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Even though M&A deal flow in Africa has remained steady in the past few years, there are still some obstacles to closing a transaction, according to panellists at IFLR’s Africa Forum in London

Political and regulatory appointments could drastically alter the bank capital landscape on both sides of the Atlantic

The best female legal practitioners in the Americas celebrated at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York on June 8 at the sixth annual Euromoney Women in Business Law awards.

They are entering the mainstream and getting investors excited, but are deal makers and their lawyers ready?

The Republic of Panama has signed over 10 tax information exchange agreements (TIEA) with countries such as Canada, Finland, Denmark, the US, and Japan, eight of which are in force. The majority of Panama's signed TIEAs contain an exchange of information clause upon request.

A brief summary of recent legal developments in Thailand affecting doing business in the country follows.

Back to basics Europe’s first insurance premium loan securitisation

Chinese capital markets are heating up A combination of a depreciated Chinese currency and crackdown on speculation on real estate has, among other things, pushed Chinese companies to tap the international high yield bond market. But, when IFLR reported in late April on the influx of PRC issuers – a growing number of whom are local government-owned entities based in third or fourth-tier cities – issuing high yield dollar paper offshore, the country's regulators had not publicly responded to potential default concerns. Only the Shenzhen branch of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) was reported to have required corporates based in Shenzhen raising mid-to-long-term offshore dollar debt to submit credit ratings reports issued by Moody's, S&P or Fitch as supplementary documentary evidence.

The best female lawyers from across the continent congregated at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London on June 15 to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group's seventh annual Europe Women in Business Law Awards.

The FMSB chairman explains how to bridge the gap between principles and granularity in the post-crisis environment