Endesa luchará hasta el final: la opa de Enel y Acciona dificulta la posibilidad de lanzar una contraopa: la eléctrica comienza una dura batalla judicial para defender el interés de los accionistas ante los "pactos ilegales" de Enel y Acciona con Eon.
"VAMOS a luchar hasta el último segundo para defender a los accionistas. Que nadie lo dude", comentó Manuel Pizarro al conocer el acuerdo entre Eon, Enel y Acciona. Y parece que así va a ser, ya que los abogados de Endesa han preparado durante la Semana Santa un arsenal...

Global law companies eye informal tie-ups in India.
Byline: Paramita Chatterjee (##include msid=2459375,type=9 ##) NEW DELHI: Global law majors such as Allen & Overy, Jones Day, Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer amongst others are looking at establishing presence in India. With stringent regulatory guidelines and the Bar Council of India prohibiting...

Sidestepping a quagmire.
The ripples spreading from the New York attorney general's broadside against the world's largest broking group were quick to reach London. Whether they will swell into waves remains to be seen. Marsh & McLennan's British operation was quick to launch damage-limitation efforts when Attorney General Eliot Spitzer...

Hynix increases Eugene output.
Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has been quietly ratcheting up output at its Eugene memory-chip plant to avoid paying import tariffs imposed by the European Union and the United States, a Hynix spokesman in Korea said Thursday. Hynix...

Vuelven las OPAs: las bajas cotizaciones bursátiles de los últimos tiempos están facilitando la aparición de Ofertas Públicas de Adquisición (OPAs) de acciones, pero apostar por este criterio de inversión no siempre le sale del todo rentable a los inversores. (Economía).
LA normativa legal que regula las OPAs en España permite lanzar ofertas por porcentajes limitados de las acciones de las compañías, a diferencia de la inmensa mayoría del resto de los mercados europeos, donde es más habitual la obligatoriedad de que aquellas se extiendan al cien por cien del...

Publisher Olivares bewails 6 a.m. arrest; Laarni charges harassment.
Byline: BRENDA PIQUERO TUAZON & EDMER F. PANESA Editor-publisher Ninez Cacho-Olivares of the Daily Tribune asserted yesterday before the Senate committee on public information and mass media that her arrest last week was an assault on civil liberties, press freedom, and democracy. Accompanied by her...

Arab and UK legal firms join forces.
A NEW ORGANISATION has been formed to foster mutual understanding of British and Middle Eastern legal systems and to foster the placing of lawyers from the region in UK legal offices. The British-Middle East Law Council (BMELC), arose from a Law Society-sponsored conference on Lebanon last autumn,...

Gibson Dunn Strengthens International Arbitration Capability in London.
LONDON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has strengthened its litigation and international arbitration capability by recruiting Cyrus Benson as a partner in its London office. Benson previously practiced with White & Case, serving as co-head of the London...

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Announces Tim Emmerson, Leading UK M&A Lawyer, to Join Firm as Partner Based in Its London Office.
LONDON, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, a pre-eminent international law firm, today announced that one of the UK's leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers, Tim Emmerson, has been elected a partner of the firm and will join its London office during the first quarter of 2007. ...

Law firms hike salaries to retain talent as foreign cos troop in.
Byline: Paramita Chatterjee (##include msid=2459375,type=9 ##) NEW DELHI: With top foreign law firms like Clifford Chance and Allen and Overy stocking up on Indian talent, salaries in Indian law firms are hitting the roof. Fearing attrition in the industry, large domestic law firms including Amarchand...