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The role of the IBA Guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration in Sweden, by Karl-Erik Danielsson and Björn Tude of Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå

Ercüment Erdem and Ceyda Süral of Erdem & Erdem Law Office discuss the merits of lex mercatoria in international arbitration

Benoît Chappuis and Daniel Tunik of Lenz & Staehelin explain the slow, but efficient, process in creating a modern judicial system

Hedge funds cannot become shadow (piggy) banks Last month's Turner Review is an about-turn in the UK Financial Services Authority's (FSA) policy on hedge fund regulation.

Citi's head of legal in banking and capital markets uses a particular method to deal with the complexity of client relationships

Sami Fakhoury is managing Gide’s new office in Dubai Gide Loyrette Nouel is opening two offices in the United Arab Emirates. Lawyers at the offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi will advise on banking and finance, corporate law and infrastructure and construction projects. The offices will be led by partners Sami Fakhoury and Yassir Ghorbal in Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively.

The FSA has gone into reverse on a single regulator In a surprising U-turn, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) is now backing the idea of a single EU regulator.

On March 2 2009, senator Carl Levin (Democrat, Michigan) introduced the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (the Bill) in the Senate and a day later representative Lloyd Doggett (Democrat, Texas) introduced the same provision in the House of Representatives. The Bill is based on a previous bill co-sponsored by then-senator Barack Obama in 2008. In testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gave his unqualified support for the Bill. In addition to introducing measures to combat tax evasion, money laundering, and the use of tax shelters, the Bill includes provisions that attempt to "close the offshore dividend tax loophole," according to senator Levin.

The Shanghai Takeover Notice is far more important than it first appears. It benefits foreign investors and could even give them another exit option from China

The way market participants restructured Canada's third-party asset-backed commercial paper is a model for restructurings elsewhere in the world