ARCHIVE NEWS BELOW FROM Mid August 2003 back to March 2003

Alfaro- Abogados -
Two partners voted "best and brightest forty lawyers of Argentina under forty years old".

S&P -
Demand for Securitization Growing in Mexico

Canada-
Acquires leading corporate/commercial lawyer

Allen & Overy -
Advises on the UK's first covered bond

Weil Gotshal -
Advises Lehman Brothers on €243.6 Million securitisation

XL Capital Ltd -
Receives keys to new London Headquarters

Conyers Dill & PearmanCayman -
Welcomes Rick Finlay

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood -Sidley Austin Brown & Wood -
Advises Morgan Stanley on BBC Sale and Leaseback Securitisation

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services-
Releases its first glossary of securitization terms

The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC-
Launches £210 Million whole business securitisation of the Priory group

Banc of America Securities-
Adds two analysts to European Credit Research team

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer-
Air France secures €435m aircraft funding

Mallesons Stephen Jaques’ -
Lawyers recognised as leading lawyers in Asia

White & Case-
In Innovative €125 Million Italian Securitisation

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP -
The largest fully-public single-property mortgage-backed securities offering in Canada

White & Case -
Announces addition to its capital markets team of new derivatives partner Heather Pilley from Linklaters

Uria & Menendez -
Spain Asset Securitisation Fund UCI 9

Uria & Menendez -
Spain Mortgage Securitisation Fund AyT Génova Hipotecario II

Slaughter and May
Paragon Mortgages (No.5) PLC - Securitisation

Slaughter and May-
Equity Release Funding (No.3) PLC - Securitisation

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP and Nishikawa & Partners -
Add Partners in Tokyo Office

Herbert Smith -
Advises on trio of significant international securitisation transactions

Herbert Smith -
Advises HSBC for the first time on major securitisation

Freshfields -
Network Rail closes £4bn financing

Long-term sources of finance secured -
Bayer agrees new EUR 3.5 billion credit facility

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP -
Names 28 new partners

Walder Wyss & Partner - Switzerland
Recent Swiss deals/launches

Thacher Proffitt & Wood
Elects Three

Blake Dawson Waldron - Australia
Partner appointment enhances capital markets & Securitisation practice

Allen & Overy
Advises Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers in jumbo securitisation

Matti Engelberg joins Hannes Snellman - Finland
From key position at Nordea

XLCA Guarantees $500 Million financing
For Avis Rent a Car

Market-Leading CDO/CLO Derivatives Practice
Joins McKee Nelson

Norton Rose
Commerzbank closes €1.5 bn residential mortgages synthetic securitisation transaction

Baker & McKenzie:
Advised WTF Holdings (Switzerland) Ltd on real estate aspects of €699 Million securitization


White & Case:
Expands Again – Prague

Gide Loyrette Nouel
To open London office

URÍA & MENÉNDEZ
Relocates its Madrid HQ

Baker & McKenzie
Announces Two New Partners in Russia

Banc of America Securities
Announces two senior hires to its European Structured Products and Risk Management groups

Bank One
Names Randy White Treasurer

Moody's
Adds three analysts to Toronto staff, continuing its Canadian expansion

Prestige Financial
Securitizes $128.5 Million loan portfolio

Joins McKee Nelson
Edward M. De Sear

Baker & McKenzie
Wins South America Banking & Finance Team of the Year

Fixed Income Analytics, LLC
Announces the launch of a new service: Due Diligence and Servicer Reviews

Capital One
Names Laura Olle Chief Enterprise Risk Officer

Bastion Stadium Solutions (UK) Limited
Looking for Securitisation Funder for new stadium projects in UK

Banc of America Securities
Announces the successful launch of £500 million securitisation of credit card receivables for Egg Banking plc

Westpac and BT
Appoint Head of Financial Planning

Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Promotes Steven Ong to partnership

Bank of America
Appoints head of Audit for Europe

Deutsche Bank
Arranges ground-breaking USD750 million ABCP Programme through Arth Capital Corp for Glencore

AND Freshfields
Glencore completes $750m European securitisation

DVI, Inc. (NYSE:DVI)
Announced the successful completion of a $454 million equipment lease asset-backed securitization

