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Greenshoes can create large profits for underwriters if stabilisation purchases are successful. But no one knows at what point it becomes market abuse

Infrastructure and project finance partner George Miller is joining Mayer Brown from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

Low Kah Keong of WongPartnership describes the benefits of domiciling in Singapore

Rob Little and Luis Cunha of Al-Sarraf & Al-Ruwayeh discuss the different supports available for Kuwaiti banks, foreign financial institutions and investment companies

By Alasdair Robertson and Joanne Ziegler of Maples and Calder in the Cayman Islands

Hwan Jeong of Shin & Kim explores the expansion in the extraterritoriality of Korean law

The expanding volume of global trade is having a profound impact on world shipping, especially container shipment traffic. This is naturally giving rise to a need for ports with well-run facilities, infrastructure and superstructure, which in turn require high investment. Turkey – a country whose coasts are long and available for port construction, whose location makes it geopolitically important, and 91.4% of whose international trade transportation is conducted by sea – is attractive to investors interested in the port construction and operation sectors.

The effects of the global economic crisis are felt in all sectors. Among those affected are tenants in shopping centres in Romania. In addition to the international context, they faced a spectacular depreciation of the national currency. This had a big impact on their business due to the fact that, when concluding the lease agreements, the rent was expressed in euros, but must be paid in national currency on the day of maturity.

The right of a secured party to appoint an administrative receiver over the assets and undertaking of a BVI company without recourse to the courts is a quick and simple procedure to initiate for any person whose security is backed by a floating charge, enabling a rapid response to a default.

Martin Rogers and Donna Wacker at Clifford Chance don't think Hong Kong bankruptcy reform is on the agenda. But corporate governance improvements are