December 2005

Main

Hong Kong accountants sound the retreat

Editorial

OSC leaves takeover bid questions unanswered

UK to remake company law architecture

French bankruptcy law reform assessed

The challenges facing outbound Chinese M&A

Japan needs real merger reform and disclosure

Equity capital markets

Mergers and acquisitions

Restructuring

Banking

Debt capital markets

Structured finance

Project finance

Europe

Americas

Asia

Company law reform raises UK corporate governance questions

Hersch caps year of in-house moves

Regulators close in on hedge funds

UK to abolish law firm ownership curbs

How to ensure Parmalat's fraud never happens again

NYSE looks to regulatory joint venture

Banks worry as US stalls over Basel II

Allen & Overy leads on first export credit-guaranteed loans repack

Asia capital markets forum: Goldman Asia counsel calls for lobbying on open markets

Albanian antitrust law (part II)

The new VAT regime

Trading and offering foreign securities in Brazil

Reliable data and financial reform (part II)

Foreign inflows boost tax revenue

Revision of law on prospectus liability proposed

Prospectus Directive implemented

Tier 1 bank capital

A fixed charge over book debts

SPCs under company law

Minimizing restrictions on capital transactions

Declaration of cash

Implementation of Prospectus Directive

Market to open to special funds

Competition law

True-sale securitization

Serbian competition protection

Public takeover regime (part I)

Further amendments to the Federal Penal Code

Corporate governance

The new banks act

Enforcing arbitral awards against the property of a central bank

Shanghai and Dubai top office openings survey

Rules for negotiating project finance deals

International Correspondents

Features

Tax Relief

Special Features

News Analysis

Editorial

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