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  • The Hungarian privatization and state holding company (APV Rt) and Hungary-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer Gedeon Richter have completed a US$220 million global and domestic offering of Richter shares and GDSs. In conjunction with the offerings, Richter also increased its share capital by US$50 million. The transaction is one of the largest secondary offerings in central and eastern Europe.
  • The Perth office of Australian firm Freehill Hollingdale & Page has completed its merger with Perth rival Parker & Parker. The office will use the Freehill name. "There was a very strong business case for our firms to merge," says Peter Mansell, managing partner of Freehill Hollingdale & Page Perth. "Our aim is to provide eastern states expertise and depth at Western Australian rates. There will no longer be the need for Western Australia corporates to take legal advice in the east."
  • The modest Korean legal market looks unlikely to have to face competition from abroad just yet, despite the government’s public commitment to globalizing the economy. Nick Ferguson reports
  • The law implementing the Investment Services Directive in Italy will have an additional impact on MIF, the Italian Futures Market – it will be privatized. By Piero Salera of Pavia e Ansaldo, Rome
  • International independent power producer Calenergy failed in its US$1.92 billion bid for regional electricity and gas supplier New York State Electric and Gas Corp.
  • The most important consideration for a laterally hired partner in choosing his or her new firm is not the level of compensation he or she will receive. Indeed, this consideration is placed fifth out of seven significant factors according to a survey by US lawyer search consultants Major, Hagen & Africa.
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  • The Revised Securities Act (RSA) Full Disclosure Rules (the Rules) became effective on October 7 1996. The Rules establish an integrated disclosure system for registration statements (RS) and other reports which must be filed with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and distributed to the investing public.
  • Royal Caribbean Cruises has bought Celebrity Cruise Lines in an amicable takeover worth US$1.3 billion. This deal makes the company the second largest US- based cruise line.
  • In August a government committee published its report on the proposed reorganization of Finnish government financing institutions.