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Companies operating in Mexico face significant corruption risks. Recognising them can help minimise any damage

Babette Vos Dutch partnerships, in particular limited partnerships (commanditaire vennootschappen), have traditionally been a preferred option for investors for a variety of reasons, including the possibility to limit their liability and thereby their own exposure and the possibility to achieve tax transparency. The Dutch law legislation applicable to a limited partnership, as well as to a partnership (maatschap) and a general partnership (vennootschap onder firma) originates from 1838 and is highly in need of modernisation.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), India's capital market regulator, has recently barred seven listed companies and their promoters from accessing the capital market. This was done on grounds of misappropriation of initial public offering (IPO) monies, inadequate disclosures and other irregularities. All the companies made IPOs in 2011, and on listing their shares prices became volatile.

Carlos Fradique-Méndez Daniel Rodríguez-Bravo The US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) was signed on November 22 2006, by Deputy US Trade Representative John Veroneau and Colombian Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism Jorge Humberto Botero. Colombia's Congress approved the CTPA and a protocol of amendment in 2007.

The structure and detail of US and English law intercreditor agreements can vary greatly. It is vital to understand the differences

IFLR asked European corporate lawyers whether it was time to include a eurozone Mac clause in M&A documentation

Over the next five years changes in financial law will be constant and rapid. Here are the six biggest factors shaping these changes

The US lateral hire market in December and January remained as buoyant as ever and the dominant trends of the last year remain clear. In the wider legal market there remains a steady flow of lawyers away from state institutions, including the US Attorney's Office, the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and various government departments, into private practice.

The Loan Market Association (LMA) confirmed to IFLR in December that it is drafting a revised intercreditor agreement following its 2009 agreement.

MF Global's recordkeeping in the years leading up to its insolvency illustrate some potential shortcomings in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Protection of Cleared Swaps Customer Contracts and Collateral rule finalised on January 13.