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Uría Menéndez advised a group of creditors on the restructuring of debt belonging to the Sanahuja Group shareholders in Spanish real estate company Metrovacesa. In return, the creditors will receive 65% of Metrovacesa's share capital. They have also acquired the real estate assets of other Sanahuja Group companies. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Vialegis Asesores Legales y Tributarios advised the Sanahuja Group.

US companies should consider how debt buybacks are seen by creditors. Don't just jump on a discount

Companies should learn from each other's liability management successes and failures, and act as soon as possible

Broker-dealers should redraft standard documentation when dealing with sub-accounts of investment funds

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

UK has granted a rare freezing injunction in favour of the SEC, setting a useful precedent

In an announcement published on Mofcom's website, the anti-monopoly regulator prohibited the transaction, expressing concern about the proposed merger's impact on existing small-scale juice manufacturers.

The new rules for contracts for difference will isolate UK companies UK disclosure rules for contracts for difference (CFDs) that isolate UK companies, originally planned for September, have been moved forward and will now be implemented in June 2009.

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 IFLR awards are all about innovation. I've said it many times, but it's worth saying again. It's worth reiterating because this market is all about innovation. If you're about to break a leverage covenant, no one will sub-underwrite your equity raising and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) is making it difficult to issue more than 5% without shareholder approval, you need innovation. You need lawyers that can find rather new, rather innovative solutions. Like recreating exactly the same economics as a debt repurchase through a total return swap, or a short-term equivalent through a credit default swap.