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Luxembourg Recommended firms Tier 1 Allen & Overy Luxembourg Arendt & Medernach Elvinger Hoss & Prussen Linklaters Tier 2 Bonn Schmitt Steichen Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance NautaDutilh Luxembourg has been buzzing with activity following a surge of takeover activity. Private-equity firms in particular have used the jurisdiction to structure buyouts due to Luxembourg's friendly regulatory framework.

Ireland Recommended firms Tier 1 A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Matheson Ormsby Prentice McCann FitzGerald Tier 2 Dillon Eustace LK Shields Mason Hayes + Curran William Fry It was a year of looking outwards for the Irish capital markets. International transactions were on the rise, with Irish special-purpose vehicles (SPVs) involved in a wide range of cross-border deals. The domestic market was dominated by securitizations and covered bond transactions, which are growing in stature in Ireland but not quite as popular as international collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).

Denmark Recommended firms Tier 1 Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard Kromann Reumert Tier 2 Bech-Bruun Plesner Svane Grønborg Tier 3 Accura Jonas Bruun Tier 4 DLA Nordic Lett Rønne & Lundgren Denmark's banking and finance market remains healthy, with significant activity reported in asset finance, equity capital markets and acquisition finance – particularly in the biotech sector.

China has propelled high-yield debt this year. But the battle for the legal work is becoming complicated as more UK firms hire US lawyers

Private equity finally gets a little easier

Corporate insolvencies increase More companies are feeling the effects of the credit crunch and running into financial problems. Between July and September, corporate insolvencies rose by 1.8% on the previous quarter, according to figures released by R3, the association of business recovery professionals, last month.

Islamic bonds won't be a global force until they can break the US market

It's easy to structure a covered bond, even without specific legislation. Here's how

A tour around the Loan Market Association's first guide to Islamic finance and its terms

Dubai's first securitisation had a conventional structure. Insolvency, however, was an issue