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China is the most difficult Asian country in which to enforce security, according to a new survey of distressed debt practitioners

Recourse on Dubai World's Nakheel bonds could depend on what creditors are holding, and the law their lending documentation was structured in

Banks could demand that their corporate counterparties in China seek more advice on trades, after a senior Chinese regulator criticised international banks

Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira has hired Javier Fontcuberta to its corporate department in Barcelona. Fotcuberta moves from Landwell, also in Barcelona, where he was co-head of the firm’s corporate department. He specialises in M&A and contract law, particularly in the automobile and pipeline industries.

As Thai police issue summonses to three KPMG partners responsible for liquidating Lehman Brothers, attention has turned to Lehman’s joint venture agreement with the complainant

The latest asset sale by Canadian telecoms company Nortel has proved that strong consortium bids are vital to the success of distressed M&A deals

Overpriced sovereign debt could be the next burst bubble, according to Hong Kong’s top regulator, Martin Wheatley

A court decision in Charter Communications’ bankruptcy proceeding has set an important precedent as to what constitutes a group under section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act

In an attempt to mitigate the financial consequences of the recession, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the Ukrainian Parliament have recently supplemented their regulation of external borrowings and and the temporary administration of banks. This note reviews some of these measures.

The Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act (the FISCM) of Korea, which became effective on April 1 2009, emphasises following four regulatory areas: (i) the concept of financial investment products defined on the basis of a negative system (where related actions are allowed unless expressly prohibited), (ii) regulation of financial investment businesses according to function, (iii) expansion of the scope of financial investment businesses, and (iv) modernisation of the investor protection system.