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Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned energy company, is selling gas pipeline networks in a landmark deal. Local lawyers who worked on the $5.2 billion transaction see it as a sea-change in the country's energy market.

The world's first green masala bond has brought the lack of clarity over the full application of India's capital gains tax to the surface.

Financing for the largest ever Chinese investment into the UK, nuclear power station Hinkley Point C, has successfully closed. The power station is also Europe's biggest infrastructure project.

John Baptist Chan There have been some interesting developments in the past month in some of the larger markets in Asia-Pacific. In Hong Kong, Wall Street firm CADWALADER WICKERSHAM & TAFT decided to end its operations in Beijing and Hong Kong, becoming the third major firm - following Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Chadbourne & Parke - to do so in the past 15 months in what is becoming an increasingly tough market for international outfits.

Many economic groups have been filing for judicial reorganisation in Brazil, a process similar to chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. In certain cases, local courts have claimed jurisdiction over foreign entities filing for judicial reorganisation in Brazil, even though Brazilian law does not have any cross-border insolvency rules. Well-known judicial restructuring cases such as OGX, OAS and Schahin have helped develop case law on Brazil accepting the judicial reorganisation of foreign entities. Yet, in a recent case, the court denied such a request and re-opened discussions.

Shareholder loans which are converted into equity can be risky for both the funded subsidiary and the shareholders. Turkish law provides one illustration

Oene Marseille Emir Nurmansyah The Finance Ministry of Indonesia has issued a regulation outlining the procedures for granting government loan guarantees for the development of electricity infrastructure in Indonesia. The regulation also outlines the steps for enforcing the guarantees.

Project finance deals involving commodities require constant risk mitigation and management. Good structuring from the outset is key

The EU’s latest prospectus rules are gathering steam. But uncertainty continues to surround summaries, risk factors and retail denominations

Takeshi Orihara On July 17 2015, the Act partially revising the Trade and Investment Insurance Act was promulgated. It will enter into force on April 1 2017. The Act sets out the organisation of Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), the Japanese export credit agency, and the rules of trade and investment insurance.