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The trends of 2006 show how the market will adapt and grow over the coming years

Europe Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been hit by the news that partner and leading lawyer David Ereira is set to move across London to join Linklaters' banking practice. He will make the move at the start of May. Ereira specializes in acquisition finance, restructuring and real estate finance.

General As discussed above, the process of registering a securities transaction generally requires a foreign private issuer to meet specific disclosure and financial statement requirements and to undergo the SEC review process. By contrast, unregistered transactions are typically less complex and time-consuming to execute. Many foreign private issuers accordingly choose to structure securities offerings in the US to take advantage of available exemptions from registration.

This overview summarizes the key provisions of the US federal securities laws that apply to foreign private issuers (a term that covers most non-US issuers, other than foreign governments) when they offer securities for sale in the US or list their securities for trading or quotation on the US stock markets.[1]

The Federal Council recently proposed a revision of the insider trading provision in the Swiss Penal Code (article 161). It suggests abolishing paragraph three of article 161 of the Swiss Penal Code so that practically all price-sensitive facts are subject to the insider trading provision.

US Securities Act of 1933; US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 The two principal federal securities statutes in the US are the US Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) and the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). To simplify considerably, the Securities Act governs the offer and sale of securities in the US, while the Exchange Act regulates the trading of securities on a US national securities exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE) or quotation on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq), ongoing periodic and annual reporting, and tender and exchange offers.

Since the inauguration of the Act on Collective Investment in 2000, collective investment has been the most rapidly evolving sector of the capital markets in the Slovak Republic. To meet market demand for more possibilities for collective investment, a new type of fund has been introduced, allowing specialized portfolios to be created that are comprised solely of real estate assets.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released details of changes to the capital adequacy requirements for Singapore-incorporated banks on February 8 2007.

In January 2007 the Polish Government proposed an amendment to the Registered Pledge and Pledges Registry Act (in force from January 1 1998).

In June 2003 the Swedish Parliament adopted changes to the Swedish insolvency legislation and the Swedish Floating Charges Act (Old Act).