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President Obama has been drawn into the latest Cfius review

The region's biggest story last month was the launch of the newly-merged HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS. The combination of the UK and Australian outfits creates the eighth largest firm by headcount in the world, which now boasts 20 offices and over 2,800 lawyers. The development is a welcome boost for both firms with Herbert Smith having undergone a number of changes in structure and strategy in its home European market in recent years.

Emmanuel Ringeval, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Alban Caillemer du Ferrage, Jones Day Richard Hall, Cravath Swaine & Moore Mohammed Kamal, Berwin Leighton Paisner France produced Europe's biggest stories last month, with FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER adding significant clout to its Paris practice through the addition of Weil Gotshal & Manges finance head Emmanuel Ringeval. The new partner focuses on leveraged finance and counts CVC and PAI Partners among his clients. WEIL was not sluggish in responding though. Just a few weeks later it brought in a direct replacement in the form of leveraged finance partner Olivier Jauffret from Linklaters. Elsewhere in Paris, SIMMONS & SIMMONS expanded its projects team with the hire of Simon Ratledge from Linklaters, while JONES DAY took a structured products team from Gide Loyrette Nouel led by Alban Caillemer du Ferrage. Across the channel, CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE expanded its London team with the relocation of global M&A head Richard Hall to the City. The US firm has a compact London team which deals with US law only. Another US firm, CADWALADER WICKERSHAM & TAFT, has undergone a series of changes in the last few years, though this month saw it take a significant step towards rebuilding its practice with the hire of restructuring and insolvency partner Yushan Ng from Linklaters. Having recently worked on the substantial SEAT Pagine restructuring, Ng will bring plenty of experience to the team along with strong links in the investment funds sector.

A US private equity firm's acquisition of a Greek company signals eurozone fears are beginning to thaw, deal counsel have said.

The landmark offering is an early sign of Singapore’s push to rival Malaysia as an Islamic financial centre

The challenge of hosting the next Fifa World Cup just became easier Bank of America's $479 million loan and guarantee agreement to the state of Mato Grosso in west-central Brazil will radically change Latin American and Brazilian project finance. The loan, which closed on September 22 and matures in 2022, is the first private loan to Brazil's third-largest state. Brazilian states were previously banned from raising capital market debt, and so the deal involved intensive negotiations at the federal level of government.

The National Stock Exchange's (NSE) flash crash could trigger another overhaul of market rules in India, especially regarding electronic trading.

The US lateral hire market hummed along in October, with firms picking up two or more partners at a time. It reached something of a milestone on October 11, when AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD announced that a seven-partner corporate and regulatory team had joined its Dallas office from Haynes and Boone. Akin Gump's corporate practice gained Tom Yang, Garrett DeVries and Matt Zmigrosky, who specialise in capital markets, securities, and M&A. The firm's white-collar defence and litigation practice gained Marty Brimmage Jr, Mike Warnecke, Arnold Spencer, and Sarah Teachout.

Under CFTC swaps rules, the answer is not as simple as it seems

Air Liquide has become the first private company to issue bonds meeting socially responsible investors' criteria. The €500 million worth of nine-year notes was placed by Crédit Agricole, Citigroup, HSBC and Société Générale last month.