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The UK Defence Ministry achieved efficient pricing and avoided carry costs in the refinancing of its satellite communications project. By Dan Andrews

Herbert Smith announced the establishment of a dispute resolution practice in mainland China. The team will be led by litigation partner Graeme Johnson from Shanghai, working alongside the firm's corporate departments in Shanghai and Beijing as well as the dispute resolution practice in Hong Kong.

The Republic of Iraq has restructured its $130 billion of debt far quicker than expected. James Rice reports

The SEC plans to clamp down on soft-dollar commissions. But some of the regulator's proposals are too rigid, say critics. By Steven F Gatti

IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the European Awards. Presentations will be made to the winners at the annual IFLR Awards Dinner to be held at The Dorchester, Park Lane, London on the evening of March 22.

Linc Rogers examines Canada's proposed new insolvency regime and its impact on lenders

Nina Wilkman and Christian Fogelholm of Borenius & Kemppinen take a look at the market trends of 2005 and the outlook for 2006

The Financial Supervisory Commission of Korea (FSC) has approved amendments to listing and disclosure rules to ease listing regulations for non-domestic companies (that is, companies incorporated or organized in jurisdictions other than Korea).

British Virgin Islands (BVI) corporate law has now reached the halfway point in the two-year transition from a dual statutory regime to a single statutory regime. It was possible in 2005 to incorporate a company under the International Business Companies Act (the IBC Act) or under the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (the new Act), but in 2006 it will only be possible to incorporate companies under the new Act.

ANZ Investment Bank acted as arranger as Hardman Resources, an independent Australian oil exploration firm, secured a $100 million seven-year financing to fund its share of the $500 million development costs of the offshore Chinguetti oil field, Mauritania. The transaction is the first internationally syndicated financing in the country. White & Case, led by partners Jason Kerr and David Baker, advised ANZ. Freehills acted as Australian counsel to the bank. Paul Wright of Wright Legal advised Hardman Resources.