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Joyce Chan The region has been active on the lateral hires front in Hong Kong as offshore firm WALKERS added corporate partner James Webb from Mourant Ozannes. In other moves, WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES brought in William Hay from Baring Private Equity Asia to strengthen its private equity practice, while capital markets partner Liang Tao left Davis Polk & Wardwell for ALLEN & OVERY and Simon McKnight exited Linklaters for SIMMONS & SIMMONS. Christopher Knight from DLA Piper joined AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD's investment funds practice and CLYDE & CO hired corporate partner Joyce Chan from DLA Piper.

Final SEC guidance on cross-border SBSs is likely to ease concerns surrounding reporting duties and compliance with the SEC’s Regulation SBSR

The SEC still has some work to do to finalise its framework for SBS dealer registration but firms should set compliance plans in motion

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.

Buyers looking to finance acquisitions in government-run auctions are finding their commitment letters under increasing scrutiny

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

The country should reinstate the withholding tax exemption for the country's sovereign debt income. The same treatment for won-denominated corporate bonds would help too

Oene Marseille Emir Nurmansyah In July 2016, Indonesia's president Joko Widowo issued a new regulation clarifying a previously issued presidential regulation which had set a minimum authorised capital amount of IDR 50 million (approximately $4,000) for the establishment of companies.

Carina C. Laforteza Lito Paolo T. Martin II The enactment of Republic Act No. 10881 on August 16 2016 is set to make the Philippines a more attractive destination for foreign investors in the financing industry. This new legislation has lifted certain foreign equity requirements.

Mayank Gupta Christopher Machera The biggest US headline this month was ALLEN & OVERY's addition of a five-person team. The firm secured a five-partner leveraged finance team consisting of Scott Zemser, Alan Rockwell, and Judah Frogel from White & Case, Rajani Gupta from Proskauer Rose, and Todd Koretzky from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy.