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On June 28 2004, amendments to Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Rule 61-501 - Insider Bids, Issuer Bids, Business Combinations and Related Party Transactions came into force. The Rule protects the interests of minority security holders of issuers by providing (i) greater disclosure regarding, (ii) an independent valuation of, and (iii) an effective veto over, certain transactions with perceived inherent conflicts of interest. It is expected that similar amendments will be made to Quebec Policy Statement Q-27, the only other Canadian jurisdiction to maintain equivalent rules.

Biotech is back in Germany Latham & Watkins and Hengeler Mueller advised on Germany's first initial public offering for a biotech company since 2001 and only the fourth IPO in the country this year. Latham advised the company, Epigenomics, on the €41.6 million deal. Hengeler Mueller acted for lead manager Morgan Stanley.

Jeanette K Chan and Marcia Ellis of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP evaluate the ways to structure foreign investment in China’s telecoms companies under new M&A regulations

Patrick Lines, Thomas E Jones and Susan Finder of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer explain China's new financial derivatives regulations and the opportunities they provide for institutions allowed to trade in these products for the first time

If China wants to make the most of mortgage-backed securitization, it will have to rethink its legal system, say Anthony Qiao and Zeng Xianwu of Zhong Lun Law Offices

Changes to the construction and design regimes are needed if China wants to attract more foreign investment into the industry and increase its own standing in the global market. By John Cole, Philip Nunn and Michael Hickman of Simmons & Simmons

As China slowly opens its banking industry, foreign financial institutions are increasingly looking to make strategic investments. Charles Qin, Jonathan Pan, Stanley Cha and Roy Zhang of Llinks Law Office outline the options for investors

China is getting closer to formulating a legal framework to allow qualified domestic institutional investors to tap overseas capital markets, although the details need working out. Neil Torpey, Jon Lewis and Todd Liao of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP explain

Interest in China's non-performing loan market is rising. Now the government needs to follow through with additional legislative and regulatory developments, says James Olson of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP

Denis Brock, Eu Jin Chua and Kathryn Sanger of Clifford Chance outline the issues foreign parties will face when involved in China's most popular method of dispute resolution