April/May 2019

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PRIMER: initial margin under UMR

Individual and senior accountability: a global trend in enforcement

M&A insurance comes of age in Asia

Are pension fund trustees fiduciaries?

Q&A with Katherine B Forrest, former New York southern district judge

Q&A with sovereign debt legend Lee Buchheit

Why corporate governance matters in M&A

European Capital Markets Forum key takeaways

Cryptic by nature: EU attempts crypto regulation

Structural subordination: it’s lonely at the top

ESG: why it matters to general counsel

Should stockholders be allowed to vote?

Poll: shareholders’ class problem

Opinion: The ECB must be held accountable

Will Jam v IFC increase development banks’ exposure to US suits?

Healthcare IPOs under the microscope

HK retail protection: clear as day

Saudi Aramco bond: memory loss?

GDPR is Europe’s pièce de résistance

WEBINAR: Transatlantic derivatives & the current state of play

Americas

Asia-Pacific

Europe, Middle East & Africa

SURVEY: Opening the gate of China

Don’t act surprised

How to tame China’s M&A market

Brazil: Railways back on track

Colombia: Fintech regulatory framework and challenges

Colombia: Financial Conglomerates Law comes into force

Cyprus: Sale price for NPL-secured assets

Japan: Disclosure of corporate affairs

Macau: Improved consumer protection tabled

Philippines: Revised Corporation Code enacted

Slovak Republic: Changes to labour law

Switzerland: Private shareholding tax exemption

Interview with Sam Ramer, ex-senior associate counsel to the President

PRIMER: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019 – shortlist announced

Cfius takes bold move into enforcement with mitigation fine

New Swiss draft regulations could be a milestone for DLT

US digital asset bills: Will April legislation bring May flowers?

Asian data localisation rules stop banks from innovating

CFTC’s market manipulation enforcement position under fire

IFLR FinTech Europe 2019: meet the speakers

Traditional banks warm to PSD2

PRIMER: Shanghai Stock Exchange Technology Board

Nigeria is cautiously optimistic about new fintech regulation

WEBINAR: Transatlantic derivatives & the current state of play

GDPR panic is slowing

PRIMER: China’s new foreign investment law

IFLR Americas awards 2019: winners announced

Société Générale blockchain issuance a sign of things to come

Regulators' approach to cryptoassets needs to evolve

Nordic banks sceptical of Swedish e-krona

Uber's botched IPO could prompt unicorns to go public sooner

Schemes of arrangement have bigger problems than Brexit

OFAC sanctions guidance is a “toolkit for compliance”

ROUNDTABLE: What does life after Libor look like?

Arabian Centres heralds new era for Saudi IPOs

PRIMER: EU Benchmarks Regulation

Harmonisation is key to European crypto regulation

CFTC to vote on three measures from swaps reform whitepaper

GDPR’s effects are felt far from Europe

Tuna bond resolution leaves questions unanswered in Mozambique

Banks and regulators are more wary of AML than ever

Antitrust regulators struggle with big data

Sustainable finance looks set to dominate the market

Recent M&A good news for Europe’s cannabis market

Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019: winners announced

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo

Fiduciary patchwork to bring confusion for US broker-dealers

Indian tech companies want dual-class shares

Asian tech M&A works to bridge management and cultural gaps

Women in Business Law forum 2019: key takeaways

NYSE: Slack direct listing to usher in new era for equities

Where have Europe’s IPOs gone?

SEC, CFTC, FCA link up shows cross-border harmonisation is critical as ever

The Alternative Reference Rates Committee

Blockchain

Brexit

Ashley Alder, chief executive officer, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong

Climate change

Joanna Cound, head of EMEA government relations, BlackRock

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer, JPMorgan

Dodd-Frank Act

European Securities and Markets Authority

UK Financial Conduct Authority

Financial crisis 2008-2009

Christopher Giancarlo, chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Rebecca Healey, head of EMEA market structure & strategy, Liquidnet

International Swaps and Derivatives Association

Rachel Kent, head of financial services regulation, Hogan Lovells

Owen Lysak, partner, Clifford Chance

Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Guo Shuqing, chairman, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission

Yuta Takanashi, deputy director for fintech and innovation, Financial Services Agency, Japan

Donald Trump's administration

US Senator Elizabeth Warren

US Congresswoman Maxine Waters

GCC’s first green sukuk signals a changing tide

First certified agricultural green bond lays seed for global trend

Banks cautiously optimistic about EU’s sustainability framework

Puerto Rico bankruptcy deal faces stumbling blocks

Lack of secondary market liquidity and regulatory certainty are key barriers to security tokens

How much longer can private equity thrive?

Huatai Securities GDR first to list under Shanghai-London Stock Connect scheme

Switzerland and the EU show Britain what is in store

European M&A sees a disappointing quarter

GDPR bites, and BA is the first victim

Sustainable finance in Africa is driven by demand

Fintechs weigh benefits of banking licence versus M&A

Azerbaijan bonds case reinforces Gibbs rule

International Correspondents

Features

Tax Relief

Special Features

News Analysis

Editorial

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Will Jam v IFC increase development banks’ exposure to US suits?

The recent case has practical implications for similar organisations’ legal immunity in the US, write Latham & Watkins lawyers

April 23 2019
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Cryptic by nature: EU attempts crypto regulation

White & Case lawyers provide an overview of the landscape in Europe, as policymakers and authorities consider their approach to the new asset class

Stuart Willey, April 23 2019
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Individual and senior accountability: a global trend in enforcement

Morgan Lewis lawyers take a look at some of the latest developments in the US, UK and China as policymakers hone their focus on the importance of individual liability

April 23 2019

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