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On July 2002 Borsa Italiana SpA, the company responsible for the Italian Stock Exchange, issued a revised version of the Code of Conduct for Italian listed companies which was set forth in 1999. The Code of Conduct has been drafted by the Committee for the Corporate Governance of Listed Companies.

August 31 2002

Should bankers fear the UK Enterprise Bill?

A row has blown up over provisions in the Enterprise Bill that some say could damage asset-backed deals. Tom Williams investigates

August 31 2002

China

The State Development Planning Commission issued the Provisional Regulations on Administration of Foreign Investment in the Rare Earth Industry on August 1 2002. According to this regulation, foreign-invested rare earth projects are divided into three main categories, that is, rare earth mining, rare earth smelting and separation, and rare earth deep processing and application.

August 31 2002

Do stock options have a future?

Henry Morgenbesser, Marina Casani and Felicity Gemson of Allen & Overy report on the American companies rethinking their policy on options for staff

August 31 2002

Why lawyers should not become corporate watchdogs

Ira Schacter and Alexandra Scheibe of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft explain how the Act could damage the relationship between lawyers and their clients

August 31 2002

Minter Ellison helps scoop $14 billion Chinese gas mandate

Minter Ellison is advising the Australian-led consortium that has won a contract worth up to $14 billion to supply liquefied natural gas to the Guangdong LNG Project in southern China. The decision to award the contract to the North West Shelf Venture – which comprises Woodside Energy, BHP Billiton, BP, ChevronTexaco, Shell and Japan Australia LNG – creates Australia's largest-ever single export deal.

August 31 2002

Japanese settlement systems under review

Japan's financial payment and settlement systems are to be strengthened as part of a review by a new committee set up to minimize operational risks in the country's financial markets. The initiative, spearheaded by the Financial Services Agency and agreed by the Financial System Council, will involve senior Japanese officials and academics looking at ways to create a safety net for the payment and settlement systems.

August 31 2002

New York lawyers tell foreigners: "Prepare for the worst"

Ben Maiden reports from New York on whether foreign issuers will still flock to the US

August 31 2002

Mexico

After the completion of the negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), the Mexican authorities started to negotiate international treaties around the world to avoid double taxation, as well as treaties for the exchange of tax information. Under the constitutional principles, these treaties when ratified and approved by the Mexican senate will become the highest laws of the land, together with the Mexican Constitution.

August 31 2002

Barclays to hire new legal chief

Howard Trust has resigned as group general counsel and group secretary of Barclays, forcing the bank to find a replacement before he leaves in the first quarter of 2003. Trust became Barclays' first general counsel in 1995 after joining six years earlier, but has decided he wants to pursue new opportunities.

August 31 2002

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