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The German government has said it will exempt banks from a law that has made true sale securitizations impossible for the past two years.

Allen & Overy have acted as counsel to BNP Paribas and Salomon Brothers on Bahrain's debut issue, in the latest deal to help the UK firm carve out a lucrative niche advising managers on emerging market sovereign bond issues.

In September 2002 the British Virgin Islands government introduced amendments to the Insurance Act 1994 to create a regime for the registration and regulation of segregated portfolio companies (SPCs) (known in some other jurisdictions as protected cell companies). The Insurance (Amendment) Act 2002 (the Amendment Act) was introduced following a perceived demand from the international insurance market and is designed primarily to facilitate so called rent-a-captive operations, aimed to assist companies that are too small to form a captive insurance company of their own. (The Amendment Act and the Insurance Act 1994, are collectively referred to in this briefing simply as the Act).

Falling stock markets have led to a string of M&A deals putting unprecedented strain on public bid regulations in Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. Thomas Williams reports

The creation of a flexible security structure has enabled Indian company Bharti Tele-Ventures to tie-up international funding of $315 million - one of the largest-ever deals in the country's telecoms sector.

To the relief of companies financed by public debt, a UK judge has thrown out a vulture fund's attempt to drive a healthy business into administration and divide the spoils. William Underhill and Jonathan Cotton of Slaughter and May explain how the case was fought and won

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised on Germany's first synthetic lease receivables securitization.

Hong Kong's securities watchdog is looking to crack down even harder on corporate crime and misconduct in 2003, backed by a new regulatory framework, the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) that will soon take effect.

The EU is set to announce new legislation on disclosure, electronic voting rights and directors' salaries next month but has no plans to draw up a comprehensive corporate governance code for companies in EU's member states.

Harvey Pitt: ending on a high note As with many leaders, Securities and Exchange (SEC) chairman Harvey Pitt overcame his lame-duck position in his last days in office to make some final points. In one such move he put the banning of payment for order flows back on the agenda for his successor to look at once he has settled into his Washington DC office.