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Mannesmann has agreed to a $176 billion merger with Vodafone AirTouch in a partnership that will create Europe's biggest telecoms company.

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As of December 28 1999 Colombia has a new tool to confront the economic crisis which has threatened the viability of some enterprises. By means of Law 550 of 1999, new regulations intended to help entrepreneurs and their creditors find a solution involving the redemption of the companies, were approved. Among others, Law 550 provides for the elimination of various legal obstacles which prevented profitable companies in difficult financial situation from achieving a recovery. Additionally, the law allows entrepreneurs and their creditors to reach an agreement in order to restructure the companies' financial obligations. The following is a brief description of the most important aspects of this law.

IFLR’s unique data once again reveals the leading legal advisers on international bond issues. Linklaters tops the stand alone issues while Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy lead the market in securitization and MTNs. Rob Mannix reports

Union Fenosa Desarrollo y Accion Exterior (Union Fenosa ACEX), Spain's third largest electricity company has retained the services of two law firms to advise on recommended mandatory cash offers by a subsidiary, for UK company Cambridge Water.

Swiss companies Clariant AG and Bobst SA have sought the advice of Chicago-based firm Baker & McKenzie, with their respective takeover offers, both of which were posted on January 31 2000.

Baker & McKenzie has advised Bermuda company Pangea on the construction and related financing of a $436 million fibre optic network which will connect the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Estonia.

Brazil was the country which attracted most foreign investment in Latin America in 1999, receiving $31 billion of the $97 billion directed to the region last year, according to a preliminary study conducted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

UK firm Linklaters has had a great start to the year, acting as lead manager to French bank Paribas on the first European securitization of the new millennium.

UK law firm Simmons & Simmons has acted on behalf of investment bank ICEA Capital, in relation to the first privately owned Chinese company to list on the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (GEM).