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The financial services industry is urging the country’s regulators to seriously reconsider the proposed net stable funding ratio rule

Ignacio Buil Aldana Marcos Perales Mellado The measures introduced by the 2014 reform of the Spanish Insolvency Act represent a step forward for debt-for-equity swaps. The reform aims to give operationally viable but financially constrained companies a flexible and attractive debt capitalisation regime, while also respecting the creditor's legitimate expectations.

US counsel and industry feel that the regulatory clampdown on banks' use of internal risk models is likely to result in increased capital charges. The regulatory push back against internal models takes different forms. In the US, one such is the supervisory guidance on model risk management, better known as SR 11-7 and released by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in 2011. While the guidance applies only to banks in the US, it's becoming a global standard.

Eszter Ritter In Austria, RAUTNER added banking and capital markets capacity in the form of Walter Gapp who joined the team from Schoenherr.

Plans to improve the standing of limited partnerships will be a boost for private equity funds operating in the UK. Here are the key changes

The wait for the rulemakers' assessment of 12 major fund jurisdictions finally ended in July. Linklaters lawyers consider next steps

Britain's vote to leave the EU has far-reaching ramifications for European insolvency law, and could see proceedings opened under English law disregarded by other jurisdictions.

US presidential hopefuls are contemplating reinstating the act in response to the government’s handling of the 2008 financial crisis. It would be a mistake

As defaults soar, foreign creditors need a proactive strategy to survive court supervised restructurings in the country

Gönenç Gürkaynak and Ayşe Güner of ELIG Attorneysat- Law provide an in-depth update on competition law and a summary of recent major cases