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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.

Norway's new initiative: the corporate governance code The Oslo Stock Exchange and various other Norwegian bodies have proposed a corporate governance code, due for release in December. Erling Christiansen of Advokatfirmaet Schj¸dt tracks its progress

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

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

The progress of the regulatory approach Rather than merely suggesting that companies comply with corporate governance principles, Switzerland is now ordering them to do so. Michel Haymann of Haymann & Baldi explains