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After the accession of its closest neighbours to the EU in May, and following reform to the country's securities regulatory framework, Austria's businesses should be well placed to attract investment. Indeed, in a release earlier this year Wiener Börse said a five-fold increase in trading activity on the national exchange was conceivable given the potential of the Austrian market. Yet legislative difficulties face both local companies and foreign investors, such as confusing competition rules that seem even to catch M&A deals between overseas parties. Meanwhile, the banking community awaits changes in key areas such as securitization, which practitioners hope will unleash the potential of this underused financing means. The articles in this client guide cover these and other developments.

Satoshi Nakamura outlines some of the recent trends in Japanese convertibles and exchangeables

Asset-backed deals in Austria remain a complex process, although banks and Austrian securitization firms are lobbying for changes that will unleash the country’s potential. By Martin Ebner of Schönherr Rechtsanwälte

Italian company law reform has addressed corporate governance issues for the first time. Maurizio Delfino of Delfino e Associati - Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP describes how corporate groups will be regulated

Russia needs to resolve the conflict between corporations carrying out transfer pricing deals and disgruntled minority shareholders if it wants to attract investors says Dmitry Davydenko of Monastyrsky Zyuba Stepanov & Partners

Russia's new law on currency regulation and control provides unprecedented opportunities and flexibility in structuring cross-border transactions and investments. Sergey B Komolov and Peter J Pettibone of Hogan & Hartson outline the changes

Agnese Jauntirane and Janis Loze of Loze & Partners outline the general procedure for reorganization in Latvia

Valters Gencs of the Law offices of Valters Gencs provides an overview of the types of share buyout offer made in Latvia and how the rights of minority shareholders are protected

Marina Tolmatshova, Ieva Smilgaine and Arunas Sidlauskas of Roschier Raidla provide an overview of income and value-added tax regimes for companies established in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Husam Hourani of Al Tamimi & Company explains the dos and don’ts of Islamic finance and outlines six structures that work