Corporate governance

• Argentina: A developing code

  Pablo García Morillo of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal discusses the progression of corporate governance

• Germany: The importance of governance

  Dr Christoph Louven and Guido Brockhausen of Hogan Lovells consider the current requirements and standards of corporate governance

• Portugal: Corporate governance reinforced

  Sofia Gouveia Pereira, Margarida Lino Santos and Patrícia Vinagre e Silva of Gouveia Pereira & Associados consider the changes to corporate governance in Portugal

• South Korea: Taking shape in Korea

  New developments alter the role of independent directors and the nature of executive compensation packages, explain Dr Chang-Hyun Song and Byung Tae Kim of Shin & Kim

• Switzerland: Make them pay

  Thomas Lustenberger, Alexander Vogel and Laurence Ruckli of meyerlustenberger explain the Swiss rules on remuneration and the public debate surrounding them