Carey Olsen
New Partner at Merged Channel Islands Law Firm

S&P
Awards CNL Financial Services Above Average Franchise Servicer Ranking

Herbert Smith
Advises Bristol Water on completion of major refinancing

MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & McCLOY
Pioneers variable funding note in European CDO market

Thelen Reid & Priest
Launches Joint Venture with Top UK Firm Creating World’s Largest Construction Law Practice

Chadbourne & Parke LLP
WELCOMES COUNSEL JOHN G. MOON TO GROWING SECURITIES LITIGATION
AND REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE

PRESTIGE FINANCIAL
Introduces new "Elite" lending program

Lovells
KEN BREKEN JOINS LOVELLS' INTERNATIONAL BANKING & FINANCE PRACTICE IN AMSTERDAM


Tax Partners, LLC & GlobalTech Portfolio Services
Announce alliance

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Pioneers variable funding note in European CDO market

Wachovia Corporate and Institutional Trust
Announces new business development manager

CMS Cameron McKenna
Advised GMAC-RFC on its outsourcing agreement with Homeloan Management Limited (HML)

White & Case
Closes Cross-Border Daphne Finance I CLO

White & Case
Closes €550 Million Duchess II CDO

DR JENS RINZE
JOINS LOVELLS' INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS PRACTICE

DR OLAF GRABOWSKI
JOINS LOVELLS' INTERNATIONAL BANKING PRACTICE

English securitisation partner Richard Ambery joins
MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW LLP FINANCE TEAM

Baker & McKenzie
Adds Real Estate Partner to Securitization Team in New York

Standard Chartered
Strengthens global ABS capabilities: Hires Arora, Dow & Winther

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES
REACHES ANNUAL £4 BILLION MILESTONE IN MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITISATION

ALLEN & OVERY
ADVISES FMO ON Ps$1 BILLION SECURITISATION


THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF DEBT SYNDICATE

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
EXPANDS ITS ITALIAN SECURITISATION TEAM

COLIN LALLY
REJOINS NOMURA AS HEAD OF CORPORATE AND REAL ESTATE SECURITISATION

Janet Tavakoli
Launches Structured Finance Consulting Firm

STRUCTURED FINANCE MANAGEMENT
EXPANDS IN CONDUIT AND CDO MARKETS

MOURANT du FEU & JEUNE
Advises in two award winning securitisation deals

SLAUGHTER & MAY
Holmes Financing (No. 7) PLC

STANDARD & POOR'S
S&P: Record Issuance For U.S. Student-Loan ABS Amid Growth of Consolidation-Loan Industry

ALLEN & OVERY
ADVISES ON ABBEY NATIONAL'S SEVENTH MASTER TRUST
SECURITISATION

WHITE & CASE, LONDON
HIRES NEW CAPITAL MARKETS PARTNER

AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION
ABA ISSUES POSITION PAPER ON ROLE OF THE TRUSTEE
IN ASSET-BACKED AND RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

NORTON ROSE
ACTS IN INNOVATIVE STUDENT ACCOMODATION SECURITISATION

SIMMONS & SIMMONS
SAMSUNG LIFE DEAL WINS IFLR AWARD

SLAUGHTER & MAY
BANCA INTESA S.p.A

ALLEN & OVERY
ADVISES HALIFAX PLC ON ITS SECOND MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITISATION

Baker & McKenzie
PROMINENT CORPORATE & SECURITIES LAWYER JOINS SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE

DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS - AUSTRIA
BOOSTS ITS CAPITAL MARKETS COMPETENCE WITH A NEW PARTNER

LINKLATERS OPPENHOFF & RADLER
A FOLLOW-UP TO THE ARTICLE DIRECTLY BELOW

LINKLATERS OPPENHOFF & RADLER
GERMANY CLARIFIES TAX ISSUE FOR BANK SECURITISATIONS - AN ANALYSIS OF THE RECENT PRESS RELEASE BY THE GERMAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE

SIMMONS & SIMMONS
EXPANDS ITS CORPORATE PRACTICE - HONG KONG

BARCLAYS CAPITAL
BARCLAYS CAPITAL £500 MILLION SECURITISATION FOR MBNA EUROPE BANK LIMITED

Conyers Dill & Pearman
BOOSTS SOUTH EAST ASIAN OPERATIONS

Baker & McKenzie
BANKING & FINANCE PARTNER JOINS

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