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SEC rule proposals not without controversy

French tender offer commitments reinforced

All change at the FSA The UK Financial Services Authority has hired Colin Lawrence as director of its newly created prudential risk unit and Paul Sharma as director of wholesale and prudential policy.

Patchy legislation makes M&A more difficult than it should be, argue Iulia Stoianof and Adrian-Catalin Bulboaca of Bulboaca & Asociatii

Luxembourg's legislation makes it hospitable to business. Daniel Boone and Régis Steiner of Kleyr Collarini Grasso explain how

Rigorous guidelines govern Ireland's M&A and have helped the market flourish despite the credit crunch. Abigail St John Kennedy of Dillon Eustace explains

Dealing with Mifid, by Zdenek Hustak of Brzobohaty Broz & Honsa

Including winners for the regional, China practice and pro-bono awards

Corporate governance has been defined as the system by which business corporations are directed and controlled. The commonly accepted principles of corporate governance include facilitating the exercise of shareholder rights and equitable treatment of shareholders; recognising the interests of other stakeholders; defining the roles and responsibilities of the board of directors; requiring corporate behaviour that is ethical and infused with integrity; timely and balanced disclosure of material matters to shareholders; and independent verification and safeguarding of the corporation's financial reporting.

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia recently published a series of draft amendments to the Securities Act (Zakon o trzistu hartija od vrednosti i drugih finansijskih instrumenata, Official Herald of the Republic of Serbia, Number 47/2006), which is the first set of amendments to the Securities Act of 2006. The evident purpose of these draft amendments is to further harmonise Serbian securities legislation with the relevant EU directives.