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  • First Canadian firm opens in Tokyo
    Davis & Company have become the first Canadian firm to open an office in Japan. The Tokyo office is the firm's first outside Canada. The office is staffed by two Canadian lawyers and there are plans to increase the number of lawyers to over 10, including Japanese lawyers (bengoshi), if the Japanese Bar Association removes restrictions (see International Financial Law Review, September 1997, page 27).
    September 30 1997
  • Denmark
    In June 1997 the Danish Parliament adopted a new Act on Competition (No. 384), bringing Danish competition law into line with EU competition principles. The provisions of the new Act come into force on January 1 1998.
    September 30 1997
  • Aiming for efficiency
    Dr Peter Derendinger, general counsel at Credit Suisse Group, Zurich, talks to Paul Lee
    September 30 1997
  • Mexico
    In 1996 the Mexican government organized an entity called Valuación y Ventas de Activos SA (VVA) for the purpose of organizing a series of sales of loans made by Mexican banks. The aggregate amount of the loans is said to exceed US$42 billion. The loans are held by Fondo Bancario para la Protección de Activos (FOBAPROA), a trust administered by Banco de México, the central bank.
    September 30 1997
  • Largest international ship finance transaction
    The US$944 million financing package for Osprey Maritime Limited of Singapore to purchase Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation is the largest non-government ship finance transaction. It is also the largest US dollar syndicated loan provided by Singapore banks.
    September 30 1997
  • Biggest City of London development of the year
    The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) has bought a long leasehold interest in part of the 13-acre Spitalfields site, in London, to build a new trading building.
    September 30 1997
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance acquires Security First
    New York mutual life insurer Metropolitan Life Insurance has acquired Californian-based Security First Group from London Insurance Group. The deal is worth US$377 million.
    September 30 1997
  • SEC loosens regulation of foreign broker-dealers
    The latest no-action letters from the US SEC expand the exemptions available to unregistered dealers. By Charles S Gittleman, Julia E Moran and Eva Don-Siemion of Shearman & Sterling, New York
    September 30 1997
  • United States
    What do these words mean in the context of a financial agreement? Financial lawyers are very familiar with this phrase because it is included in most loan participation agreements and syndicated loan agreements for the purpose of protecting the lead or agent bank.
    September 30 1997
  • Freehill and Parker complete merger
    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."
    September 30 1997
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