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  • A recent code has modified Belgian rules on conflicts of laws and jurisdiction. Vanessa Marquette, Michèle Grégoire and Sandrine Hirsch outline the main changes in financial law
  • The Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) plans to establish a new law to regulate financial products and services. Although the details of the law are not yet decided, it is expected to regulate investment services in similar fashion to the UK's Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
  • Law 311 of December 30 2004, which is the Financial Law for 2005 (the 2005 Financial Law), provides for new limits to capacity of Italian local authorities to enter into loans and bonds.
  • Reforms may open new door for investors Finnish tax and company law reforms could attract more foreign investment to the country. Paulus Hidén and Mikko Alakare outline the changes
  • In last year's IFLR Guide to Private Equity and Venture Capital, we cautiously heralded the return of the private equity and venture capital industry. This was prompted by a marked increase both in the number of private equity deals completed, and the total amount of funds invested ($57 billion globally, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey) in the first six months of 2003.
  • Investors show revived interest in private equity After a slump in the 1990s, Vietnam is gaining favour as an investment destination. Joelle Daumas and Katherine Pike of PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal discuss how Vietnam can exploit the potential of this growing interest
  • China: new frontier for foreign buyout funds Jonathan Z Zhou of Fangda Partners says China is getting better at accommodating foreign investment. But restrictions remain, and not all foreign money is welcome
  • How to include existing shareholders in bids Charles Martin and Graham Gibb of Macfarlanes discuss developments in the UK regulation of public-to-private bids where a private equity bidder wishes to involve existing offeree shareholders in its bidding vehicle
  • The ins and outs of structuring deals in South Africa David Pinnock and Ryan Butler of Cliffe Dekker discuss the progress of the private equity industry in South Africa, considering issues ranging from black empowerment to exit strategies
  • Secondary buyouts firmly established in Europe Secondary buyouts have become an established feature of the European leveraged buyout market. Bruce Hanton of Ashurst discusses the legal and tax issues of this popular exit