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Linklaters was the big winner at tonight's IFLR Europe Awards 2010, taking home the International Law Firm of the Year award
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Clifford Chance has won International Law Firm of the Year at IFLR’s annual Asia Awards, with Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse winning the in-house awards
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Herbies poaches three from Links, and K&L Gates boosts its corporate team, plus much more from the IFLR1000 research
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Hearings for the Morrison v National Australia Bank have begun, questioning the extraterritoriality of the Securities Exchange Act
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The winning in-house team at IFLR's Americas awards revealed, along with the full shortlist
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom was the big winner at the IFLR Americas awards last night. See the full list of winners here
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Bank of America’s Common Equivalent Securities, the first Indian SEC-registered convertible in the US and other ground-breaking deals examined
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A difficult year for equity still saw some complex deals. Bank of America’s at-the-market offering and VisaNet’s IPO were particular standouts
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How Roche bought Genentec, Sinopec did the largest ever Chinese outbound buyout, and other corporates took advantage of vulnerable US targets
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Financing may have been tough, but valuations were low for those with funds. Deals from Harbourvest, KKR, Carlyle are among the highlights
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The best Americas project financings of the year. From deep-sea drill ships to greenfield ethanol projects, see how they were structured
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An historic year for US restructurings provided some of the most complex deals in decades. The standout transactions and their advisors
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The deals that sparked the US’s securitisation market back to life, standout transactions from Latin America, and the firms involved
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China private equity, hopefully, now has a workable onshore way to exit investments
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English loans are beginning to contemplate debt repurchases at the outset. There are similar moves in New York, but they are localised
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Cesr's proposals on pan-European short selling rules create valid concerns about public disclosure and its effect on liquidity
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Why and how to relocate funds to Luxembourg in the face of European regulation
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Don't worry. The changes to Singapore's exempt fund manager rules will likely be evolutionary not revolutionary
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In India the buyer may have to pay capital gains tax on behalf of the seller
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Four European directives will determine the future of CDS in Europe. Here is how it will work
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The nominations for this year’s IFLR/Asialaw India awards have been announced
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Senator Dodd’s financial bill does not propose the treatment of CDS as insurance, so NY State is taking the law into its own hands
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We asked in-house and private practice lawyers whose responsibility it is to ensure transactions are appropriate. Here are their answers
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Lawyers accept that notification requirements for short positions is inevitable, but are divided on the right threshold for Hong Kong
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Pius Chong, head of transaction management at HSBC in Hong Kong, on innovation and Islamic finance
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The previously controversial practice of debt reinstatement has received court approval in the US
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From the first CoCo bond's structure, to how the European high yield market reopened after the financial crisis
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HSBC and Lloyds's rights issues and innovative deals in Austria, Germany and Russia are explained
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Why Blackrock’s BGI buyout was the most complex deal in decades, how a Chinese SOE bought in London, and more
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The most complex private equity deals of 2009 from CVC, Permira, Oaktree and more. See how they were structured, and who advised
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The four most challenging projects of 2009 explained. From New Dawn, Iberwind, to the A2 motorway
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Yell’s first-of-its kind debt restructuring, Honsel’s German pre-pack success, IMO Carwash’s contested schemes of arrangement
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A year of covered bonds and securitisation slowly returning. Read the best deals and teams here
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The in-house winners, best US practice in Europe, and all the national firms
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How will Repo 105 change practice in the future? One partner gives his views
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US lawyers have sympathy for Linklaters over the Repo 105 situation, but some feel those involved should have asked more questions
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The full write-ups of the best debt and equity-linked deals and firms in Asia this year
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The full write-ups of the best equity deals and firms in Asia this year
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The full write-ups of the best M&A deals and firms of the year
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The full write ups of the best private equity deals and teams of the year
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The full write ups of the best project finance deals and teams of the year
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The full write ups of the best restructuring deals and teams of the year
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The full write-ups of the best structured finance deals and firms in Asia this year
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The write ups of the Asia teams of the year, including our new in-house categories
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IFLR is introducing two new in-house awards to Europe. Here are the shortlists
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Despite the jump in valuations in Asian M&A over the past six months, there are still arbitrage opportunities in China between private and public companies
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The head of the SFC stands by his position on family-owned companies and Rusal’s listing. But there’s shouting in the lobby
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Translation has become best practice on Indonesian deals as banks seek to comply with Law 24
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The ECB’s Director General of Legal Services reflects on his career shaping European monetary policy, and explains why 2010 could be the most interesting year yet
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High yield investors are getting more seniority on deals but they need to read the fine print.
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Derivatives don’t need to be standardised – banks have been doing it naturally for years