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Austria is using all the national discretion available in its implementation of the Directive, creating some interesting quirks for issuers. By Peter Knobl

Anthony Qiao of Zhong Lun Law Offices says that, despite the PRC's efforts to encourage securitization, legal issues still remain

Kathy McFarland explains why companies should avoid complacency on document retention in the wake of Andersen's overturned conviction

The market is set for complex inbound acquisitions, but regulatory hurdles abound, says Yingxi Fu-Tomlinson of Kaye Scholer LLP

Chinese investors are going global. John E Lange of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison explains how and why Chinese companies are investing overseas

Hubert Lem, executive director in the law division of Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong talks to IFLR's Siew-Fong Leung about the challenges facing foreign investors in China

China is no longer all about inward investment. The sheer size, strength and growth of the economy means Chinese companies are making acquisitions of their own as they look to expand internationally. John E Lange of Paul Weiss explains on page 45 how Chinese companies are taking advantage of their lower cost base to buy unprofitable lines of business from western companies and to make strategic acquisitions to bring in new technologies. Structuring these deals as joint ventures means coping with not only cross-border M&A legal issues, but also complex intellectual property agreements.

For multinational companies with Chinese operations, the country's liquidity restrictions make treasury structures difficult. But two legal changes make life a little easier for corporates. Jean-Marc Deschandol and Tom Luckock explain

Insolvency and restructuring laws across the EU are a mess of different approaches: some creditor-friendly, some creditor-hostile. Andrew Wilkinson, Tony Horspool and Ian McKim argue that it is time for change

China's first asset-backed securitization (ABS) legislation has been introduced. The Administrative Measures on Pilot Projects of Credit Assets Securitization promulgated by the People's Bank of China and the China Banking Regulatory Commission became effective on April 20 2005. In connection with the State Council's approval in principle of the two pilot projects, China Development Bank and China Construction Bank, other relevant authorities have or will issue provisional rules to facilitate the launch of these projects.