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Appleby Spurling Hunter in Hong Kong boosted its ranks with the arrival of new partner Michael Barker and the promotion of Judy Lee and Leon Mao to counsel. Barker was previously head of the Asian restructuring and insolvency group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and specializes in banking, asset finance and restructuring advice.

Many large Japanese companies are about to adopt takeover defences that are contrary to the interests of their shareholders. Nicholas Benes uses a hypothetical company, Yamato Aluminium, to illustrate their impact

A slew of legal advisers helped conclude Thailand's largest and most prolonged debt restructuring. The $3.7 billion restructuring of Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) included a $750 million debt/equity conversion and a $650 million equity purchase by strategic investors. Johnson Stokes & Master, led by Bangkok partner Steven Miller, advised the committee of creditors which included 140 lenders. Baker & McKenzie acted for the original plan administrator and Norton Rose represented the second plan administrator. TPI was advised by Linklaters before the court-based rehabilitation. Siam Niti provided Thai law advice to the second plan administrator and International Legal Counsellors Thailand represented TPI's executives and former controlling shareholders.

Foreign investment requires a supportive and conducive legal environment and legal institutions. In this light, legal certainty is as vital as political stability and economic opportunities.

How hedge funds are reshaping deals

Joel Telpner explains the structures behind the growing range of hedge fund-linked structured products

In a survey of the European hedge fund market, Northern Trust found that regulation needs to have several tiers dependent on investor profile

Are the promises of Hong Kong's financial regulator to get tough on hedge fund misselling anything more than talk? Siew-Fong Leung reports

US hedge funds are being drawn to a growing European distressed debt market and, in the process, changing the way it functions, say Igino Beverini and Bruno Cova

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy scored roles on India's largest IPO to date. Reliance Petroleum raised Rs 270 billion ($600 million) to finance the construction of the world's largest refinery complex. Milbank Tweed, through lead partner Tom Siebens, acted for the underwriting group which was led by JM Morgan Stanley and DSP Merrill Lynch in Mumbai. Davis Polk was international counsel to Reliance, supported by Junnarka & Associates on matters of Indian law. The underwriters used Khaitan & Co for local law advice and Amarchand Mangaldas acted as special counsel to the transaction.