Asia: Market introduction Governing the directorsBy Kathleen Ng, Publisher and Editor, Asia Private Equity Review
Asia: Market introduction Chasing MidasBy Kathleen Ng, Publisher and Editor, Asia Private Equity Review
Germany New legislative developments in Germany with potential impact on acquisitions and sales Daniela Weber-Rey and Uwe Schimmelschmidt of Clifford Chance Pünder, Frankfurt am Main
Italy Structuring a venture capital transaction in Italy By Paolo Montironi of Negri-Clementi, Toffoletto, Montironi & Soci, Milan
The Netherlands Venture capital – recent developments in The Netherlands By Marco de Lignie and Barteline Cnossen of Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam
Sweden It may hurt your IRR By Erica Berthou, Peter Alhanko and Ulf Söderholm of Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm
Switzerland Recent developments in venture capital financing in Switzerland By Andreas Rötheli of Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva, and Thomas Grotzer of Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich
United Kingdom: Market introduction By David Thorp, BVCA chairman and managing director, Friends Ivory & Sime Private Equity plc
United States: Market introduction The US venture capital industry in 2000 – records and transition By John Taylor, National Venture Capital Association, Virginia
Canada (Coverage of Merchant Banking, Venture Capital and Institutional Equity Funds) By members of the Private Equity Practice Group of Smith Lyons, Toronto
Mexico Legal challenges confronting private capital investors in Mexico Co-written by Samuel García-Cuéllar and Jean Michel Enriquez of Creel, García-Cuéllar y Müggenburg
United States US venture capital terms: moving towards new standards? By Gerry Cater, Robert Hoyt and Greg Ewald of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
Decision making Corporate decision making in private equity transactionsBy Ian Johnson, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Hong Kong
Equity Compensation Bringing US-style stock option plans to Asia By Jonathan Lemberg and Kathleen Keeler Bryski of Morrison & Foerster LLP, Hong Kong
Exit strategies Exit strategies for venture capital in Asia By Tim Fletcher and Jackson Yip of Lovells, Hong Kong
Registration rights An introduction to registration rights By Andrew Ostrognai of Debevoise & Plimpton, Hong Kong
Asia overview Private equity – a few Asian war stories By David Ellis and Martin Robertson of Johnson Stokes & Master, Hong Kong
Australia: Market introduction Andrew Green, Executive Director, Australian Venture Capital Association
China An overview of private equity and venture capital investment in the private business sector By Jonathan Zhou of Fangda Partners, Shanghai
India Private equity investments in India: a legal and structural overview By Siddharth Shah of Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai
Japan A new era in venture financing in Japan By Chuck Comey, Bruce MacLennan and Douglas Perkins, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Tokyo, Japan
Korea Venture business, venture capital and Kosdaq By Young Cheol Jeong of Woo Yun Kang Jeong & Han, Seoul
Singapore Venture funding in Singapore – some legal issues By Valerie Ong and Chin Sing Ping, of Orrick HelenYeo, Singapore
Taiwan Asia’s venture capital By Nicholas V. Chen and Michael D. Lee, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Taipei
Europe: Market introduction Increased activity in 2000 By the EVCA - European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Venture capital documentation Towards a unified approach to cross-border venture capital documentation By David Gent and Thomas Tarala of Brobeck Hale and Dorr, London
The WilmerMatrix A venture capital travelguide by Gerry Cater, Paul von Hehn and Matthew Huggins of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
Central and eastern Europe overview By Duncan Weston, Charles Waddell, Ian Parker, Cristina Brinzan and Geoff Perry of CMS Cameron McKenna, London, Warsaw, Prague, Bucharest and Budapest
Czech Republic Private equity and venture capital developments By Kurt Bjorklund of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Prague