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Portugal has relied primarily on the direct effect of the Prospectus Directive implementation regulation but has also changed regulatory

On June 24 2005, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) was converted into a public limited company. Two royal decrees were published:

Davis Polk & Wardwell hired its first non-US law partner. The firm hired French corporate lawyer Arnaud Peres from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris. Said John Ettinger, managing partner of Davis Polk: "France is a key market for us. Arnaud's excellent legal skills, market reputation and client service philosophy perfectly match our goals and practice and will allow us to take advantage of the significant business opportunities we see in the French market. In the near future, we anticipate building out our Paris team with additional French partners and associates." The firm's strategy is usually to practice only US law while partnering with the best independent firms for local law advice. But the firm has made an exception in Paris to answer the needs of French clients, who apparently want their law firms to practice more than just US law.

The first EU equity deals complying with the Prospectus Directive have allayed fears that the new rules would complicate share offerings. By James Rice

Turkish banks aren't letting grey areas in securitization hold them back. By Hergüner Bilgen Özeke

Andrew Malcolm of Linklaters examines the growing retail sector for structured finance products in Hong Kong

The French securitization market has recently demonstrated its creativity both in regulatory changes and in transactions. By Fabrice Faure-Dauphin of Allen & Overy LLP

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It's boom time for the Canadian securitization market. Martin Fingerhut of Blake, Cassels & Graydon reflects on the market's success and maturity