eaux to acquire Havas

WH Smith sells Waterstones

Alltel Corp and 360 Communication merger

Aetna acquires New York Life

US$8.1 billion oil services merger unseats Schlumberger

Qwest buys LCI

Asia crisis special issue

Does the crisis bring default under MAC clauses?

How to arrange workouts in project financing

Indonesian bankruptcy law protects creditors

Japan offers debtors and creditors greater options

Korean insolvency laws protect foreign investors

New Bankruptcy Act to boost Thai economy

Law firms adjust to Asian economic troubles

Denmark

Finland

Switzerland

United Kingdom

New Zealand

Singapore

Argentina

Brazil

Botswana

European Union

Latin America litigation

Clifford Chance and Freshfields dominate structured finance

Chilean companies prepare to issue Eurobonds

Heard at the bar

Linklaters takes strategic approach towards Alliance

Reid & Priest in west coast merger and Indian link

Wilde Sapte links with Arthur Andersen

US firm leaves Almaty

UK law firm alliance ends

US court rules partners can be fired for querying bills

Freshfields’ Tokyo office gets Japanese lawyers

Founding partner quits Turkish law firm

UK firm adds Paris affiliate

Cutting edge close-up: Yanpet: largest petrochemical plant financing

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