Derivatives in association with ISDA

• Ireland: Negotiating derivatives documentation

  Christian Donagh of Matheson Ormsby Prentice explains the issues where one of the parties is an Irish investment fund

• Islamic hedging: The birth of the Tahawwut

  Robert Pickel of International Swaps and Derivatives Association explains how a new master agreement will improve standardisation and liquidity in Islamic derivatives

• Japan: Commodity derivatives changed forever

  Tatsu Katayama and Ayako Kuyama of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune explain how the commodity derivatives business in Japan has been drastically altered

• Spain: A busy, but tough year

  Derivatives have suffered from several harsh judgments in the last 18 months. José Manuel Cuenca and Ignacio Ramos at Clifford Chance in Madrid explain their impact

• Switzerland: Transactions under scrutiny

  Olivier Favre, Philippe Borens and Anita Schläpfer discuss disclosure and claw-back rules governing equity derivatives transactions

• Taiwan: An unsuitable reaction

  David Chuang and Mark J Harty of LCS & Partners in Taiwan discuss how the recent Supreme Court Decision on Isda agreements has created uncertainty

• UK: Courting trouble

  Richard Levitt and Mark Dwyer of Slaughter and May discuss recent case law on defaults and close-out netting

• US: What the changes really mean

  Paul N Watterson, Jr and Craig Stein of Schulte Roth & Zabel explain the state of derivatives regulatory reform in the US