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Elias Neocleous and Maria Kyriacou of Andreas Neocleous & Co explain why Cyprus’s corporate insolvency regime may, despite its age, offer an attractive legal framework for restructuring

Arthur Braun and David Vosol of bpv Braun Partners provide a comprehensive practical guide to insolvency in the Czech Republic

Lauri Peltola and Timo Lehtimäki of Waselius & Wist explain the insolvency options in Finland

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

Gordon Stewart is president of INSOL International (2011-2013), and a partner and head of the global restructuring group at Allen & Overy in London. He has also served as INSOL vice-president, sat on its board, and acted as the first lawyer president of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3).

Anita Krizmanic, Ivana Manovelo and Jelena Zjacic of Macesic & Partners explore Croatia’s evolving framework for dealing with struggling companies

On November 16 2012, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) adopted the Resolution On Amendments to the Terms for Settlements under Export/Import Operations and Establishment of an Obligation to Sell Foreign Currency Proceeds (Resolution). This provided for two important changes to the Ukrainian exchange control regime.

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.

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.