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Critics fear that registering hedge fund managers won't safeguard investors or the economy. Ben Maiden reports

Despite a bill aimed at reform of financial assistance in the Netherlands, David Viëtor and Esther Schut say too much remains uncertain to encourage LBOs

Judith Shepherd will leave Gibson Dunn & Crutcher to join Barclays Bank as deputy general counsel in September. Shepherd will lead the corporate and commercial team as well as the litigation and disputes, human resources legal and banking products teams. She will report directly to general counsel Jeremy Ogden.

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