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  • Norway seeks funding to match ideas After three lean years, optimism is growing once more. All that is needed is money to match it. Nils Kristian Einstabland of Advokatfirma Selmer reports
  • German downturn drives opportunism The German private equity industry is making the best of challenging times, explain Gerhard Schmidt, Stephan Grauke and Juergen Boerst of Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Interview: Foreigners see opportunities in Japan's financial troubles Fumitaka Eshima, managing director and head of legal at UBS in Japan, tells IFLR how the financial problems at the country's banks and corporates are providing opportunities for foreign investors and their advisers
  • The new way to rehabilitate distressed companies in Japan The Civil Rehabilitation Law has created opportunities to use M&A techniques as tools for corporate reorganization and restructuring using legal insolvency procedures. By Yuichiro Mori
  • Japanese companies test defences to hostile takeovers Directors of Japanese companies are starting to consider corporate defence mechanisms such as allying with friendly third parties and using poison pills to block a hostile takeover bid. By Laurent Develle and Etsuo Doi
  • Since IFLR published the first edition of The IFLR Guide to Japan a year ago, economic realities in the country have forced lawmakers and regulators to take a more flexible approach. In turn, new and more sophisticated deal structures are emerging.
  • Canadian investment buoyed by US stability Chris Hewat and Jeffrey Trossman of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP tell foreigners what to expect when they invest in Canadian companies
  • Mexican tender offer rules may hinder exits New rules designed to avoid discrimination against minority shareholders make it harder for private equity investors to exit investments in Mexican companies, say Samuel García-Cuéllar and Jean Michel Enriquez of Creel Garcia-Cuellar y Muggenburg
  • Confidence returns as UK backs enterprise John Mackie, chief executive of the British Venture Capital Association, talks to IFLR about prospects for the year ahead
  • Finland plays it safe with start-ups Start-up companies aren't getting the financing they need as investors avoid risk and buy into traditional business. By Antti Hemmilä of Borenius & Kemppinen