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Fernando Torrente Daniella Zussa Florian Biesalski It was also an active month in France with the fallout from KWM taking centre stage. GOODWIN PROCTER was one to take advantage, recruiting private equity and funds partner Arnaud David, previously co-head of investment funds at the ailing firm. David brought with him a team of four associates. The firm also appointed Marie-Laure Bruneel to the partnership from De Pardieu Brocas Maffei. KWM also lost its other co-head of investment funds, Nathalie Duguay, who switched to WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER to join its fund formation and asset management team.

It's been a busy summer in Australia with DENTONS formally completing its tie-up with GADENS, a year after the deal was first approved. THOMSON GEER hired construction and infrastructure expert, Simon Ralton, from MinterEllison. For its part, MINTERELLISON appointed insurance partner Mark Williams from DLA Piper.

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

The country introduced the scheme of arrangement nearly three years ago, but it's unclear if it solves the issues it was created to address

The UK government’s intention to leave the single market has financial institutions planning for the worst. In this special report, IFLR finds an industry struggling to agree on everything from equivalence to euro clearing

Metropolitana Milanese, concessionaire of Milan’s water services network is one of the first Italian public entities to venture into the debt capital market

Asset managers think Mifid II will have the most significant regulatory impact on their business

The central bank's final regulatory capital rules have been hailed as the end of too big to fail

João Nuno Riquito Carlos Eduardo Coelho In the last quarter of 2016, the Chinese premier announced several new measures and policies focusing on the diversification of Macau's very one-sided (gaming) economy. In particular, some of those measures are expected to support the development of Macau's finance industry ultimately aiming at the transformation of its economic structure.

Makiko Harada In December 2016, the Cabinet of Japan announced that the amended Act on the Protection of Personal Information will be fully implemented on May 30 2017. One of the main objectives of the amended Act is to create a framework that recognises and addresses the fact that transfers of personal data occur on a global scale. Specifically, rules addressing transfers of personal data out of Japan will be established.