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The outgoing European Commission has proposed a directive to make it easier for public companies to alter the size, structure and ownership of their capital.

To date mortgages have not been a popular method of securing obligations in Russia for three main reasons.

In an attempt to increase certainty for investors in emerging market debt, trade bodies have endorsed a standard form of collective action clauses (CACs) governed by English law.

Data privacy is often forgotten during mergers and acquisitions, exposing buyers and sellers to private claims as well as public penalties. Wim Nauwelaerts explains

Two Spanish and three international law firms have benefited from roles on the initial public offering (IPO) of Spanish company Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte (Cintra), the largest in Spain since 2001.

The Financial Supervisory Commission amended the Guidelines for the Authorization of Banking Business in July 2004. The amendments now include prerequisites that foreign financial institutions (including foreign financial holding companies) must satisfy to establish subsidiary banks in Korea. The amendments have also relaxed the approval standards for foreign banks wishing to set up branches in Korea.

Network Rail: borrowing to fund development Linklaters, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance have all won roles on UK rail operator Network Rail's planned £20 billion ($37 billion) multicurrency note programme.

An elite group of firms benefited from the gradual recovery of international equity markets last year, as revealed by IFLR's annual survey. The apparent improvement in fortunes of these firms, however, hides a trend with potentially worrying implications for legal advisers - the shift away from US-listed deals fully registered with the SEC. The burden of corporate governance legislation is deterring foreign issuers from seeking the US listings that used to be a badge of respectability in the international capital markets. "Sarbanes-Oxley has killed that market," says Nick Eastwell, head of capital markets at UK firm Linklaters.

Consistent and well-crafted rules are critical to spur good corporate governance in Asia, says Jamie Allen

The scope of Islamic financing has expanded in Europe with the first Sharia-compliant leveraged buyout.