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Cover story People and firms Deal digest News analysis Features Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic Italy Japan Luxembourg Romania Singapore South Korea Turkey US July 1996 to present Europe 2008 Americas 2008 Asia 2008 Middle East 2007 Previous awards Singapore Conference 2007 Mon, Oct 15 PDF 2Mb Tue, Oct 16 PDF 3Mb Wed, Oct 17 PDF 3Mb Thu, Oct 18 PDF 2.5Mb London Fall 2007 Wed, Oct 3 PDF 1Mb Thu, Oct 4 PDF 0.3Mb Fri, Oct 5 PDF 0.4Mb  Editorial The Olympics hustle  August 2008 Backroom drama of Chinese tenders Motivation is not fact  July 2008 Ratings agencies, short selling and Islamic finance  Cover story Asia Corporate Counsel Poll: Just too many laws  August 2008 Hedge funds in Asia are waiting to swoop on companies struggling with new legislation Private practice response: Advantages of diversity  August 2008 Asia's disparate jurisdictions do create problems. But companies benefit from lighter regulation, argue James Wadham and Andrew Whan Corporate Counsel Poll  July 2008 The landmark survey of European companies finds a new attitude to alternative investors Private practice response: Don't get too comfortable  July 2008 While admitting corporate counsel has a better relationship with alternative investors, Michael Walter warns in-house lawyers of the dangers if they relax  People and firms Linklaters' managing partner; McDermott Will & Emery hires from CFTC; Herbert Smith on Hong Kong exchange board  August 2008 Lovells builds on bengoshi; Rice is new Linklaters capital markets head; Norton Rose fills its gap in Dubai  July 2008  Deal digest Dubai's first retail listing; Sullivan and Skadden on InBev merger; Rare Qatari GDR deal closed  August 2008 First mandatory sukuk; Russia's largest project finance deal; Brazil starts international reporting  July 2008  The interview Christophe Caillot, Iosco  August 2008 How the international organisation convinces securities commissions to change their rules Jeremy Hands, BVCA  July 2008 The UK private equity code has been a success, but it won't be exported any time soon  The big question Regulate short selling or not?  August 2008 The UK rules were rushed and should not be permanent. The US wasn't much better How to reform monolines  July 2008 A new section to IFLR surveys in-house counsel and private practice  Leaders US ratings will be chilled  August 2008 Reforms by the SEC may discourage companies from talking to agencies Pennsylvania: swing state  August 2008 Rejection of the turnpike PPP would have far-reaching implications More directors in Japan  July 2008 Nomura's insider trading case affects corporate governance and regulation EU must push Russia  July 2008 Economic interests are preventing the EU from restricting Russia's oil and gas monopoly  News analysis Unusual 'Mac' clause saves TPG  August 2008 Plus all the news analysis from the rest of the month Lawyers applaud bond insurer disclosure  July 2008 Plus all the news analysis from the rest of the month  Profile Royce Miller, Citigroup  August 2008 The difficulties of combining a career on the cello with being a lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb  Features Capital markets  Sub-prime litigation Vague, inconsistent drafting  August 2008 Structured finance documentation has been revealed as inscrutable and ambiguous Islamic finance in Korea Sukuk tough to issue  August 2008 The problem is, you have to convince someone that sukuk are normal bonds Reform of Islamic finance Scholarly debate drives reform  August 2008 The new structures being used in the wake of Aaoifi comments on sukuk Restructuring Sivs The Whistlejacket precedent  August 2008 How the victory for receivers in the UK will drive decisions on other deals Equity derivatives Conceal and be damned  August 2008 The very different approaches to disclosing contracts for difference in the UK and US US roundtable Only problem is enforcement  July 2008 There is just too much enforcement in the US capital markets French share rental Try out your target for a bit  July 2008 Soon anyone could try a troubled company before agreeing to buy Swiss securities offerings Easier, and harder  July 2008 Both private placements and public offerings have their advantages M&A  China private equity Blessing for foreign funds  August 2008 The most obvious effect of reform is to help domestic funds in China. But foreign funds are also finally being allowed onshore Private equity and banks Let the good funds roll  August 2008 Banks badly need capital. It can come from private equity if regulation is liberalised Leveraged finance A role reversal for banks  July 2008 Private equity may end up leading its own deals in the next cycle Acquisition finance Beware specific performance  July 2008 The aftermath of Clear Channel Private equity Deciphering downside risk  July 2008 A Rosetta Stone for investors Hostile takeovers in India You need a defence strategy  July 2008 Best option is to consolidate promoter stakes Acting in concert The impact of bank stakes  July 2008 China, Hong Kong and the UK will need to change their rules Project finance and banking  China column Pragmatism wins Olympic tender  July 2008 The Chinese government showed that it values a bid's commercial merits over superficial conformity to contractual terms Financial regulation  India insider trading Are the reforms shrinking?  August 2008 Neither courts nor judges can agree on how insider rules should be implemented US litigation When foreign leaders flee  August 2008 Two cases have shown that Latin American politicians should expect cases to follow them Mistrust of contracts The trillion dollar beetle  August 2008 How to create confidence in contracts through the ideas of three philosophers Mifid Border crossings explained  August 2008 How Mifid affects trading across EU borders, particularly in Switzerland Islamic finance An Islamic capitalism  July 2008 The system may not be able to adjust to liberal capitalism Sovereign wealth funds It has to be a code  July 2008 Regulation of sovereign wealth funds has to be done through a code of conduct Emissions trading A world standard is emerging  July 2008 EU regulators are striving to make emissions trading coherent Schaeffler technique allowed to continue Germany must use protectionism sparingly US private equity breaks into banks Publishing accountant letters won't help investors Landmark Vietnam project closes Chinese turnover thresholds still too low China's competition law is short and vague US banks should change their CFD terms more... 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