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Did he just say that? May 2008
"The credit crunch is not a trend, it's a breakfast cereal"
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Stop persecuting ratings agencies May 2008
Nothing about this financial crisis is their fault. Disingenuous banking and lazy investors are the problem
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Who took home the trophies? April 2008
The awards results from Asia and Europe. Linklaters will be very happy, but it didn't have the best cufflinks
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Deals and teams of the year
The winners from New York May 2008
Plus national and in-house team awards
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Shearman & Sterling: Americas law firm of the year April 2008
Last night, Shearman & Sterling won law firm of the year at the IFLR Americas awards at the Waldorf Astoria in New York
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Asia awards
Asia deals of the year April 2008
All the regular categories, plus the first private equity deal of the year
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Asia awards
Asia teams of the year April 2008
Including winners for the regional, China practice and pro-bono awards
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Europe awards
Europe deals of the year April 2008
How Linklaters justified its international firm of the year award
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Europe awards
Europe teams of the year April 2008
Including all 23 national winners
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The alternative awards
Rewards for the process April 2008
IFLR tips its hat to muffins, jelly beans and cufflinks shaped like insects
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Herbies and CC go to Saudi; European Commission lawyer joins Howrey; UBS gets in-house counsel from Lovells May 2008
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All change at the FSA; Skadden Arps opens in Brazil; Baker & McKenzie hires from Citi April 2008
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Visa floats largest-ever IPO; TPG's innovative funding of WaMu; Tata takes over Jaguar from Ford May 2008
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NY trading platform bought; Largest UK Islamic financing of land; Bear Stearns is the latest crunch victim April 2008
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Foreigners need local funds May 2008
Kathleen Ng of Asia Private Equity Research explains how to get into China
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Activist shareholder duties April 2008
UCLA professors Lynn Stout and Iman Anabtawi argue that activist hedge funds should have fiduciary duties
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New acquisition finance terms May 2008
Anecdotal evidence of changing contracts
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An unknown NYSE exception May 2008
How banks are getting away with fund raising
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Court adds strength April 2008
French tender offer commitments reinforced
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Clearing dead wood April 2008
SEC rule proposals not without controversy
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UK will get hedge funds May 2008
Whether on market abuse or controls
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War over Indian derivatives May 2008
Counsel advise clients to not pay banks
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Sub-prime litigation hits Hong Kong May 2008
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Why is IMF meddling with sovereign wealth? May 2008
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Hong Kong needs a secondary exchange May 2008
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Basel II changes too vague May 2008
Charlie McCreevy dithers over liquidity
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UK and US plan joint regulator May 2008
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Basel Committee: We got it wrong May 2008
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US Treasury plan doesn't go far enough May 2008
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List in US, get Europe free May 2008
The first change from NYSE/Euronext
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Sovereign wealth regulation is ''Newspeak'' May 2008
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FSA: Better liquidity regulation now May 2008
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The US guidelines for hedge funds in detail May 2008
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Freddie Mac for the UK May 2008
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Mark to market must change May 2008
It creates needless volatility for the banks
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Mutual recognition could lead to global harmonisation May 2008
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Covered bonds to mop-up April 2008
They will replace mortgage securitisation
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Europe regulates SWFs April 2008
Commission and council agree on code
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Bear shareholders delay April 2008
Original offer increased five-fold
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Structured product regulation April 2008
If UK banks don't educate investors
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Humiliation works in China April 2008
It's the new method for public enforcement
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US joint product approval April 2008
SEC and CFTC agreement will speed up deals
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UK risk unit created, at last April 2008
Basel II risk models can now be managed
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New Japanese poison pill April 2008
If exercised, it'll dilute shareholder stakes
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US Treasury's steps to financial improvement April 2008
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China to launch smaller equities market April 2008
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Lawyers oppose Chapter 11 for UK April 2008
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Fun in the steam shovel May 2008
Stewart Landefeld of Washington Mutual on the troubled lender's (accidental) innovation
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Uniting Islamic finance April 2008
Group discussion will create Middle Eastern best practice, says Amol Prabhu of BarCap
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UK covered bonds
From good to gold April 2008
The new regime will be even more popular than previous, structured deals
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Spanish mortgages
Flexibility, and new products April 2008
Scepticism of mortages and their securitisation should be overturned by new Spanish law
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China Column
Push the door, it's unlocked April 2008
Downstream foreign investment is possible in China, but not everyone realises it yet
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Asia M&A Forum
Big Macs and champagne April 2008
Report from the IFLR Forum in Hong Kong
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Speaking out on the big issues May 2008
At the Capital Markets Forum, Europe's top lawyers and banks debated the financial crisis and how regulation and deals are reacting. Here are the best stories from the event
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China listings abroad
Limited to 300 companies May 2008
Those that set up offshore before M&A laws
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Unwinding contracts
UK remains hands-off May 2008
Does your contract spell out valuations?
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Brazil securitisation
A new market in lawsuits May 2008
Get bonds when local government can't pay
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Equity derivatives
Market relief in Australia May 2008
Final guidance is a big improvement
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Mac clauses
New ways to kill a deal May 2008
Appearing in court is changing the drafting
of Macs
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China column
Keep corporates simple May 2008
Dual levels of shares are still too hard
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Japan M&A
Still strong and fast May 2008
How legislation is pushing forward deals
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Protected cell companies
Will they survive insolvency? May 2008
They aren't necessarily recognised in law
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Cayman Islands
Still like the UK May 2008
The key Cayman insolvency test
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Environment risk
Carbon and Equator May 2008
The former has a lot to teach the latter
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US regulatory reform
Hobbled by politics May 2008
The presidential race is distorting debate over the Blueprint
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US regulatory reform
Broad, shallow and vague May 2008
The US treasury proposals in detail
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UK credit crunch reaction
This is the whole sorry story May 2008
A primer on how the markets fell apart
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US litigation
Alien concepts for Chinese May 2008
Why they will struggle in a US courtroom
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