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The EU’s proposed financial transaction tax would be so disruptive to securities markets that it could render some FTT zone trading desks uneconomic

In a previous article we covered the legal framework of PPPs in Poland and possible pitfalls a private partner may encounter when trying to arrange for financing concurrently with tendering for a PPP project. There are also other topics relevant for the financing of a PPP project.

Matthijs van den Broek Lennaert Posch With regard to firm news, the focus was on Germany this month. The newly-merged HSF shored up its continental European presence with the launch of a new office in Frankfurt manned by former Gleiss Lutz partner Ralf Thaeter who focuses on corporate M&A. The launch had been expected for a while following last year's dissolution of the alliance between HSF, Gleiss and Stibbe last year. There was also a significant announcement from Israel in February with the merging of two of the country's largest finance firms: Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein and Kantor Elhanani Tal & Co. The new firm will be know as MEITAR LIQUORNIK GEVA LESHEM TAL and will have over 200 lawyers.

Commerzbank's innovative new funding instrument marks the first time a covered bond-securitisation hybrid has been structured in the German market. IFLR spoke to the key firms involved to find out exactly how it was done

It's understandable that Mongolia's democratic government is concerned about its citizens benefiting from the enormous inbound investment targeting its natural resources. But resource nationalism is not the answer.

"Notoriously ambiguous", "historically obscure", "troublesome" – these are just a few of the words IFLR readers have used to describe the boilerplate sovereign pari passu clause in recent months. Great news then, that this month could see the grand finale to the long running and superlative-friendly sovereign debt restructuring trial – NML Capital v Argentina... right? Well, not so much.

US rule-writing is looking in the wrong direction

Jeff Legault Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja William Sturman In a sign of the region's growing attractiveness to foreign investors, lenders, and sponsors, corporate law firms are eagerly snatching up partners with experience in Latin America. CHADBOURNE & PARKE has recently expanded its Latin America banking and finance practice by hiring Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja to work out of the firm's New York, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo offices. Sainz, who was previously with Allen & Overy, will apply her cross-border corporate finance and capital markets experience in this multi-jurisdictional role. Just days before Oliva's hiring, JONES DAY announced that it had recruited Alberto de la Parra, who had spent five years as an in-house counsel of Mexican mining and infrastructure giant Grupo Mexico. De la Parra now works as a partner in Jones Day's Mexico City office, putting to use his broad experience with power plant, wind farm, airport, infrastructure, and other project financings.

Frank Sun, Kirkland & Ellis BAKER & MCKENZIE made a significant hire within its Greater China practice last month with the addition of Lance Chen who will head up the US Security Practice Group in Hong Kong and China. Chen had been at ICBC International Capital before rejoining the firm he had worked at between 2000-2004. Elsewhere, KIRKLAND & ELLIS looked to fellow US firm Paul Weiss to bolster its M&A team in Hong Kong, hiring partner Frank Sun who has experience in both M&A and private equity. Sun had previously worked at Kirkland as an associate between 2007-8.

China’s OTC equities markets are kicking off. A selling point is that they will help clear a PE exit gridlock, but more development is needed before they’re an option