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It's been a year for upheavals in Japan. After just 12 months in office, Shinzo Abe resigned under a cloud of underachievement in September. He was replaced by Yasuo Fukuda, who immediately complained that his party was under threat and could lose control of government.

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Triangular mergers

Sam Habbas of Al Sarraf & Al Ruwayeh describes recent amendments to Kuwait securities laws relating to sukuks

As UK law becomes more liberal, Germany and France may grow restless. Graham Defries, Olivia Gueguen and Kristina Karbach of Dechert explain

Your shareholder agreement in Russia is probably unenforceable

The top five things that Middle East private equity should look out for when buying in Europe or the US

I remember sitting in a mahogany panelled office high above London's Canary Wharf last spring, being lectured about how resilient private equity was by a partner at a top firm.

Cyprus has now passed the necessary legislation to implement Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Markets in Financial Instruments, and Directive 2006/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 5 2006. Together, these directives establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for the execution of transactions on behalf of investors by stock markets, alternative trading systems and investment firms. Their objective is to protect investors, develop a single market in investment services across the EU, and promote fair and transparent integrated financial markets.

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