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One special form of acquisition in Slovakia, regulated by Article 476 of the Slovak Commercial Code, is the sale of an enterprise.

Recommended firms Tier 1 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Stikeman Elliott Torys Tier 2 Blake Cassels & Graydon Goodmans McCarthy Tétrault Tier 3 Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Ogilvy Renault Canada experienced rapid and impressive growth in its Maple bond market in 2005 after lifting an anachronistic law limiting pension plans' ability to invest in foreign issuers. The overall capital market appears to be stabilizing this year as figures for bond issuance and initial public offerings (IPOs) have begun to plateau.

How capital markets trends have affected firms in 20 economies worldwide

Peter Castellon of Citigroup explains which type of lawyer is suited to working in-house

How firms are reacting to the stampede of equity to Europe

The IFLR Capital Markets Review 2006, annual analysis of the biggest financial and product trends of the past year and how they are affecting the business of running a law firm

The questions raised by class actions against Imax in Ontario

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Earlier this year, the United Arab Emirates ratified its accession to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958, more commonly known as the New York Convention. After the recent satisfaction of certain procedural requirements, the Convention will obtain force of law in the UAE from November 19 2006. By ratifying the Convention, the UAE joined its GCC neighbours Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, where the Convention already enjoys force of law.

A new Mortgage Law became effective on February 25 2006 in Serbia, replacing the old Law on Basic Property Relations. The basic concept of what constitutes a mortgage has remained the same, but the new Mortgage Law has introduced some welcome innovations as to how and when a mortgage can be established over real property in Serbia, and has also introduced new forms of mortgageable property (that is, interests in property).