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Iñigo de Luisa David Vidal As a result of the stable regulatory framework that now applies to the renewable energy sector and, in particular, the economic regime applicable to such projects, creditors and sponsors are able to successfully refinance them.

Daniel Futej Rudolf Sivák As part of the so-called e-government process, Slovak authorities have implemented a system of electronic communication which, until recently, was voluntary. However, based on the new rules, the electronic delivery of documents from public authorities will become mandatory.

Daniel Lehmann Michael Abegg Interest paid on bonds as defined by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (SFTA) for Swiss withholding tax (WHT) purposes, which may also include certain types of syndicated loans, issued by a Swiss tax resident debtor is generally subject to WHT at a rate of 35%. This may have an adverse impact on the competiveness of the Swiss capital market.

Cross-border insolvency laws face some practical adoption hurdles

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.

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.

Carlos Fradique-Méndez Sebastián Boada Morales The Colombian Central Bank (Banco de la República de Colombia or BRC) is the regulatory authority in charge of foreign exchange (FX) matters. As such, it is in charge of overseeing the Colombian cross-border derivatives market and the local derivatives market related to FX operations. Contracts for difference (CFDs) are generally defined as derivatives products that allow investors to take a position on the changes in value of an underlying asset. Until recently, Colombian regulation did not consider these types of products to be financial derivatives.

Elias Neocleous The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has informed Cyprus Investment Firms it regulates of a change in the treatment of contributions to the Investors Compensation Fund (ICF) for the purposes of calculating capital adequacy. The Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007 to 2016 requires regulated investment firms to be members of the ICF and to contribute to it.

The strategy of creating two classes of stock with different voting rights attached has been deemed by some as poor corporate governance. The reality is more nuanced

Violeta Molina Last year, the Salvadoran Congress passed an amendment to the existing anti-money laundering (AML) law, which has been in force since 1998. The purpose of the amendment was to include under the definition of regulated entities several entities that were not originally covered, and that therefore did not have to comply with the AML law. These entities include: general business corporations; accountants; lawyers; public notaries and any entity that has been lawfully incorporated; as well as financial institutions. The amendments establish new obligations, processes, requirements and sanctions that apply to all regulated entities.