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Carlos Fradique Méndez Luis Gabriel Morcillo

Liam Carney Nollaig Murphy

Dr Ilir Mustafaj Endrit Shijaku A considerable number of loans that Albanian banks have made to their customers are secured with mortgages over immovable properties. Yet the extent to which immovable properties are being used as collateral for lending in Albania, is far from its full potential. Although an increase in the collateralisation of much of the immovable properties for borrowing money from the banks would provide additional fuel for the Albanian economy, the Albanian authorities have several challenges in addressing some major obstacles before they can win the confidence of the banks to accept more types of immovable properties as collateral, and thus issue more loans.

Borders won’t protect foreign companies from US whistleblower rules

Alexandru Campean

Freddy Karyadi Oene Marseille

A draft of the Act partially amending the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Etc (the 2010 Amendment) was submitted to the National Diet on March 9 2010 and was promulgated on May 19 2010. The 2010 Amendment consists of provisions to improve the stability and transparency of settlement of over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions including (i) systems for infrastructure development relating to clearing, (ii) a requirement to use a clearing organisation, and (iii) establishment of a system for the conservation and reporting of trading data. Provisions relating to (i) above will become effective within one year from May 19 2010 while provisions relating to (ii) and (iii) above will become effective within two and a half years from May 19 2010.

The recent Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal decision in Trade and Commerce Bank v Island Point Properties S.A. has important implications for insolvency law within the British Virgin Islands, as well as for other jurisdictions which share a similar statutory framework to the B.V.I.'s Insolvency Act 2003 (the Act).

IFLR’s Asian and European Private Equity forums found an industry worrying about a regulatory deluge and changing structures.

Steven Winegar Both Singapore and Hong Kong experienced a busy September on the lateral front. In Hong Kong Paul Hastings added Steven Winegar, a former managing director and senior counsel at Goldman Sachs, to its corporate ranks. The same office also boosted its real estate practice by relocating finance and property specialist Derek Roth from its Los Angeles post.