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The recent US legislation has good intentions, but its exemptions and emphasis on disclosure and standards undermine its purpose

The uncertainty regarding representations and warranties leaves acquisitions potentially less protective

Peter Schwartz Last month's high yield in London are part of a wider trend in the city to hire capital markets specialists. This month it was Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy to step up its operations as it hired Peter Schwartz from US rival Weil Gotshal & Manges.

Dodd told attendees at the annual Sifma conference they didn't appreciate what it took to get Tarp through Congress

Soonghee Lee Since equity-linked securities (ELS) were first introduced to the Korean capital market in 2003, the market has grown to over W20 trillion ($17.8 billion) in annual issuance. Among the ELS products are principal-protected products and non-principal protected products, internal hedge structures and back-to-back hedge structures. In general, although it depends on the products, the principal and a fixed rate of return are paid to investors if the stock prices of the underlying assets of ELS maintain a certain level on the early redemption date or at maturity.

Liam Carney David Maughan In the recent case of Blue Sky One Limited and Others v Mahan Air and Another (the Blue Sky Case), the English High Court confirmed that the validity of an English law aircraft mortgage is to be determined by the law of the place where the aircraft is situated (the lex situs) on the date that the English law aircraft mortgage is executed. The High Court explained that the reference to the lex situs is to the domestic law of the place where the aircraft is situated, and not to its entire law including its choice of law rules, so that the doctrine of renvoi does not apply.

English law is slightly more flexible than Spanish law regarding the transfer of mortgage-backed loans

A perennial challenge in drafting an MD&A is how to get behind the numbers

The IFLR1000’s 2011 rankings provide a crucial insight into an ever-evolving legal landscape

Lawyers working on Asia’s first switch capital deal have downplayed investors’ concern that the offshore US dollar bond’s regulatory switch feature will create uncertainties in their portfolios