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Silvia Canales The regulatory dynamics affecting companies that run their businesses in sectors under the inspection and surveillance of a regulatory and supervisory authority, require an understanding of a multiplicity of rules of different levels and sources. Those rules, promoted by the different regulators, are aimed at ensuring that the businesses are developed with a high level of public interest in mind.

Homburger partner Daniel Haeberli analyses how Switzerland’s proposed prospectus regime could impact issuances of structured products

The lighter side of the past month in the world of financial law

The country recently implemented legislation to clamp down on tax evasion. Its effects are wide-ranging

Susanne Schreiber Cyrill Diefenbacher On February 12 2017, the corporate tax reform III draft (CTR III draft) was rejected in a national referendum. As a result of that rejection, a new bill will have to be elaborated and agreed on within a short time frame by the Federal Council and Parliament. It is still expected that a new bill will introduce certain accompanying fiscal measures aimed at maintaining the international competitiveness of Switzerland, but the bill also needs to be in a form that attracts majority support and counters reservations of expected losses in tax revenues.

The issuance of Egypt's largest ever eurobond and the first triple-tranche instrument to come out of Africa will support the country's extensive economic reform progamme.

Sapin II aims to bring French transparency in line with international standards. But it is yet to be tested in practice

The rules will drastically change the landscape. Fund managers must consider how research is priced and exactly where it should come from

Matthias Bürge, Andreas Moll and Charlotte Rupf from Prager Dreifuss assess the importance of data protection considerations in M&A due diligence

Greece has been taking decisive action to get back on track. But more needs to be done to address the problem