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  • Since the invention of the limited liability company, the possibility to incorporate with limited liability has tended to have the adverse effect of transferring uncompensated trading risks from shareholders to creditors.
  • IFLR chooses the regulatory, legislative and transactional trends to watch out for over the coming 12 months. By Ben Maiden, Siew-Fong Leung, Daniel Andrews and James Rice
  • Hedge funds are increasingly interested in Japan as the economy recovers and reforms ease investment. But the regulatory environment remains challenging and funds must be aware of the risks. By Christopher P Wells
  • Nowadays, the bulk of commercial documentary exchanges are electronic, and thus the scope of parties' rights and obligations in connection with disclosure of so-called e-materials must be properly understood. The provisions of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) were recently clarified in this respect with the update of Practice Direction 31 (PD-31).
  • Law firm alliances are widespread, but it can be difficult to judge how good a network is for specialized financial advice. IFLR has analyzed the research used for the latest edition of its corporate finance law directory, the IFLR1000, to reveal the top networks for financial law advice. By Nigel Savage
  • Until the amendment of the Romanian constitution by national referendum vote in October 2003, foreign citizens were not allowed to buy property in Romania. But because of this amendment, foreign citizens will be able to acquire the right to privately own land in Romania, after its accession to the EU and pursuant to other mutual international treaties to which Romania is a party.
  • At press time the Russian state Duma was considering several amendments to the Federal law on the Securities Market No. 39-FZ of April 22 1996 and the Federal law on joint-stock companies No. 208-FZ of December 26 1995. The amendments are designed to facilitate the IPO (initial public offering) process and to bring Russian IPOs more in line with western standards and practices.
  • Following the UK water industry's use of securitization as a financial restructuring tool, it now looks to be the turn of the gas industry. By Julian Davies
  • IT consultants LogicaCMG turned to an innovative rights issue and takeover offer in its proposed acquisition of French rival Unilog. By Michael Shaw
  • Ben Maiden reports on the arrival of Ecaps deals in the US capital markets