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Herbert Smith Moscow advised ABN AMRO and ING, on Russian oil company TNK's $1.4 billion restructuring of secured debt. The deal involved obtaining consent from 42 syndicate banks and is the largest debt restructuring in Russia this year. Moscow finance partner John Balsdon led the Herbert Smith team on the restructuring, with support from insolvency partner Alison Deeth in London. Finance partner Jason Fox advised ABN AMRO. White & Case advised TNK. In-house lawyers Irina Savina and Yuri Korsoun coordinated the restructuring for ING and ABN AMRO respectively, in Moscow.

Clifford Chance advised on the first true-sale securitization in the Russian Federation. The firm advised MNB Capital Markets and Greenwich Financial Services, as lead managers, in connection with the securitization of the auto-loan portfolio originated by Russian bank Soyuz. The notes were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. Clifford Chance advised on the Russian, English, US and Dutch law elements of the transaction.

Diogo Perestrelo and Rita Roque de Pinho of Gonçalves Pereira Castelo Branco & Associados track the development of the PPP structure in Portugal and assess some of the projects in the pipeline

The securitization of more diverse asset classes is yet to become reality in Portugal, despite changes in the law that make new types of deals possible. By Paula Gomes Freire, André Figueiredo and Pedro Cassiano Santos of Vieira de Almeida

It is possible to show that an individual acted with criminal intent, but how can the criminal intent of a company be proven? By Rui Patrício of Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Jorge de Brito Pereira and Sónia Teixeira da Mota of PLMJ assess the impact of the EU Prospectus Directive on Portugal's capital markets

Miguel Spínola of Mullerat details the various forms of commercial association available to entities carrying out a joint venture under Portuguese law, focussing on forms of association aimed at limited-term projects

João Pateira Ferreira, Sofia Ferreira Enriquez, Joana Andrade Correia and Rita Tavares de Almeida of Raposo Bernardo & Associados navigate through Portugal's bureaucratic M&A processes

The Portuguese Competition Law creates a new and improved Competition Authority, which is cracking down on anti-competitive practices and concentrations. By José Luís da Cruz Vilaça and Dorothée Choussy Serzedelo of PLMJ

Nimrod E Mkono, Steven De Backer and Joy Alliy of Mkono & Co say that changes to the country's energy policies and legal framework are a step in the right direction, but that more must be done to encourage private investment in the sector