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Guilain Hyppolyte Sonya Paul Ben Davis The Baltics has seen the creation of its latest alliance. Aivar Pilv in Estonia, Fogels Vītols & Paipa in Latvia and Balčiūnas & Grajauskas in Lithuania will rebrand as the LEADELL group of firms, known as Leadell Pilv in Estonia, Leadell Fogels Vitols & Paipa in Latvia and as Leadell Balčiūnas & Grajauskas in Lithuania.

In the second part of a three-part series, a senior lawyer at a US investment bank analyses divergent regimes in Hong Kong and Singapore

After months of speculation and indecision, China's State Council finally gave on July 18 its official backing for the planned revival of the debt-to-equity swap initiative which was last used in 1999. This was followed by a new document issued by the Council on August 22 urging non-financial enterprises, such as suppliers, to swap their accounts receivable for equity in their indebted clients.

Anheuser-Busch InBev landmark £79 billion takeover of UK rival SAB Miller could face some interesting times ahead, after the UK High Court ruled that two of the target's main shareholders had to be classed separately when voting on a scheme.

Keith Noreika The past month witnessed a bit of a slowdown in terms of lateral moves in the US. In contrast to the previous two months, there were no multi-partner jumps from one firm to another, and fewer partner moves overall.

Credit enhancement initiatives are restoring investor confidence, and helping boost infrastructure projects

Elias Neocleous In June 2016 the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) issued circular 143, which clarifies the effect of recent amendments to article 62 of the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law of 2007. Article 62 sets out the requirements regarding verifying the identity of clients and beneficial owners.

Oene Marseille Emir Nurmansyah The Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan, or OJK) is expected to release a circular letter abolishing the mandatory tender offer requirements for participants of the tax amnesty programme that buy or become the controller of more than 50% of the shares of a public company.

James Sattin While this summer's grand inauguration of the expanded Panama Canal has rightfully taken centre stage in the conversation on Panama's role in facilitating international trade, other more subtle efforts by the government are also beginning to produce noteworthy results. In particular, in April Panama's legislature passed Law 8 of 2016, which, among other things, restructured the Colon Free Zone. This is a long-standing international free trade zone located in the city of Colon on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. Law 8 replaced the 68 year-old Law 18 of 1948, which was understandably in need of modernisation.

A Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) report has highlighted risks stemming from post-crisis Basel reforms, suggesting a cost-benefit analysis of existing and proposed bank regulation.