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  • By Jürg Borer (Competition) and Jakob Höhn (Mergers & Acquisitions) of Pestalozzi Gmuer & Patry
  • By Dr Peter Herzog and Dr Barbara Bühlmann of KPMG Legal
  • Law firms are convinced that WTO accession will change the way they do business in China. But, as Nick Ferguson reports, some firms have already found ways of making the most of the opportunities available
  • lastminute.com and egg.com have shown how the internet can be used successfully to promote securities offerings. But investors and issuers still face legal challenges in protecting themselves. Alero Cave, Anky Chan and Marco Crosignani of Allen & Overy, London, report
  • Jaap Willeumier and Rogier Raas of Stibbe Simont Monahan Duhot look at how the cross-border nature of the internet is causing the Netherlands to reexamine the ways in which issuers control information about securities offerings
  • UK advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi announced on June 20 that it intends to merge with Publicis, which is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange. The deal values Saatchi & Saatchi at euro 1.96 billion ($1.84 billion). The UK company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Publicis which, with a combined market capitalization of euro 6.3 billion, the companies say will be the fifth largest advertising company in the world in terms of revenue.
  • Shearman & Sterling and Allen & Overy have shocked the German legal community by taking eight partners each from the German firm Schilling Zutt & Anschütz. The 16 Schilling departures represent nearly half of the 35-lawyer firm, and come after Schilling failed to reach merger agreements with both firms earlier this year.
  • The Lithuanian government has sold a 25% stake in Lietuvos Telekomas, the country's exclusive telecom operator. The sale, valued at $180 million, represents the first capital markets transaction to come out of Lithuania, with global depositary receipts being listed on the London Stock Exchange.
  • Lovells Frankfurt hires asset finance partner
  • Freshfields and Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber have finally agreed to merge, after the German firm took a second vote to secure the necessary majority to carry the decision through.