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Charlie Baynes-Reid of Macquarie Capital in New York on bus passes and bengoshi

A comprehensive review of the rules governing takeovers in India is welcome, but are the draft regulations all they could be?

Creating and enforcing Ukrainian collateral can be problematic

Banks involved in the energy sector have been hit by US-led Iran sanctions. Ignoring them poses two threats

A recent New South Wales (NSW) Court of Appeal judgment on the scope and enforceability of exclusive jurisdiction clauses strikes a further blow to the forum shopper, in a move that represents a notable development of the common law and increases certainty in global investment.

The Isda regional conference tackled short selling, Basel III and concerns about confidentiality

The US legislation contains disclosure requirements that many may have missed. Here’s what you should do

A June 2010 decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery highlights the importance of carefully reading the terms of both final contracts and preceding drafts. In Cambridge North Point LLC v Boston and Maine Corporation, Vice Chancellor Strine refused the request of an aggrieved party to invalidate an allegedly unagreed term that the other party had quietly inserted into a near-final draft of an agreement. The party that had inserted the term had not provided a blackline showing the change. The change eliminated certain conditions to the obligation to make a $3.5 million payment.

Why did countries with intense regulatory regimes suffer the worst in the financial crisis? And why have those same countries ratcheted up their banking regulations following the crisis, despite their rules failing? One of the more interesting studies carried out within the area of law over the last few years has been Philip Wood's Global Law Maps. Wood is the head of Allen & Overy's Global Law Intelligence Unit, having led the firm's banking group in the 1990s.

The investor community heaved a huge sigh of relief with the cloud clearing over the legality of restriction on transferability of shares in a public company. Strategic investors often insist upon restrictive clauses, commonly known as Right of First Refusal clause or Pre-emption clause (ROFR clause) in investment agreements and joint venture agreements.