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In comments that will be welcomed by investors and structured finance lawyers alike, Sifma has warned against taking subprime mortgage proposals too far

In a move that will give much needed insight into the domestic Chinese legal market, Lovells has launched the Sino-Global Legal Alliance, a non-exclusive partnership between the UK firm and nine leading Chinese firms

Lovells has hired energy and infrastructure specialist Hermenegildo Altozano to lead its new energy, power, utilities and infrastructure practice in Spain.

Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae will merge from October 1 2007, the two firms announced last week.

Subprime ignites the debate in the US

The impact of Mifid on multilateral trading facilities

There is a problem in the legal profession to mirror the dysfunctionality in structured finance. So far lawyers have escaped the vitriol reserved for the current villains, the supposed predatory lenders and casual money mangers. But the fallout from the US subprime mortgage market has exposed the inadequacy of investor education and representation. Lawyers have a part to play, as buyers of complex collateralized debt obligations, derided as toxic in the financial press, do not understand the risks they are taking.

Australia confirms banks' opt out

Structured work migrates from the US

Make sure you're feeling creative before you tackle the new property rights law