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The proposal (COM (2001) 168 final) for a Directive on Financial Collateral Arrangements (the PD) was given on March 27 2001. The Finnish government has officially notified the Finnish parliament of the contents of the PD and attached a brief memorandum to the notification giving a general picture of the views of the Ministry of Finance in respect of the implementation of the PD.

By a decision published in the Official Gazette on April 25 2001, the president of Brazil confirmed that the competition authority (CADE) is not the governmental body responsible for judging the cases of mergers, incorporations or acquisitions involving financial institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has acted on a mortgage-backed securitization that has enabled an Australian originator to access US money markets for the first time.

Recent Japanese legislative changes relating to the establishment of holding companies and corporate splits will have important effects on convertible Eurobond documentation. Alan Davies and Surya Soni of Linklaters & Alliance, Tokyo, explain

A year ago Austria seemed about to experience the fusionsfieber seen in neighbouring Germany during the nineties. Instead, many people have gone cold on the idea of making international links. Ben Maiden reports on why the revolution has been put on hold

"It's like a kid in a candy store. They can't even decide what kind of chocolate to get"

Shearman & Sterling has acted for Société Générale (Soc Gen) on its deal to buy a 70% stake in US fund manager TCW, structuring an unusual five-year purchase plan for the French bank rather than a typical one-off acquisition.

UK lawyers have reacted angrily to the German government's attempt to frustrate the agreement of a European takeover code. The 12-year long negotiations to establish a pan-European code were thrown into disarray at the end of May when German government officials bowed to domestic pressure and withdrew their support for the draft European directive. European member states now have until the end of this month, when the conciliation period over the takeover code ends, to agree a compromise or the draft directive will collapse and with it any hope of agreeing a European code.

Lawyers warn that technology companies could face an avalanche of securities fraud litigation following the stock market slump

Allen & Overy is advising on the construction of a $4 billion petrochemical plant in Guangdong Province, southern China. The firm is acting on the deal as counsel to Shell and a joint venture between Shell, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and two Chinese companies