IFLR is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2025

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement

Cookies Settings

Search results for

There are 25,897 results that match your search.25,897 results
  • Argentina
    The Securities and Exchange Commission of Argentina (the CNV) enacted General Resolution No. 291/97. This authorizes the trading in Argentina of depositary receipts representing securities issued by foreign entities not qualified by the CNV to offer their securities directly to the general public in Argentina. The new regime — which comes into force on September 1 1997 — attempts to introduce new financial products in the local markets and to attract foreign investors.
    August 31 1997
  • Royal Caribbean Cruises buys Celebrity Cruise Lines
    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.
    August 31 1997
  • Hong Kong SFC lays down specific compliance procedures
    New guidelines for market participants on management and internal control have been welcomed but the Securities and Futures Commission has also published suggested control techniques which have been less well received. By James Walker and Kenneth Leung of Clifford Chance, Hong Kong
    August 31 1997
  • US lawyer compensation outstrips inflation
    US partners' compensation increased by 3.56% in 1996, and associates compensation was boosted by 4.4%, in an economy where inflation was only 2.7%. These are the most striking results of the latest annual survey of law firm economics published by law firm consultants Altman Weil Pensa.
    August 31 1997
  • Colin Ng expands
    Mid-sized Singapore firm Colin Ng & Partners is adding to its international links. The firm already has a foreign office in Shanghai, and is soon to add offices in both Jakarta, Indonesia and one in Beijing.
    August 31 1997
  • Commonwealth courts diverge on valuation losses
    A recent case reaffirms the Australian principle that lenders are entitled to calculate losses on a no-transaction basis after some negligent valuations, despite conflicting English decisions. By Francesca Rush of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Brisbane
    August 31 1997
  • IP and IT: Changes to intellectual property and technology law
    Deeth Williams Wall, Toronto
    August 31 1997
  • Bankruptcy and insolvency: None too big to fall
    Meighen Demers, Toronto
    August 31 1997
  • Japan gives green light to employee share options
    A major reform of Japanese regulations, allowing companies to award share options to directors, moves regulation closer into line with the US and Europe. By Junko Mori of Asahi Law Offices, Tokyo
    August 31 1997
  • Singapore
    New tax incentives in the 1997 Budget approved by Parliament in July focused mainly on the financial sector. Effective for five years from assessment year 1998, they will be:
    August 31 1997
Previous
1
...
2527
2528
2529
2530
2531
...
2589
Next