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Chinese companies that tap the US capital markets must beware the country's litigious investors, say Jack C Auspitz, Charles C Comey and Paul W Boltz

Adam Glass surveys the prospects for securitization lawyers and their clients as the market searches for the next innovation

On March 9 2004 the president of the Russian Federation adopted Decree 314 On the System and Structure of Federal Executive Authorities (the Decree). The Decree, which came into force on March 11 2004, and the recent Presidential Decree 649 of May 20 2004 amending the Decree, provide for the general restructuring of the system of federal executive authorities and increase the effectiveness of the new federal executive authorities system. The Decree abolished most federal bodies and delegated their functions to newly organized ones.

Together MGM and Mandalay own much of the Las Vegas Strip Cravath Swaine & Moore and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson will lead the legal advice on a multi-billion dollar casino takeover announced last month.

Australian firm Blake Dawson Waldron is hoping to bolster its national corporate practice with the arrival of Peter Stirling from ANZ Banking Group.

Europe's financial services industry may soon be able to resolve cross-border conflicts through a single, independent body.

Two new laws provide clarity for securitizers Alex Schmitt and Laurent Lazard of Bonn Schmitt Steichen focus on the latest structured finance legal developments in Luxembourg

How to set up an SPV in Ireland Cormac Kissane and Conor Hurley of Arthur Cox outline some of the issues to consider when using Ireland as the jurisdiction for an SPV

Pan-Nordic commercial property securitization emerges Tarja Wist and Mirjami Kajander of Waselius & Wist provide the details of a complex pan-Nordic commercial mortgage-backed securitization

2003 a landmark year for Portuguese securitization The securitization market in Portugal is still young, but it is already producing innovative structures. Pedro Cassiano Santos and Paula Gomes Freire of Vieira de Almeida & Associados describe its progress