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April 2008

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Asia deals of the year

All the regular categories, plus the first private equity deal of the year
Push the door, it's unlocked

Downstream foreign investment is possible in China, but not everyone realises it yet
Big Macs and champagne

Report from the IFLR Forum in Hong Kong
Covered bonds to mop-up

They will replace mortgage securitisation
Europe regulates SWFs

Commission and council agree on code
Structured product regulation

If UK banks don't educate investors
Bear shareholders delay

Original offer increased five-fold
US joint product approval

SEC and CFTC agreement will speed up deals
Humiliation works in China

It's the new method for public enforcement
US Treasury's steps to financial improvement
New Japanese poison pill

If exercised, it'll dilute shareholder stakes
UK risk unit created, at last

Basel II risk models can now be managed
China to launch smaller equities market
Lawyers oppose Chapter 11 for UK
Securities Act
Guarantor protection
Protecting competition
Corporate governance
Subprime ripple effect
Asia teams of the year

Including winners for the regional, China practice and pro-bono awards
Rewards for the process

IFLR tips its hat to muffins, jelly beans and cufflinks shaped like insects
Europe deals of the year

How Linklaters justified its international firm of the year award
Europe teams of the year

Including all 23 national winners
Shearman & Sterling: Americas law firm of the year

Last night, Shearman & Sterling won law firm of the year at the IFLR Americas awards at the Waldorf Astoria in New York
Activist shareholder duties

UCLA professors Lynn Stout and Iman Anabtawi argue that activist hedge funds should have fiduciary duties
Battered and bruised
Who took home the trophies?

The awards results from Asia and Europe. Linklaters will be very happy, but it didn't have the best cufflinks
Debt recovery for banks
Personal collateral
Public procurement
Low taxes
Cross-border mergers
Post-trading systems
Insurance Law
SIFs
Public-private partnerships
Transfer prices
NY trading platform bought; Largest UK Islamic financing of land; Bear Stearns is the latest crunch victim
All change at the FSA; Skadden Arps opens in Brazil; Baker & McKenzie hires from Citi
Court adds strength

French tender offer commitments reinforced
Clearing dead wood

SEC rule proposals not without controversy
From good to gold

The new regime will be even more popular than previous, structured deals
Flexibility, and new products

Scepticism of mortages and their securitisation should be overturned by new Spanish law

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