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  • Afme has published a new model clause to help banks to comply with BRRD bail-in rules in non-EU jurisdictions, but concerns remain
  • As regulatory capital requirements take their toll, fewer banks are interested in transactions with low participation rates
  • Purchasers face some tough challenges in the prevailing sellers' market. Hengeler Mueller's Hans-Jörg Ziegenhain and Daniel Wiegand explain how they should manage their potential exposures
  • Junior noteholders are replacing special servicers to take control of workout situations. Paul Hastings' Conor Downey and Stephen Parker analyse this uneasy dynamic in distressed deals
  • The nominees for the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2015 have been released. Winners will be announced at the November 11 ceremony in Hong Kong
  • Volatility and a lack of liquidity in Aim-listed stocks has sparked growing interest in UK Pipes [private investment in public equity]. But deals today may not be indicative of a long-term trend.
  • The Association for Financial Markets in Europe's (Afme) report for the second quarter has shown that banks are making strong advances in their Basel III implementation. Between December 2013 and June 2015, 14 EU global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) increased their Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratios from 10.8% to 11.9% on a phased-in basis, and from 10.2% to 11.6% on an end-point basis.
  • US banks have too many A study by the New York Federal Reserve has revealed growing complexity in the way banks maintain foreign subsidiaries, but not a corresponding increase in risk. The number of legal layers between a bank subsidiary and its top holder has expanded from three in the 1990 to an average of five in 2014. According to data from the National Information Center (NIC), the largest separation between a US bank and a bank subsidiary was 16 layers, and 19 for a non-bank subsidiary.
  • Construction company OAS is the first to take full advantage of the Brazil's restructuring law, which was passed 10 years ago, by securing debtor in possession (Dip) financing. After several appeals and an injunction, an appeals court last month confirmed a lower ruling approving the financing.
  • In China, Beijing-based HAN KUN raided AllBright's Shanghai head office for a team of eight partners and 10 other lawyers to expand in the commercial hub. Corporate partner David Tang leads the departing team alongside banking and finance partner James Miao and corporate partners Michael Mao, Li Jun, and Zhu Min.