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A US bankruptcy court has required a counterparty to Lehman to continue to make payments to it. Will UK courts take the same approach?

An exclusive view of the law firm rankings from the IFLR1000 directory, from the biggest jurisdictions

Don't pick apart the proposals of the Hong Kong SFC on protecting investors. Suggest practical alternatives that still fit their spirit

Rules meant Llanera’s assets were allowed to decay The Spanish insolvency system didn’t work when the credit crisis hit, largely because “it was written by lawyers”. The Italian system has been very speedy in its solutions, despite everyone being on the beach in August. And US bankruptcy judges are unfairly maligned, given that they are effectively in the job for life. These were some of the conclusions reached in an active exchange at the session ‘The new role of governments in restructuring’ this morning at the IBA annual conference in Madrid – even though it took place in the rather hot, dark and damp Ontario room on the ground floor.

How similar are new listings, really? In-house counsel at Europe’s investment banks are complaining that equity advisers are being needlessly difficult on IPO negotiations – potentially scuppering deals.

For much of the past year, talk in the Gulf has been about how restructurings would work out. Would shariah law be able to adapt for reorganising Islamic deals? Would local law cope with the influx of new cases and untested legislation? Well, the results have been largely uninteresting.

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published a guide for investors to help them understand how the securities and futures markets are regulated

Clifford Chance was the big winner at the IFLR Middle East awards last night, scooping International law firm of the year, as well as two of the team awards at the ceremony

As IFLR’s Asia Capital Markets Forum approaches, lawyers are looking forward to discussing resurgent markets and remaining concerns

Hong Kong lawyers have spoken out in favour of the exchange’s plans to encourage more foreign companies to list in Hong Kong