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Jeroen den Hamer Latifa Ait Youss Market participants making investments in the Netherlands such as special purpose acquisition companies, private equity funds – or their managers – face the question whether their activities could be regarded as acting as an entrepreneur (ondernemen), or as investing (beleggen).

Pedro Aguiar de Freitas and Ana Carolina Barretto of Veirano Advogados examine the opportunities and challenges for investors in Brazilian infrastructure ahead of the World Cup and Olympic Games

Cyril Shroff and Ipsita Dutta of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co assess the effectiveness of the country’s insolvency and restructuring framework

Roman Kostenko and Yevgen Karpov of Asters outline the basic provisions of Ukrainian real estate law and the importance of Euro 2012 for the sector

Jaroslav Ruzicka and Nina Dubovská from Ruzicka Csekes s.r.o. in association with members of CMS, explain the new regulations for property transfers and evaluate the state of the market

Luis Moreno and Cesar Ramírez of Haynes and Boone in Mexico on whether capital certificates will rescue real estate

Chun-yih Cheng Within the existing directions for public companies conducting private placements of securities, a public company that is making a profit could privately place its shares to its insiders or related persons at a price below the market price or the net worth of the company. Under the circumstances, the interests of existing shareholders of that company will be prejudiced.

Delia Nitescu Directive no. 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources requires EU Member States to take appropriate measures or support schemes to encourage greater consumption of energy from renewable sources in compliance with specified national indicative targets. The 2020 target set for Romania by the Directive for the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy is 24% (a significant increase compared to its 2005 target of 17.8%). In order to achieve the mandatory 2020 national target, Romania has recently amended the national energy support scheme for creating opportunities of growth and employment of incentives in local electricity production of energy from renewable sources (E-Res).

Metito Utilities' mezzanine capital raise, funded by NBK Capital and the IFC, is the first hybrid deal of its kind in the Middle East. But while mezzanine financing is expected to grow in the region, Metito's structure might not be replicated for a while.

Issuers are starting to shun rated deals, following the amended rule 17g-5's implementation