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  • Differences between US and English law have always been more apparent than real. The Gustafson decision brings the two even closer in respect of issuer liability. By Simon Gleeson of Richards Butler, London
  • After four years of negotiation French electronics and defence group Matra has reached agreement with UK counterpart British Aerospace to form a £1 billion (US$1.5 billion) joint venture company Matra BAe Dynamics. The new company results from a merger of the missile operations of the two groups and will be the largest missile manufacturer in Europe.
  • General Motors, the US car company, has spun off its subsidiary Electronic Data Systems (EDS), the US software and consulting company, in a US$500 million transaction. EDS now has a listing on the New York and London stock exchanges.
  • Inco, the North American nickel company, has acquired Diamond Field Resources, the Canadian metals company, in a US$4.3 billion agreed takeover, the largest in Canadian history.
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  • UK firm Herbert Smith has been voted top adviser on international energy law in Petroleum Economist's 1996 Energy Finance Poll. The poll, based on responses from over 100 international energy companies, has UK-based Allen & Overy relegated from last year's winner to third place behind Herbert Smith and US firm Vinson & Elkins.
  • White & Case has announced that David Robbins will join the firm as a partner in its New York office. Robbins specializes in international corporate transactions, including project development and financing, and cross-border licensing. Formerly a partner with Reid & Priest in New York, he practised for four years in Japan and has represented Japanese companies for almost 20 years.
  • German law firm Deringer Tessin Herrmann & Sedemund has officially opened its office in Berlin. The firm had been working out of the city since February having absorbed local practice Pfeiffer Brandes Neumann.
  • UK firm Wilde Sapte has appointed 12 partners, 10 in the London office, one in Tokyo and one in New York.