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  • The Hungarian Civil Code governs collateral agreements in a separate chapter. Some forms of collateral are accessory in nature, ie are dependent on the principal claim (eg a suretyship), others are independent. Section 249 of the Hungarian Civil Code expressly includes in the second group bank guarantees by which a bank obliges itself to make payment to the beneficiary in accordance with the conditions in the statement of indemnity, and within the agreed period of time.
  • The slump in issuance since October 1997 has affected all firms with Asian equities practices with the biggest offerings bringing more comfort to US rather than UK firms. Nick Ferguson reports
  • US firms suffered from the effects of the Asian crisis on Latin America, but benefited from a thriving market at home, while Canadian firms enjoyed an increasing involvement in global equity offerings. Barbara Galli reports
  • Richard Parolai and Michael Elland-Goldsmith of Clifford Chance, Paris, advisers to CSFB
  • Yusaku Ono of Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo discusses the new tax laws for Japanese issues and the IPMA operating manual which aims to ease market compliance
  • Two recent cases have considered the scope of two types of provision commonly found in loan agreements, bond and other debt instruments.
  • The Commission has proposed a Directive to establish a clear regulatory framework for the distance-selling of financial services within the single market.
  • Goldman Sachs’ strategy for Shell — to obtain funding at the lowest cost through currency swaps — has failed so far before the Canadian courts. Ron Schlumpf of CIBC Wood Gundy, Toronto explains the regulatory risks of derivatives
  • Globalization has finally hit legal services with a series of cross-border mergers and alliances in 1998. Paul Lee analyzes this year’s gathering of statistics on the world’s 50 largest law firms – the IFLR 50 – and identifies the firms spearheading international growth
  • Under a government decree (finance ministry, April 13 1998) a commission has been created to prepare a report on the status of Portuguese international tax laws. The report will: