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Dr Frank Thiäner and Jens Hörmann of Pöllath + Partners analyse Germany's new private equity laws

The SFC's proposed amendments could try to tackle fictitious problems with impractical regulation

Leveraging your China minority investment to buy overseas has great potential

Spain Recommended firms Tier 1 Uría Menéndez Tier 2 Clifford Chance Cuatrecasas Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Garrigues Linklaters Tier 3 Araoz & Rueda CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo Pérez-Llorca Mergers and acquisitions in Spain have enjoyed a bumper year, in common with most of the bigger jurisdictions across Europe. This can be seen in both the volume of new deals and the high-profile, highly political transactions that have grabbed the headlines. In one lawyer's words: "These are the golden years."

South Korea Recommended local firms Tier 1 Bae Kim & Lee Kim & Chang Lee & Ko Shin & Kim Yulchon Tier 2 Horizon Law Group Hwang Mok Park Tier 3 Kim & Company Kim Chang & Lee Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu South Korea Recommended foreign firms Tier 1 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Linklaters Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Tier 2 Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Tier 3 Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie Debevoise & Plimpton Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Sidley Austin Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom White & Case Responding to the threat posed by international institutions, consolidation in the Korean financial services industry has continued to produce deals, with one highlight being Shinhan's takeover of LG Card, reported as the largest takeover ever in Korea.

Hiroshi Kondo and Chris Hodgens of Baker & McKenzie look at issues likely to be faced by US, UK and Australian companies contemplating acquisition of a Japanese company under Japan's new triangular merger regime

Japanese trust law is changing to accommodate a changing society. Masayuki Fukuda and Hideaki Suda of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu discuss the developments

Fumiko Oikawa, Takafumi Uematsu and Koji Kawamura of Atsumi & Partners assess the impact of recent changes in the law

Deal protection clauses were viewed as unnecessary in the past, but are now becoming more common. Hiromi Hayashi of Mori Hamada explores their complexities

Masahisa Miwa of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu explains why the Bull-Dog Sauce case creates a tough precedent for those wanting to engage in hostile takeovers