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  • With the Arran Funding transaction, UK credit card securitization took a step towards greater efficiency. Debashis Dey and Lewis Rinaudo Cohen look at how this was possible
  • New rules will allow foreign investors to take a direct stake in China's so-called G-share market. Richard Guo explains
  • China has relaxed foreign exchange controls that prevented offshore restructurings and held back private equity investments. By Terence Foo
  • IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the Asian awards. Awards presentations will be made at the annual IFLR Awards Dinner on March 15 at the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong.
  • 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.
  • Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG recently acquired shares in Nova Banjalucka Banka ad, Banja Luka, creating the first concentration in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) ever to be cleared by the new competent authority, the Competition Council. The transaction highlighted some important procedural provisions to be aware of when submitting a filing for a transaction in BiH under the new Competition Law (Zakon o konkurenciji), which took effect on July 27 2005.
  • Texan firms Andrews Kurth and Vinson & Elkins advised on the first US initial public offering (IPO) of 2006, for Linn Energy. The natural gas exploration and production company raised almost $250 million through its flotation on Nasdaq. In Houston, James Baird and Gislar Donnenberg of Andrews Kurth advised the company. Thomas Mason of Vinson & Elkins acted for the lead underwriters, Lehman Brothers and RBS Capital Markets.
  • 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 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
  • Chinese car-maker Donfeng's recent IPO overcame the difficulty of listing a company that operates through joint ventures rather than subsidiaries. Ashley Alder explains how