• Competition - Poland

  Anti-monopoly Authority Closely Examines Paint and Varnish Market

  Wierzbowski Eversheds Spolka komandytowa

  Over the last four years the Polish construction materials market has been under close inspection from the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. Since 2005 eight investigative proceedings have been conducted: seven cases of price fixing and one case of bid rigging.

• Insolvency & Restructuring - Sweden

  Internet Publication of Bankruptcy Estate Inventory Violated Personal Data Act

  Wistrand Advokatbyrå

  The Administrative Court of Appeal recently ruled that the publication of a bankruptcy estate inventory on the Internet constituted a violation of the Personal Data Act, which has been in force since 1998. The court ruled that the interest of the bankruptcy receiver in fulfilling its duties must remain secondary to individuals' privacy.

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• $2.3 billion acquisition

  Wendy's International Inc Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP ; Winston & Strawn LLP - Daniel C Bird Jr, J Michael Brown, Christine Graff, Roger S Lucas, Dennis J Kelly, Eleni Kouimelis, Mark S Weisberg, Richard P Gilly;
  Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Wendy's International Inc Davis Polk & Wardwell - John K Knight; Baker & Hostetler LLP - Robert A Weible, Matthew A Tenerowicz, Matthew D Graban, Suzanne K Hanselman, Lawrence V Lindberg, Edward G Ptaszek Jr;
  Triarc Companies Inc Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP - Paul D Ginsberg, Jeffrey D Marell, Thomas V de la Bastide III, Charles H Googe, Valerie Radwaner, Raphael M Russo, Jordan E Yarett; Jones Day ;
  Greenhill & Co LLC

• €1.1 billion financing

  Sorfert Algeria White & Case LLP - Christopher Utting;
  Orascom Construction Industries ;
  Sonatrach SpA ;
  Banque Extérieure d’Algérie Spa Reinhart Marville Torre - Nadia Kermiche, Laurent Marville, Dominique Dermerguerian, Bertrand Thouny, Catherine Jeancolas;
  Syndicate of banks

• C$69 million offering

  Crystallex International Corporation McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP - Carmen Diges, Michael Friedman; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP - Riccardo A Leofanti;
  Syndicate of underwriters Stikeman Elliott LLP - Maurice Swan

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