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  • The Brussels operation of Dallas-based Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is under severe pressure after the loss of four lawyers. Name partner Marc Dassesse has left Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, Feld & Dassesse to become a partner at the Brussels office of Washington-based McKenna & Cuneo. He will be joined by Akin Gump partner Anabelle Ewing and lawyers Jan van Besien and Isabelle d'Arthuys.
  • A recent US court decision could put law firm management into turmoil. The removal of partners and the closure of offices which a firm deems are not performing to standard is put into question by the Palm Beach County Circuit Court decision. The level of damages set in the case could make any sackings prohibitively expensive. The judge's comments on Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft were cutting, but it is possible the precedent may be followed in cases where less turpitude is found.
  • Dr Franco Riolo, general manager of the legal and tax department at Banca Commerciale Italiana, talks to Diana Bentley
  • Philip Wood of Allen & Overy, London, foresees a legal revolution, cutting the divides and confusions between legal systems, and argues that lawyers should do more to promote reform
  • Johan Tyteca, head of the legal department at Kredietbank, talks to Diana Bentley
  • The history of registration requirements imposed on securities in Argentina illustrates the volatility of the country's economic conditions and regulations over the last decade. More recently, it has also been evident that when a desperate need for higher tax revenues is the driving force behind its implementation, this seemingly technical requirement may even threaten to wreak havoc in the secondary market for debt securities.
  • The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the HKSE) recently granted the first waiver under the guidelines issued in January 1996 for infrastructure companies which do not meet the general three-year profit requirements. The waiver was granted to Road King Infrastructure Limited whose shares were listed on July 4 1996.
  • As China enters its ninth five-year plan this year, the BOT (build-operate-transfer) method of infrastructure financing has been receiving keen interest. In particular, power plant project financings are moving closer to the international model of BOT investments.
  • A communiqué issued by the Undersecretariat of Treasury has amended some sections of the previous communiqué on foreign investment. The main points are as follows:
  • Fifteen years ago, a partial revision of the Swiss Federal Constitution anchored womens' rights to equal treatment in respect of family, education and work, guaranteeing them in Article 4(2) the right to equal pay for equal work. The Swiss Federal Parliament has now enacted an Equality Act (Gleichstellungsgesetz) which came into effect on July 1 1996. The main focus of the Act is on furthering the equal treatment of men and women at work. The following are the most important changes.