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More collaboration is needed between national banking, securities and insurance watchdogs to improve the way financial conglomerates are regulated, said speakers at the annual International Bar Association conference in Auckland last month.

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.

How companies are managed in Latvia Raymond Slaidins and Mikus Buls of Klavins & Slaidins outline the roles directors and supervisory boards play in the Latvian corporate structure

An overview of directors' liability in Indonesia Directors of new companies need to ensure that they're not held liable for actions carried out in the company's formation that they had no say over. By Dezi Kirana and Mufti Habriansyah of Soemadipradja & Taher

Recent developments in German corporate governance German companies have been inundated with corporate reforms in 2004. Ralph Wollburg of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer summarizes the changes

Finland revamps competition and governance regimes Finland is overhauling its Competition Act and has released new corporate governance recommendations. Jan Waselius of Waselius & Wist outlines the changes

US sets global trends behind governance shake-up Corporate governance reform in the US has launched a new era of legislative activity worldwide. Simon Wong of McKinsey & Company picks out the recurrent themes from country to country

Compliance, risk management and internal controls Robert Bostrom of Winston & Strawn discusses the evolving roles and responsibilities of boards of directors and audit committees

Best practice on the agenda in Turkey Family-owned businesses make up 99% of the Turkish private sector. But even small companies need to consider corporate governance practices, says Ümit Hergüner of Hergüner Bilgen Özeke