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  • 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.
  • One of Washington’s most highly regarded law firms, Covington & Burling, announced last month that it would merge with the smaller firm of Howard, Smith & Levin.
  • Time is running out for Singapore lawyers. When the legal reform bill becomes law, expected this month, the attorney general will be able to approve up to five joint ventures and five formal alliances between foreign and local law firms.