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  • Lawyers in Australia have created a new financing tool that allows developers to raise funds for the construction of multiple properties secured on their value in pre-sales contracts. Geoff Sutherland of Coudert Brothers explains how the structure works
  • Buyers of legal services in Japan will soon have the option to use the one-stop-shops that they have wanted for so long. But can law firms deliver? Andrew Crooke reports from Tokyo
  • Clifford Chance has overtaken Allen & Overy in project finance deal volume this year, according to figures from Dealogic ProjectWare.
  • In an effort to stop investment funds moving abroad, the German government has proposed a law allowing hedge funds to be sold in Germany.
  • Shareholders who failed in an initial attempt to block Procter & Gamble's takeover of hair-care company Wella will take the case to Germany's Federal Constitutional Court and launch action in the civil courts also.
  • Jim Bartos and Michael Leppert of Shearman & Sterling LLP explain why conflicts in the EU Prospectus Directive may mean it falls short of creating a single capital market
  • As Islamic financing becomes more complex, contracts need to specify the terms and subject matter of the deal as far as possible to comply with Sharia principles. Kenneth Aboud, Hooman Sabeti and Asmaa Al-Shabibi of Allen & Overy Shook Lin & Bok explain how to win approval from Islamic scholars
  • Japanese companies face a growing threat from hostile takeovers. Andrew Crooke asks whether US-style corporate defence techniques can be applied in Tokyo
  • Lovells and Gide Loyrette Nouel have advised on the first whole business securitization in France to use lease receivables, in a €400 million deal for Xerox.
  • HBOS has become the first UK issuer to sell covered bonds in Europe, in a transaction that promises the beginning of a new market. But regulators seem unsure of the law on risk weightings for such deals. By Michael Evans