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Fulbright & Jaworski opened affiliated offices in Dubai and Riyadh focusing on energy, project finance, defence procurement, hospitality, tourism and international dispute resolution. John Lonsberg and Mark Bisch, specialists in international commercial transactions, joined the firm from Bryan Cave as partners to lead the Middle East practice. Senior counsel Sam Eversman and Hassan Elsayad, plus senior associates Amgad Husein and Stanley Rice, were also appointed. The Dubai office is associated with Al-Mehairi Legal Consultants, while the Riyadh office is associated with Kadasa Law Firm.

Bangkok Bank, HSBC and TMB Bank acted as arrangers on Thailand's largest securitization to date. The THB10.3 billion ($250 million) issue of securities was backed by lease revenues from government offices in Chaengwatthana. It also marked the Royal Thai Government's debut securitization. White & Case, led by Manida Zimmerman, advised the arrangers. The Thai Government was advised by the attorney-general's office.

Stephen Christopher, Mallesons Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Mallesons Stephen Jaques advised on the HK$9 billion syndicated financing of Hutchison Telecommunications International. Stephen Christopher led the Mallesons team acting for the group of 13 mandated lead arrangers, which included ABN Amro as documentation bank and Standard Chartered Bank as facility agent and security trustee. Freshfields was counsel to the borrower.

Nick Collier, ICMA The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) appointed Nick Collier as head of its regulatory policy team. His primary responsibility will be to develop the team's response to increased regulatory challenges, such as the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. Collier was previously director of international compliance, risk, regulatory and government affairs at Instinet Europe.

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

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Korea's adoption of securities-related class action lawsuits has been met with expectation from proponents and critics alike. But, as Sheron Korpus explains, Korean companies might have won the initial battle, as plaintiffs face considerable obstacles to filing suit

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

Steven Bennett and Sam Millar compare the different approaches to e-discovery in the US and the UK, highlighting the difficulties that international businesses face