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  • United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) has succeeded in its bid to raise $1.6 billion through a high-yield bond in late January.
  • Pirelli has announced the sale of its terrestrial optical systems business to Cisco Systems for $2.15 billion in the latter company's shares.
  • UK firm Allen & Overy is advising on one of the first true acquisition financings in the UAE. Albert Abela Corp, a company specializing in services such as in-flight and hotel catering, is to buy Unilever's African & Eastern Group. Unilever's operations include liquor outlets which supply licensed purchasers, hotels and the airport Duty Free. There are less than 10 licenses to operate such suppliers in the UAE.
  • US firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has secured its second significant leveraged buy-out (LBO) in Asia's improving markets.
  • Vodaphone AirTouch has raised a euro30 billion ($29.8 billion) syndicated loan in connection with its bid to buy German telecommunications company Mannesmann.
  • January also saw the biggest ever all-UK corporate deal with the announcement that Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham intend to merge.
  • UK firm Osborne Clarke has added French firm Stehlin & Associés to its European alliance and has pledged increased cooperation with existing partners in Germany, Denmark, Holland and Spain.
  • Freshfields advised on completed European deals worth more than any other law firm in 1999, knocking Sullivan & Cromwell off the top spot, according to a report by Thomson Financial Securities Data.
  • Saudia Arabia’s growing demand for energy may soon force the country to open its doors to foreign investment.
  • Korean securitization is enjoying a renaissance after the difficulties of the Asian financial crisis.