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Does Europe need value-based antitrust review?

Which revenues should trigger an antitrust filing? Talk of a new European Commission (EC) filing threshold based on transaction value has faced early pushback from industry and lawyers, warning it would muddy bright-line tests and add to today's web of merger approval processes.

Danielle Myles, April 20 2016

China’s NPL plans risks shifting burden

A plan to allow Chinese lenders to engage directly in debt-to-equity swaps to dispose of the country's $614 billion of bad loans has been met with scepticism.

April 20 2016

Asia-Pacific

PINSENT MASONS has moved to take a bigger stake in Australia's legal market just one year after opening. The UK firm has hired infrastructure specialist Margaret Cole from White & Case and partner Anthony Arrow from Allens.

April 20 2016

Americas

Scott Barshay Paul Downs Clearly the biggest move in the US last month was corporate partner Scott Barshay's departure from Cravath Swaine & Moore to PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON & GARRISON. Barshay joined the partnership in 1998 and has acted on significant matters such as the merger of Kraft and Heinz, and Anheuser-Busch InBev's acquisition of SABMiller.

April 20 2016

Brazil: Promoting investments

The Brazilian government has been promoting several measures to remove investment barriers and develop the country’s business environment

April 20 2016

Appeal of Madden: there is no free lunch

If a controversial ruling that jeopardises securitisation and loan sales isn’t reversed, US credit will become much more expensive. Squire Patton Boggs' Don Lamson explains why

April 20 2016

Bankers' poll: TLAC and the future of bank debt

The new capital regime could signal the death knell for G-Sib debt funding. European and North American bank counsel, treasurers and capital structurers spoke anonymously – and candidly – about TLAC's impact on their operations and bond markets. Opinions are divided on everything from timelines to investor appetite. But what's clear is that the regime will fundamentally change bank balance sheets

Danielle Myles, April 20 2016

Ireland: Market abuse rules

The 2014 EU Regulation on Market Abuse (MAR) and the 2014 EU Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Market Abuse (CSMAD) will come into force in EU member states, including Ireland, on July 3 2016

April 20 2016

Indonesia: Foreigners’ property rights

Late last year, President Joko Widodo’s administration issued a government regulation clarifying the rights of foreigners to own properties in Indonesia

April 20 2016

Panama: Aviation industry growth

Panama is enviably located at the heart of the Americas, and has enjoyed sustained growth over the last decade

April 20 2016

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