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The Baltics are privatising essential industries, but still retain a degree of control. Zilvinas Zinkevicius, Ermo Kosk and Martins Gailis of Lawin ask how far governments will open the doors to investors

Managers are to increase shareholder value but social responsibility can also be a vehicle, say Andrius Ivanauskas and Sander Kärson of Bernotas & Dominas Glimstedt

In April 2008, the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision the Finance Sector published its report for 2007. One of the aims is to clarify the legal environment applying to securitisation vehicles (SVs) governed by the law of March 22 2004 on securitisation, being:

US covered bonds will take off, but they need new legislation first

In-house counsel give their honest opinions on fair value, Sox, ratings agencies and the future of CDOs

Hungarian legislation on the employment of foreign workers has been amended several times in recent years. In general, the employer has to apply for a work permit before it intends to employ a foreign worker in Hungary. However, several exemptions from this rule now exist due to Hungary's admission to the EU. The new provisions of Decree 8/1999 of the Minister of Social Affairs and Labour on the Occupation of Foreign Workers and Act IV of 1991 on the Promotion of Employment, entered into force on January 1 2008.

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In July 2008, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) will revise its listing rules with regard to the listing system for shares without voting rights (non-voting stock) and will also publish guidelines for such changes. Overall the changes are intended to allow more companies to list non-voting stock and to protect non-voting shareholders of such listed companies.

A bill loosening financial assistance rules should encourage private equity

Acquisition agreements need plain termination options with set fees