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By Martin Weber, Andrea Grimm, Oliver Triebold and Lorenzo Olgiati of Schellenberg Wittmer

Rich Lin, Mark J Harty, Brian Yu, Victor I-Hsiu Chang of LCS & Partners, Taipei

By Nina Selih, Natasa Pipan, Gregor Simoniti and Helena Vraniã of Selih and Partners

Securitization techniques could double aid payments to developing nations, say Mark Nicolaides, John-Patrick Sweny and Hannah Dutch

The ownership battle over Nippon Broadcasting System Inc (NBS) has ignited discussions about Japanese M&A rules.

Dan Andrews assesses the threat posed to private equity houses by public sector disclosure requirements

David Spencer argues that the OECD must do more to abolish banking secrecy rules to prevent capital flight from exacerbating sovereign financial crises

Andrew Carmichael (Linklaters), Leonard Birmingham (Harneys),

New regulatory limitations on offshore restructuring by Chinese private enterprises will limit their ability to attract overseas financing, say Terence Foo and Jeffrey Ren

The Securities and Exchange Law of Korea requires any investor (together with any special related persons) who acquires 5% or more of total outstanding shares in a listed company (or who changes their share ownership by 1% or more thereafter) to file a report to the Financial Supervisory Commission of Korea and the Korea Exchange within five days of the relevant transaction. This filing requirement is referred to as the 5% rule, which helps to promote transparency in the market and prevent hostile takeovers. Any investor failing to comply with the 5% rule can be restricted from exercising their voting rights and ordered to sell the acquired shares.