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A leading general counsel reveals his strategies for staying on top in a challenging market

Mansoor Jamal Malik and William Barrie of Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal describe Oman’s ambitious infrastructure plans and innovative project finance options

Stronger mezz rights have passed the syndication test

Jeff Legault Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja William Sturman In a sign of the region's growing attractiveness to foreign investors, lenders, and sponsors, corporate law firms are eagerly snatching up partners with experience in Latin America. CHADBOURNE & PARKE has recently expanded its Latin America banking and finance practice by hiring Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja to work out of the firm's New York, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo offices. Sainz, who was previously with Allen & Overy, will apply her cross-border corporate finance and capital markets experience in this multi-jurisdictional role. Just days before Oliva's hiring, JONES DAY announced that it had recruited Alberto de la Parra, who had spent five years as an in-house counsel of Mexican mining and infrastructure giant Grupo Mexico. De la Parra now works as a partner in Jones Day's Mexico City office, putting to use his broad experience with power plant, wind farm, airport, infrastructure, and other project financings.

If regulators are worried about over-encumbered bank assets, they must look beyond just covered bonds

The shortlist for IFLR’s 2013 Europe awards has been announced

Reg AB II and clashes over CEO certification were highlights from ASF 2013

Russia's biggest ever public-private partnership (PPP) has closed, setting important precedents for structuring projects involving business and governments in the region.

Frank Sun, Kirkland & Ellis BAKER & MCKENZIE made a significant hire within its Greater China practice last month with the addition of Lance Chen who will head up the US Security Practice Group in Hong Kong and China. Chen had been at ICBC International Capital before rejoining the firm he had worked at between 2000-2004. Elsewhere, KIRKLAND & ELLIS looked to fellow US firm Paul Weiss to bolster its M&A team in Hong Kong, hiring partner Frank Sun who has experience in both M&A and private equity. Sun had previously worked at Kirkland as an associate between 2007-8.

Matthijs van den Broek Lennaert Posch With regard to firm news, the focus was on Germany this month. The newly-merged HSF shored up its continental European presence with the launch of a new office in Frankfurt manned by former Gleiss Lutz partner Ralf Thaeter who focuses on corporate M&A. The launch had been expected for a while following last year's dissolution of the alliance between HSF, Gleiss and Stibbe last year. There was also a significant announcement from Israel in February with the merging of two of the country's largest finance firms: Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein and Kantor Elhanani Tal & Co. The new firm will be know as MEITAR LIQUORNIK GEVA LESHEM TAL and will have over 200 lawyers.