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  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is representing financial institution HSBC in the $14 billion acquisition of consumer lender Household International, in this year's largest cross-border deal in the US.
  • The Italian government's plans for civil code reform affecting businesses are likely to be pushed back, allowing the securitization industry more time to lobby officials on changes enabling a form of whole business securitization to take place.
  • The US Congress has failed to pass new bankruptcy rules, but the experiment continues. Martin Bienenstock of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York says likely reforms will be unwelcome to creditors even if that is not their aim
  • The European Prospectus Directive will create one set of rules for listings in all EU markets. The regulations will also lead to bland documentation and could stop smaller companies listing in the EU, says Clifford Dammers of the International Primary Market Association
  • The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has proposed that companies should account for share-based payment transactions, including employee's share options, as an expense.
  • The novel structure of a joint venture between Lehman Brothers and Woori Finance Holdings, to buy up to $8.4 billion of non-performing loans (NPL) in Korea, has established a model for future distressed asset deals in Asia.
  • Regulators from around the US are queuing up to condemn investment banks for their use of analysts and allocation of shares in lucrative offerings. Ben Maiden reports from New York on the battle over Wall Street
  • When Merrill Lynch fell foul of US securities laws during China Telecom's initial public offering, the bank's actions highlighted industry-wide cracks in internal compliance. By Andrew Crooke
  • 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.