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Yoichi Maekawa

Due diligence is a good thing, but it can be dangerous to expect your lawyers to do everything

European high yield is booming. But a letter obtained by IFLR reveals that the largest investors are unhappy, believing senior secured structures to be unfair. Banks have a fight on their hands.

This year’s IFLR Americas awards saw around 200 in-house counsel and private-practice lawyers gather at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on March 31 to watch Cleary Gottlieb scoop US law firm of the year. Kirkland & Ellis picked up the restructuring and private equity teams of the year, while Mayer Brown, Morrison & Foerster and Skadden secured a team award each. Bruce Alan Mann from Morrison & Foerster was presented with the lifetime achievement award by Bill Hambrecht, while Brooksley Born awarded Gary Cohen IFLR’s regulatory achievement award.

China's private equity industry has long been heralded as the emerging market growth story, with India following a close second.

In Vietnam, members of limited liability companies (LLCs) may use their ownership interests arising from their contribution to the charter capital to secure their debts or other civil obligations, usually in the form of a mortgage or pledge. There is some uncertainty as to the legal status of pledges of LLC ownership interests.

Luis Alonso García Muñoz-Najar

As part of the efforts towards strengthening the Nigerian financial landscape, the Nigerian government and its agencies have in the last year embarked on extensive legal reforms which include the recently published Code of Corporate Governance for Public Companies 2011. In a further development, the Nigerian Accounting Standards Board (NASB) is seeking the passage of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Bill 2008 which is pending before the Nigerian National Assembly. The Bill seeks, among other things, to repeal the Nigerian Accounting Standards Board Act 2003.

Anthony Coleby

Ricardo A Pellerano