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  • Lee Suet Fern, former partner at Wong Partnership in Singapore, has opened her own practice. The firm, Stamford, is formed as a limited liability corporation, which is a new legal entity for Singapore law firms introduced under this summer's amendments to the Legal Profession Act.
  • China’s first comprehensive attempt to regulate its telecoms industry represents another firm step towards World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. Xiangmin Xu and Chlorophyll Yip of Clifford Chance, Hong Kong, explain the new framework for operational licensing, interconnection, the setting of telecoms charges and standards of telecoms services
  • ETSA Utilities, the recently privatized entity that acquired South Australia’s electricity distribution network, has led the way in Australia in the use of the public debt markets for non-recourse financing. David Olsson, a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, discusses the challenges in financing long-term infrastructure leases in the capital markets
  • After 14 years of negotiations, China has reached the final stage of its admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO). As a result China has promised to lift many, but not all, restrictions imposed on foreign investment in its insurance industry. Andreas Lauffs and Andrew Ning of Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong analyze the scope of China’s concessions
  • The formation of Easdaq in 1996 was the first successful attempt to create a pan-European securities exchange. This month, Rufus Jones talks to Easdaq’s general counsel, Dirk Tirez, about the exchange’s pioneering approach, his use of law firms and his thoughts on the potential for a single European stock exchange
  • Benedikt Burger of Hölters & Elsing, Frankfurt, examines the legislative framework governing joint ventures in Germany at a time when they are becoming increasingly popular
  • Argentina has introduced a law which sweeps away many of the previous restrictions on leasing activities. Javier Errecondo of Bruchou, Fernandez Madero, Lombardo & Mitrani, Buenos Aires, discusses the main points of the new legislation and how they will help promote the leasing market
  • Bank of Thailand’s rules on the use of internet networks by commercial banks in ThailandKitti Pintavirooj, Bangkok
  • Increasing use of plans of arrangementSmith Lyons, Toronto