Canadian reforms to make poison pills redundant The latest version of a proposal to change the country's shareholder rights regime could render poison pills irrelevant By Zoe Thomas December 21 2014
No end to municipalities’ power in ChinaCo bankruptcies Onshore ChinaCo bankruptcies will continue to prioritise social stability and local interests over more esoteric financial concerns such as capital structures, according to a report by Fitch Ratings By Ashley Lee December 17 2014
NPL sales, governance to revamp Italian banking The country's poor performance in the EU-wide stress tests – combined with recent fraud probes into bank management – has sector-wide ramifications that will continue into next year By Danielle Myles December 17 2014
LDK Solar’s ChinaCo restructuring lessons The Chinese company's US Bankruptcy Court-approved prepack completed last week. It serves valuable lessons for other ChinaCos looking to restructure offshore debt By Ashley Lee December 16 2014
AsiaCos must prepare for whistleblowers A majority of managers at multinational companies in Hong Kong have or would consider whistleblowing, a survey by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has revealed By Ashley Lee December 15 2014
POLL: Which restructuring scheme? As US and UK restructuring regimes battle for supremacy, this month's IFLR poll asks which is the preferred destination for troubled companies By IFLR Correspondent December 12 2014
In-house: how to gain CMA merger approval Companies seeking merger approval from the new UK Competition and Markets Authority must prepare for a time-consuming process, with early involvement from competition counsel By Tom Young December 10 2014
How to combat cartels Timing and discretion are crucial when conducting investigations into potential cartel offences, delegates at this week’s IFLR’s Competition Law Forum were told By Gemma Varriale December 10 2014
Rare Tokyo takeover highlights scheme solution The acquisition of a Tokyo-listed UK company required rare regulatory cooperation. It also demonstrated the flexibility of UK schemes of arrangement By Ashley Lee December 03 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Giuliani opposes corporate criminality The former New York mayor and federal prosecutor known for his unflinching approach to law enforcement has criticised the concept of corporate criminality and believes intent should be a necessary element of a crime By Danielle Myles December 02 2014
Detroit’s bankruptcy saga comes to end The biggest US city to declare insolvency will officially exit bankruptcy on December 8. Its use of Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code made the deal similar to both a sovereign and corporate restructure December 02 2014