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Manuel Atencia Ignacio Inigo Starting in 2011, the Spanish legislator has introduced a series of reforms which have included the possibility to cram-down creditors through the Spanish scheme of arrangement (homologación judicial).

The landmark deal by Bank of China has a host of ‘first’ labels attached. It’s also green, and the first ever offshore issuance backed by PRC assets

The best female lawyers from across the continent congregated at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s sixth Europe Women in Business Law Awards

Andrew M Garbarski Criminal liability of corporations entered into force in Switzerland in October 2003. However, except for the Swiss Post matter and certain other isolated cases, only a small number of prosecutions have been conducted against corporations so far, let alone resulted in their condemnation. But as evidenced by recent public announcements from the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland in connection with the so-called 1MDB scandal, the latest trend seems to be launching more systematically criminal investigations against corporations (such as financial institutions). This is particularly the case in matters relating to money laundering or corruption.

Foifa Tharaphan Albert T Chandler On July 4 2016, the Secured Transactions Act came into force. Following this, the department of business development (DBD) launched the online system for registering business collateral agreements. The qualified security recipient must be a financial institution regulated by the Bank of Thailand. A draft of the ministerial regulation allowing additional types of qualified persons to be security recipients is now going through the legislation process.

Ha Hoang Loc Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong The Council of Justices of the Supreme People's Court has legal authority to select trial decisions and judgments from all courts which have taken legal effect in order to develop them into judicial case law. It can then publish this case law for the courts to apply in adjudicating subsequent cases.

The third-largest M&A deal of all time has finally closed after more than a year of negotiations

The agency's proposal, which aims to better regulate automated trading, is a welcome relief for smaller traders

Investors can choose between cash and carbon credits on this inaugural deal, backed by BHP Billiton

Craig Nethercott, John-Patrick Sweny and Kelsey Emms of Latham & Watkins assess the forces acting on global project finance over the past 12 months