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Money from the EU to improve central Europe's broken-down infrastructure will make less difference than lawyers might hope. Tom Williams reports

Japanese banks are preparing to use synthetic collateralized loan obligations to obtain capital relief after the largest reported deal of this type won regulatory approval and closed at the end of September.

Canada's largest law firm has acted for the banks in the biggest syndicated financing in eastern Europe.

Use of special purpose companies By Gavin Lowe, Maples and Calder

Canada: participation broadening but industry faces challenges By John J Tobin and Stephen Redican of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto

Receivables securitization in Brazil By Alexandre Barreto and Ronald Herscovici of Souza, Cescon Avedissian, Barrieu e Flesch Advogados, São Paulo

Alexandre Gossn Barreto, partner of Souza, Cescon Avedissian, Barrieu e Flesch Advogados, is a Bachelor in Law (LLB) at the University of São Paulo Law School (USP) and a Master in banking and finance law (LLM) at the Boston University Law School. Alexandre Barreto specializes in capital markets, banking law, general financing and privatization. He has advised several financial institutions and Brazilian companies in transactions in the international markets, including UBS Warburg in the listing of ADRs level III of SABESP in the NYSE, and Petrobras in the first shelf registration with the SEC for a Brazilian company, in the amount of $8 billion. In addition, he has advised in several representative transactions in the Brazilian capital markets, including public issuances of bonds (Petrobras, in a R$750 million debentures issuance, Unibanco in a R$1.3 billion debentures issuance by Telemar, a consortium of banks led by Unibanco, BBA, Itaú, Bradesco, ING Barings and Sudameris in a R$600 million debentures issuance by Cemig, and a consortium of banks led by Unibanco, BBA, Itaú, Bradesco and Bank of America in a R$500 million debentures issuance by Copel).

By Markus Kroll and Evan Spangler of Walder Wyss & Partner, Zurich

By José Guardo of Garrigues, Abogados y Asesores Tributarios, Madrid

A new era for securitizations By Miguel Castro Pereira and Inês Batalha Mendes of Abreu, Cardigos & Associados, Lisbon