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Arguably the biggest story of the last month came from Africa. EDWARD NATHAN SONNENBERGS (ENS) has been expanding steadily for the last couple of years, including enhancing its operations in various countries in the continent's south. In late August, the firm increased its capacity in its home base of South Africa with the hire of three new corporate lawyers from DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. The team includes corporate and commercial head Ian Hayes and fellow practitioners Marc Friedman and Lydia Shadrach-Razzino. The hires are the latest in a recruitment drive that has seen the firm take on 23 new directors in the last 12 months. In addition, the firm has opened new offices in both Rwanda and Burundi.

Shearman & Sterling’s Philip Dundas wins the inaugural outstanding achievement award

Neftalí Garro of BLP Abogados in San José examines the key challenges for investors in the liberalising Costa Rican insurance market

There are new issues to be considered by banks and senior management regarding money laundering risks in the UAE

The financial crisis had started when the revamp of rule 12g3-2(b) was finalised. How has the market responded?

Europe’s first CMBS to default at maturity has been restructured. Here’s how to resolve the next defaults

Recent news revealed new efforts by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to promote a data protection regulation in the telecommunications sector. The news reported that different departments of the MIIT visited Guangdong and Sichuan provinces to confer with the local telecommunications authorities and companies on various topics about the promulgation of a departmental administrative regulation for the protection of personal information, and carried out relevant research. This shows the continuous endeavour made by the MIIT in the area of data protection.

Foreign banks and US state regulators need better means of communication

Kuala Lumpur's Association of Islamic Scholars (ASAS) is set to introduce shariah board accreditation processes this year in a bid to address concerns over the integrity of shariah scholars. But many believe the move is set to fail

It seems a fact of corporate life that broad-based international regulations will draw substantial criticism. But the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) proposed cross-border rules under Title VII of Dodd-Frank are of particular concern.