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Islamic finance structures are increasingly being used for renewable energy projects across MENA. Here are the techniques to consider

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

Loan asset holders are faced with risks when a distressed lender can’t meet its funding obligations. But there are ways to mitigate the dangers

This will be made easier The Financial Conduct Authority's new rules, which came into effect on September 7, create a better legal framework for whistleblowing in the UK.

China witnessed last month its first default on asset-backed securities (ABS) but is pushing ahead with its large-scale non-performing loan (NPL) securitisation programme.

João Nuno Riquito Bruno Almeida The Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association recently renewed the debate surrounding the revision of Law 5/2011, which approved the smoking prevention and control bill. The gaming workers' union is pushing for a full smoking ban on casino premises, on the grounds of a lack of sufficient enforcement of the current bill.

John Breslin The Credit Reporting Act 2013 (the 2013 Act) will establish, for the first time in Ireland, a central credit register operating on a statutory basis. The register will be administered by the Central Bank of Ireland (the CBI). The register will replace the Irish Credit Bureau – a scheme currently operated by banks but which has no statutory basis. The new register will establish a mandatory reporting system. The CBI will use it to collect statistical information about consumer and business credit in Ireland. Establishing the register was one of the requirements of the so-called Troika (the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission) when Ireland's bail-out programme began in 2010.

Radka Sláviková Geržová Martin Ilavský The new Code of Civil Contentious Procedure entered into force on July 1 2016. It aims to speed up the litigation process. Previously, cases would often drag on for several years because the parties to the dispute had submitted their allegations and offered evidence to the court in small bits at a time. This may have been for tactical reasons, or because the facts and evidence did not arise all at once.

Brexit could impact bespoke derivatives trading documentation. And the possibility of dual compliance requirements will further add to transaction costs

The nation is the first European entity to tap the third-largest bond market in the world, setting the benchmark for others to follow