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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.

More deals than ever are being done with no documentation and little if any due diligence. Are banks taking too many risks? By Rob Mannix

A recent computer virus attack on servers that direct traffic on the internet hit Korea especially hard. One reason is that Korea is one of the countries in the world that uses the internet the most, with 70% of the population plugged into the web. In the wake of the attack that crippled internet access over one weekend, a Korean civic group is preparing to file a lawsuit. This may be a good time for many IT-related companies to take a close look at their rights and obligations under the relevant Korean statutes.

The Lamfalussy process will fail and the creation of a centralized European Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is inevitable, according to a new paper on the future of European securities regulation.

Ben Maiden reports from New York on moves to tackle investor concerns over mutual and hedge funds

Hungary has recently adopted several amendments to Act CXII of 1996 on credit institutions (the Banking Act) and Act CXX of 2001 on capital markets (CMA). The Acts provide an integrated legal framework for the activities of financial and investment service providers and their supervision. The changes were triggered by comments from market participants and practitioners and also by the EU accession requirements.