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In June, IFLR (page 71) outlined the details of the New Capital Market (NCM), an initiative designed by the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSE) to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to raise capital for new growth-oriented business.

Brazilian oil company Petroleo Brasileiro, known as Petrobras, has completed the country's largest ever international equity issue. The deal, one of the biggest ever stock sales in Latin America, was a coup for Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr, Moherdaui e Quiroga Advogados, the only national firm involved in the deal.

Glen Scarcliffe, Cleary Gottlieb

Duane Quiani

The head of Cameron McKenna's Hong Kong corporate finance practice, along with several of his team, is heading for Brown & Wood. According to Cameron McKenna, the firm is refocusing its corporate practice in an attempt to win more lucrative cross-border M&A and securities deals.

Rodrigo Nascimbeni of Pinheiro Neto - Advogados reviews the new rules and prospects for the BDR market

In the second part of their review of Canada’s new financial legislation, Robert McDowell and Robert Elliott of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, Toronto, look at how the law will affect foreign banks seeking to open branches or run operations in Canada

The interaction between the internet and world stock markets is easily seen in the fortunes made (and lost) from volatile dot.com shares. But as Nancy Leigh of Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong, explains, the net is also helping reshape the structure of the securities industry

Markus Affentranger of Baker & McKenzie, Zurich, looks at the regulations governing Swiss export risk guarantees and examines the coverage they can offer to international project financings

In the past, registered shares have only been issued by a very limited number of German stock corporations. Instead, the vast majority of listed companies in Germany used to issue bearer shares. It was only in 1998/99 that the issuance of registered shares began in earnest, when modern information technology enabled the central Germany clearing house, Clearstream Banking, to overcome difficulties in handling registered shares. Since then, a number of big DAX-listed corporations have changed from issuing bearer shares to registered shares. In doing so they intend to get a better picture of their shareholders, improve their investor relationships and obtain an acquisition currency for takeovers of US companies by directly listing the shares on US stock markets without having to implement an American depositary receipt program.