Basel III guide 2012

• Introduction: Let countries choose

  Harmonisation is the right way forward but individual countries must be free to make their own decisions

• Greece: Catching up

  Nikolaos Fragos of Karatzas & Partners looks at Greek preparations for the new Basel III framework

• The Netherlands: Losing sleep over Basel III

  Rezah Stegeman and Jurgen van der Meer of Clifford Chance identify some issues with Basel III that are raising concerns within the Dutch banking industry

• South Korea: A soft transition

  Sang Hwan Lee and Sang Hoon Lee of Kim & Chang in look at Korea’s gradual transition to the Basel III framework

• Switzerland: Regime change

  Martin Lanz and Olivier Favre of Schellenberg Wittmer describe a new regulatory capital regime for Swiss banks

• UK: Getting ready

  Steven McEwan of Hogan Lovells examines developments in the UK in the run up to the implementation of Basel III