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  • Simmons & Simmons has become the first UK firm to offer full-service advice on Japanese law. Simmons has teamed up with TMI Associates, a respected firm that was created in 1990 as a breakaway from Nishimura's intellectual property practice, and has since expanded to cover general corporate work.
  • The UK regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), last month suspended rules that it believes are forcing the country's life insurance companies to sell equities in a falling market.
  • Linklaters is to merge with Belgian Alliance firm De Bandt van Hecke Lagae & Loesch, furthering the UK firm's efforts to integrate its European network, having secured tie-ups in Sweden and Germany earlier this year.
  • Shortly after the terrorist attacks on the US, the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Grasso, and the top US financial regulator, Harvey Pitt, came together to reassure the world's markets. The united display was intended as a signal that Washington would work with Wall Street to get the financial industry back on its feet as soon as possible.
  • The City of London's financial institutions have been asked by the UK financial services regulator, the FSA, to see if they have worked on transactions for people linked to last month's attacks on New York and Washington, DC.
  • Despite China having acceded to the New York Convention almost 15 years ago, upholding an award under the Convention is still full of uncertainty. Mark Lin, a consultant to Lovells, Hong Kong, explains how best to secure enforcement
  • As its work restructuring the Indonesian banking industry hangs in the balance, the last thing Ibra needed was to be abandoned by its legal advisers. Nick Ferguson reports
  • Competition among Hong Kong’s smaller banks and a relaxed regulatory environment mean that buying a bank in the region has never been as easy or attractive. Matthew Barnard and Paul Sroka of Allen Arthur Robinson explain the rules every prospective foreign buyer should know
  • The new Spanish finance bill aims to provide a more comprehensive, simple regulatory framework offering greater investor protection. Fernando de las Cuevas and Valentina Rodríguez of Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid, examine the key issues
  • The continuing collapse in share prices is making it increasingly hard for companies to raise cash. In August, IFLR showed how securitization could help telcos. This month, Christian Parker and Martin Dunton of Norton Rose explain the role convertible and exchangeable bonds can play