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Owen Foley and John Jones of Misick & Stanbrook provide an overview of corporate governance issues for international business corporations formed in The Turks and Caicos Islands

Hans Sachse and Aravind Ramanna of Boekel De Nerée outline developments in the Dutch governance regime since the implementation of the Tabaksblat Code

By Ana Teresa Rizo and Ofilio Mayorga of FA Arias & Muñoz

Paul Lee of Hermes Investment Management explains why openness should arise naturally from a fund manager's duty to its own clients

Central American overview

Fund management

Corporate governance has never been as important as it is now. The headlines from financial scandals may be fading for the moment, but the reforms that emerged in response to corporate malpractice remain. The need for good advice has grown quickly as public companies get used to their new burdens of responsibility. As jurisdictions such as the US set the trend for restructuring the ways that corporations can function, the ripple effect has seen dozens of other countries revamp their own corporate governance requirements.

Deutsche Börse's failed bid to take over the London Stock Exchange is an example of how not to win the confidence of shareholders. Here Stilpon Nestor of Nestor Advisors draws nine lessons from the story

Calyon and Morgan Stanley acted as lead arrangers and underwriters on a €7.9 billion ($9.6 billion) debt facility for Suez. The facility is being used to part-fund Suez's €11 billion offer for a stake in Belgian utility Electrabel. The banks also led a €2.3 billion rights issue by Suez as part of the financing. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised the banks. Linklaters acted for Suez with Weil Gotshal & Manges providing French law advice. Eubelius was Belgian law counsel to Electrabel.