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  • "If you don't maximize due diligence regardless of what is going on in the market, you haven't been doing your job properly"
  • The chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has called for increased due diligence on credit derivatives deals to prevent litigation over possible legal flaws.
  • The sharp contraction in US consumer spending has had a nasty knock-on effect in developing economies, leaving many companies needing to restructure their debt to survive. Neil Whoriskey of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Hong Kong, gives an invaluable guide to successful restructuring and avoiding the many pitfalls it poses to companies
  • Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance have closed the second securitization of income from the lease of buildings still under construction. The £1.25 billion ($1.78 billion) securitization of the rental income on four office buildings is the fifth deal the two firms have closed for the Canary Wharf Group, the developer that built London's most outstanding landmark, and follows groundbreaking work done for the client last year.
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is advising Citigroup on the $1 billion initial public offering (IPO) of wholly-owned subsidiary Travelers Property Casualty. The New York firm, Citigroup's principal outside corporate and securities counsel, is working opposite Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, which is acting for the underwriters, led by Salomon Smith Barney.
  • France’s powerful stock exchange regulator has taken the markets by storm over the last year targeting, among other things, underwriter liability and disclosure rules. Thomas Williams talks to COB legal director Florence Roussel about her role in a regulatory revolution
  • SEC general counsel steps down
  • The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (Moftec) recently issued Interim Measures regarding Examination and Approval of Foreign Invested Leasing Companies (FILCs). Taking effect as of September 1 2001, the Measures contain a framework for foreign investors to form equity or cooperative sino-foreign JV leasing companies.
  • Hong Kong's securities regulators plan to allow investment banks to support the share price of newly-listed companies.
  • Freehills is pushing ahead with plans to expand its Vietnamese focus after hiring the former head of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Ho Chi Minh City office.