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  • The Asian private equity industry is growing but still has concerns about renminbi funds, tax structures and exit strategies
  • The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma), has called for evidence asking for examples of empty voting at listed companies. But lawyers have warned against changing the company law to guard against it.
  • September in Asia was very quiet on the lateral hires front, with only a handful of notable moves occurring within the financial and corporate spectrum.
  • Australia’s disparate intercreditor documentation is set to tighten up with a framework of agreed principles. While it is tipped to boost the subordinated market, not everyone is happy
  • In the Americas the biggest move of the month came when securities specialist James Brigagliano moved from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to join SIDLEY AUSTIN in Washington. As well as being a former deputy director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the SEC, Brigagliano also played a major role in the SEC's response to and development of the Dodd-Frank Act. The hire will be a boost to Sidley's regulatory team in the US capital.
  • Anton Sitnikov Many lawyers have recently noted two trends in Russia that should be mutually complementary but that, in reality, unfortunately have opposite results in most cases: the developments in the civil, primarily corporate, legislation that pursue a multitude of objectives, one being to equip our legal framework with a toolkit enabling business to complete transactions with local assets within the Russian jurisdiction.
  • The FDIC’s living wills framework stays firm but does contain some flexibility
  • Australia's lawyers are calling for the United Nations Commission on International Trade (Uncitral) to broaden the scope of the Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2008 (CBIA) to include multinational corporate groups and their subsidiaries.
  • Expect more UAE restructuring via sukuk One of the Middle East's most complex restructurings has completed through the unique use of a sukuk. Lawyers in the region predict the technique will now be used frequently in UAE restructurings.
  • In the US, the 2008 financial crisis birthed the Dodd-Frank Act including a Title VII that professes to drag the vast over-the-counter derivatives markets into the clutch of federal regulation.