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  • SEC counsel joins Cleary
    David Becker, the general counsel of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) until May 7, is to join Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Becker will join the firm's securities transaction and enforcement practice as a partner in Washington DC, where he will advise clients on capital markets activities, representing clients in SEC and other investigations, on corporate governance issues and in other SEC regulatory matters.
    May 31 2002
  • SEC orders broker cooperation to fight terror
    Lori Richards, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Compliance Inspections and Examinations Office, has called for brokers to cooperate more closely to combat money-laundering. Richards said the SEC "found the need for great improvement" when examining the types of reports that clearing brokers provide to introducing brokers, and whether they could be used to detect money-laundering activity.
    May 31 2002
  • Brussels to strengthen disclosure regime for listed companies
    The EU is preparing to radically overhaul disclosure rules for publicly-traded companies, making them responsible for disclosing information to the markets more often and more comprehensively than ever before. The European Commission is behind the proposals, announcing plans to introduce disclosure requirements that become increasingly stringent depending on the size of a business.
    May 31 2002
  • CMS expands into China
    The CMS alliance is expanding its presence in China after relocating UK, French and German lawyers to the new Shanghai office of Bureau Francis Lefebvre. CMS's French member opened its first Chinese operation this month to focus on corporate and commercial work, insurance and construction, after being awarded a licence by the Chinese Ministry of Justice at the end of 2001.
    May 31 2002
  • US government calls for Japan to reform M&A rules
    The US government has called on Japan to overhaul its rules on cross-border share swaps in mergers and acquisitions. Foreign businesses operating in Japan have long called on the Japanese government to liberalize the range of options open to them to finance deals. Japanese law does not allow cross-border exchange of shares if the deal involves Japanese and foreign companies, although domestic companies can exchange shares between themselves.
    May 31 2002
  • Brazil clears path for derivatives trading
    Brazil has introduced guidelines allowing domestic banks and financial companies to access the market for credit derivatives. Walter Douglas Stuber and Adriana Gödel Stuber of Amaro, Stuber e Advogados, São Paulo, explain
    May 31 2002
  • The case for deregulating Asia's energy industry
    The collapse of Enron in the US has led some Asian leaders to question the rationale for deregulating their own energy industries. Peter Roberts, of Jones Day’s Hong Kong office, says delays could be costly
    May 31 2002
  • Canada
    A recent decision of the Tax Court in Manrell questions the practice in Canada of structuring non-competition payments to obtain tax-free treatment to a vendor.
    May 31 2002
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    Freeing Europe's corporates from minority control
    José Garrido García, who is a member of the High Level Group of Experts behind EU takeover proposals, defends his views on minority control from recent criticism
    May 31 2002
  • Portugal
    The rendering of credit or financial services by credit institutions or financial services companies other than banks is limited in Portugal, as regards the type of services which may be rendered by each entity.
    May 31 2002
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