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Nigel Boardman, Slaughter and May Mobile telecoms group Orange has taken a deep breath and finally launched the prospectus for its flotation this month. And as the offering comes ever closer, the list of law firms advising Orange and its owner, France Telecom, gets longer.

Alex Bafi Herbert Smith has swooped for Davis Polk & Wardwell corporate finance lawyer Alex Bafi. Bafi will join partners Jim Wickenden and Allen Hanen (who also worked for Davis Polk) in the Spring, as part of the London firm's growing US finance practice in Europe.

German chemicals group Degussa SKW Co has set up £1.55 billion syndicated multicurrency acquisition facilities to fund the £1.36 billion acquisition of UK company Laporte.

With the 2000 annual report and Form 20-F season approaching, Margaret Tahyar and Marcelle Joseph of Davis Polk & Wardwell, Washington, DC, discuss the SEC’s new Form 20-F rules and alert seasoned Form 20-F filers to potential hot topics for this year

Simmons & Simmons has become the latest UK firm to add a German office to its European network. The City firm has decided that Kaiser, a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) boutique with seven lawyers, will give it the foothold it needs in the German market.

It was revealed in December that the Neuer Markt is tightening its rules on initial public offerings in response to collapsing technology stocks. This month Markus Pfüller and Christiane Ehrich of Clifford Chance Pünder, Frankfurt, explain the details of the reforms

Alessandro Varrenti White & Case has become the latest international firm to open up offices in Italy. The US firm has set up shop in Rome and Milan through a merger with Italian firm Varrenti e Associati. The combined firm will advise under the hefty title, Studio Legale White & Case Varrenti e Associati. It will have 20 lawyers and three equity partners. Alessandro Varrenti, name partner of the original Italian entity, becomes a White & Case partner, and is joined by two other partners from White & Case's international network. Ken Lee arrives from the firm's Mexico office, while Anthony Giustini is moving over from Paris.

Client sues Clifford Chance over conflict

The Amsterdam office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has tempted over a finance partner from The Netherlands' leading independent firm, Nauta Dutilh.

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