Search results for

Eugene Lee, Latham & Watkins Eugene Lee joined the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins as of counsel in the corporate department. He is a capital markets and M&A specialist with experience in representing investment banks in securities offerings. Lee joins from Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett in Hong Kong, along with corporate associate Benjamin Su.

BNP Paribas appointed a new general counsel for North America. Betty Whelchel joined the French bank's New York office having previously served as global general counsel for Deutsche Asset Management. Whelchel had earlier served as deputy general counsel for Deutsche Bank's New York branch and, before that, was with Shearman & Sterling in New York and Tokyo. She will report to Hubert de Vauplane, global head of corporate and investment banking, legal and to Everett Schenk, CEO of corporate and investment banking for North America.

Antonio Di Pasquale, Lovells Lovells appointed corporate partner Antonio di Pasquale to its Rome office. Pasquale, previously a partner at Pavia e Ansaldo, joins with a team of three other lawyers from his previous firm. He is a specialist in corporate and debt restructuring, joint ventures, initial public offerings (IPOs) and corporate governance, and is the second partner to join Lovell's Italian practice this year, following the election of Francesco Curreli in May 2005.

The Loan Market Association has issued standard language for loan agreements to deal with disruption caused by a terrorist attack or natural disaster. But, explains Andrew Balfour, the clauses do not address difficult questions of liability

Michele Caratsch of Haymann & Baldi warns that legislators might be getting too carried away in their efforts to improve Switzerland's already world-standard governance regime

Kyung Taek Jung and Hwa Soo Chung of Kim & Chang assess the steps Korea has taken to curb corruption within conglomerates and bring its corporate governance regime up to world standards

Corporate governance in France has generally developed in a market-led rather than legislative fashion. Now the stock market regulator has released a report assessing public company disclosure standards. Anne Grimonet of Herbert Smith interprets the findings

By Vicente Lines and Anna Karina Jiménez 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

Leonard Birmingham of Harney Westwood & Riegels compares the approach of the new BVI Business Companies Act with that of its predecessor and wonders whether the BVI is doing enough to balance investor protection and company profitability