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  • Japan's revised bankruptcy law was enacted in May 2004 and is expected to come into effect in January 2005. This follows the introduction of the Civil Rehabilitation Law in April 2000 and the revised Corporate Reorganization Law in April 2003. The purpose of these laws is to rehabilitate debtors, but the aim of the new bankruptcy law is to provide modernized procedures for the efficient liquidation of debtors and the fair distribution of debtors' assets.
  • A judgment of the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) Frankfurt/Main of May 25 2004 has caused unrest in the German market regarding securitization or sales of non-performing loans.
  • If Japan doesn't push ahead with the necessary tax reforms to tempt foreign investors to buy stakes in domestic companies, productivity and economic growth will continue to lag. But, as Andrew Crooke reports, change won't come without a fight
  • The UK Law Commission's proposals on preventing trustees from limiting their liability should not apply to capital markets trustees. Jane Borrows and Eoin Gillen explain why
  • August is traditionally a stagnant time in the equity markets, but this year the holiday month has seen several $100 million-plus initial public offerings (IPOs) reach the US markets. Google's auction-style launch may have taken all the media attention, but several real estate investment trusts (Reits) were among seven issuers who raised more than $2 billion between them.
  • Foreign banks that want management influence over their China investments risk litigation as their western business systems based on law clash with local systems based on connections, says William Gamble
  • Securitization remains innovative despite a wave of commoditization, says Paul Ali
  • Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has successfully adapted two-year-old MTN documentation to create the Aria collateralized debt obligation (CDO), the first widely offered managed synthetic CDO to come to market as a programme.
  • The UK's High Court has ruled that German bank West LB must honour a letter of credit issued to a special purpose vehicle used by JP Morgan Chase and Enron for commodities deals.
  • Linklaters has lost a securitization partner to Sidley Austin Brown & Wood's relentless expansion in the London structured finance market.