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The Korean government has recently proposed an easing of the regulations governing foreign investment zones (FIZs) in an effort to encourage more multinational companies to establish regional headquarters in Korea.

A draft government bill for a new act on real estate investment funds (Immobilien-Investmentfondsgesetz) aims to establish a new type of investment fund in Austria, namely, the real estate investment fund.

The election of a new government could mean radical changes in the Portuguese financial markets. Some Lisbon lawyers think it may be too late. Thomas Williams reports

As Europe expands into the emerging markets of eastern Europe, Spanish lawyers are looking to Madrid's lawmakers for a more competitive environment. By Thomas Williams

Bart P M Joosen (partner) is admitted to the Amsterdam Bar and has previously worked with Tilburg University as assistant professor corporate law, Philips Electronics as in-house counsel corporate legal department and in the Banking & Securities Law Groups of Wouters Advocaten, an associated law firm of Arthur Andersen and of Coopers and Lybrand, Legal Services. Bart Joosen has specific experience and expertise in regulatory matters for participants in the financial industry, particularly banks and insurance companies with a focus on funding of financial industry institutions capital adequacy and solvency ratio and risk management issues from a legal perspective. Furthermore Bart Joosen has built up experience and expertise in structured finance, securitisation and securities law matters. Bart Joosen frequently publishes on matters of banking and securities law and on international insolvency law. He joined Steins Bisschop Meijburg Advocaten en Notarissen & Co in 1998.

Dr Andres Baumgartner of Dietrich, Baumgartner & Partners

Remarks by Jean-Pierre Roth, chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, at the Media News Conference in Zurich on December 7 2001

The changing legal landscape By Bas Vletter and Ewout Stumphius of Loyens & Loeff, London and Rotterdam

Solvency and capital adequacy regulations for banks in The Netherlands By Bart P M Joosen of Steins Bisschop Meijburg & Co, Amsterdam

By Dr Richard Meier, director international and research, SWX Swiss Exchange