September 2007

Main

Beat Hess, Royal Dutch Shell

Toxic shock

Heightened security

An investor's checklist

Past its prime

Time to act

London: guinea pig

Proof of burden

Product of necessity

A timely reminder

Possibly a step too far

Rescuing foreign issuers

Tentative steps

Centres of main interest

Japan's poison pill surprise

M&A is still going strong

KKR is obstinate

Ironically, it was Chinese

US assets protected

Boom for Europe's lawyers

Asia and Europe set for demerger boom

Banks and funds too close

US rules reach Aim

The aftermath

Stamp duty capped

New insolvency regime

Modified commercial borrowings

New investment law

Solicitation regulations

Foreign lenders

Enhanced life insurance

Mifid implementation

Monopolies

Securities

Coupling call-spreads and convertibles

Financial assistance

Banking law

Privatization

First global fund in HK; Korea's largest outbound M&A; Kuwait innovates in project finance

Eversheds expands Qatar; White & Case hires in Moscow and Frankfurt; Sidley loses partners to Clifford Chance

A big win for the banks

No PIKs anymore

Forecast minefield

Testing the water

Protect yourself

Mitigating risk

The future is onshore

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