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18 April 2013
With contingent convertibles set to be a key capital instrument of the future, it’s crucial for investors to understand what to focus on when assessing different features
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14 March 2013
The restructuring proceedings of Mexican glassmaker Vitro concluded with an unusual settlement agreement last week. Counsel have responded by clarifying the rights of creditor subsidiaries in new debt instruments
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14 February 2013
Fage Dairy's bond offering has inspired a financing template that aims to protect investors from eurozone investment risk. IFLR explains the deal's key innovations
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31 January 2013
If finalised as proposed, Regulation AB would bring loan level data transparency to the US securitisation industry. But market participants say tweaks must be made to the proposal for the industry to continue its recovery
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25 January 2013
Banco Santander Mexico became the first Mexican bank to list on the NYSE when it completed its $4.1 billion IPO last September. There was another first that most observers failed to notice, though
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12 December 2012
The first lodging Fibra was offered by GDI Group on November 29. Here's why it's a game changer for the Mexican Reit market
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08 November 2012
A first-of-its-kind private placement has linked US institutional investors with Brazil’s project market – and revealed them to be a perfect a match
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24 October 2012
Softbank’s $20.1 billion investment in Sprint Nextel is the largest US inbound acquisition by a Japanese company. And it allowed the target to remain a public company
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19 October 2012
PTT Global Chemical’s $1 billion bond listing on the Singapore Exchange is the largest single-tranche US dollar bond offering by a Thai corporate. And there are more to come
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16 August 2012
Deal counsel explain how last week's Manchester United initial public offering on US exchange took advantage of the US Jobs Act
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09 August 2012
Canadian securities trading will never be the same now that a consortium of investment companies has taken private the Toronto Stock Exchange and associated entities. It creates real potential for conflict, but new efficiencies abound
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08 June 2012
Here's how Royal Bank of Canada's first US-registered covered bonds offerings was structured
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11 May 2012
The first attempt by a Latin American issuer to tap US covered bond investors reveals what’s needed for the region’s banks to penetrate the market
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21 March 2012
Derivatives creditors of a Lehman Brothers Holdings (Lehman Brothers) subsidiary agreeing to a smaller share of distributions than they might have recovered through litigation paved the way for the bank’s landmark exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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07 March 2012
The UK Supreme Court’s ruling in the Lehman Brothers International Europe (LBIE) client money case highlights the tensions of a legal framework that must deal with both sophisticated financial institutions and ordinary retail investors
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03 February 2011
The volume of high yield issued in the US reached a record high in January. Lawyers say this was driven by two things: more corporates taking early advantage of low coupons to refinance debt maturing from 2012, and a spillover of acquisition financings started last year
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04 November 2010
There’s still no regime for covered bonds from US issuers. Instead, Nordic banks are tapping the market with debut 144A sales
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16 April 2010
China Merchants Bank has become the first Chinese company to do a rights issue to US investors. Its lawyers explain how
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01 November 2009
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17 Sep 2010
US regulators must consider the Dodd-Frank Act as they prepare for new Basel III capital requirements. Questions remain as to how the global rules will interact with the domestic legislation