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  • Market Focus - Portuguese Bar set to shake up profession
    The role of the big five auditors in the Portuguese legal market is unclear but the election of a new Bar president is expected to clarify the profession’s regulations. Stephen Mulrenan reports
    February 01 1999
  • Vodafone acquires AirTouch for $63 billion
    UK mobile telecoms company Vodafone will acquire US rival AirTouch
    February 01 1999
  • Herbert Smith continues Paris poaching trend
    As part of its strategy to expand its Paris cross-border M&A practice, Herbert Smith has appointed a new partner, Sylvie Dariosecq.
    February 01 1999
  • The DaimlerChrysler revolution
    When DaimlerChrysler’s stock began to trade on the NYSE in mid-November, a quiet revolution began for foreign equity securities trading in the US. By Nicholas DS Brumm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York*
    January 01 1999
  • Singapore
    Asia PacificCompanies Act amended
    January 01 1999
  • $70 billion Astra and Zeneca merger
    On December 9 pharmaceutical groups Astra of Sweden and Zeneca of the UK announced that they are merging in a deal which will create Europe’s largest pharmaceutical group with a market capitalization of $70 billion. The deal is Europe’s largest ever merger.
    January 01 1999
  • Tyco buys AMP for $11.3 billion
    The industrial conglomerate Tyco has announced that it is to acquire AMP in an all-stock deal. The offer has rescued the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based electrical equipment manufacturer from the hostile takeover attempt by AlliedSignal announced in the summer. Tyco’s offer tops AlliedSignal’s cash bid by $1.6 billion.
    January 01 1999
  • Deutsche Bank to buy Bankers Trust
    Germany’s Deutsche Bank confirmed on November 23 that it was in the advanced stages of talks to buy US bank holding company Bankers Trust. The merger would create the world’s fifth-largest fund manager, with $500 billion-worth of assets.
    January 01 1999
  • China
    News on turnover taxation
    January 01 1999
  • $79 billion Exxon/Mobil merger
    A stellar team of law firms has been assembled to represent Exxon and Mobil on their $79 billion merger, the largest in history. The merged company will be known as Exxon Mobil and, with a market value of $250 billion, will be the world’s biggest quoted energy company, ahead of Royal Dutch/Shell Group. The different firms are needed to cover regulatory and antitrust aspects, as well as corporate issues, for the US and the companies’ principal foreign subsidiaries.
    January 01 1999
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