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Dr Daniel Staehelin is president of INSOL Europe, a pan-European professional association for restructuring and insolvency specialists. He works as an attorney and notary public at Kellerhals Anwälte Attorneys at Law and is an honorary professor at the University of Basel in Switzerland. He sat down with IFLR to share his thoughts on the state of cross-border insolvency proceedings in Europe

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.

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.

Four years after the financial crisis, restructuring and insolvency lawyers remain in high demand. This is not to say their jobs are any easier. On the contrary, proceedings are increasingly global and institutions ever more complex.

Alexander Vogel, Wolfgang Muller and Debora Durrer-Kern of Meyerlustenberger Lachenal explore the restructuring options available to Swiss companies in times of difficulty

Daniel Futej and Daniel Grigel explain the practicalities of bankruptcy and restructuring in Slovakia

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).

Some innovative reforms have created new possibilities – and flexibility – for Italian companies in distress. Chiomenti Studio Legale’s Carmelo Raimondo and Marco Pagani disucss the new rules for pre-insolvency creditor arrangements