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Shareholder activists are gaining significant influence over the country’s listed companies. But it’s happening behind closed doors. Patrick Nordhues of Seitz analyses how

Representatives from the CMA and FCA discussed the market's changing competition landscape at a recent IFLR roundtable, hosted by Shearman & Sterling. Here are the highlights

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas's Ganesh Rao, Pallabi Ghosaland Ramola Nayanpally explain why the industry is still grappling with the extraterritorial reach of rules released last September

Elborne Mitchell's Ned Swan explains why Barclays’ recent penalty for manipulating the benchmark will be the first of many imposed on the banking sector

When General Electric announced it would be selling the bulk of its financing arm – GE Capital – in an attempt to avoid being labelled a systemically important financial institution (Sifi), many wondered where those assets would go. But as GE plans its escape from regulatory oversight, purchasers should, and in some cases are, strategising their entry into new business.

Many stores stayed open, despite the company’s bankruptcy RadioShack's global asset sale has demonstrated how a retail business can maintain operations throughout a bankruptcy process and avoid total liquidation. The US electronics company has sold the bulk of its assets, including stores and franchise agreements, and entered into a transitional agreement with the main acquirer General Wireless. On June 25, RadioShack representatives announced that the company had reached an agreement to liquidate its few remaining holdings.

More customised fundraising and increased regulation has led to longer, and highly negotiated side letters. Here are the six areas limited partners must focus on

Garuda Airlines has become the first Indonesian corporate issuer to tap the international Islamic finance market last month. More deals are expected.

Richard Levin Amy Leder The start of summer has been a time of change in the competitive offshore legal market. In the Cayman Islands, HARNEYS announced that Ian Gobin, a partner and former head of the investment funds practice at Appleby, will be moving over to the firm along with Matthew Taber and Jonathan Bernstein, who have worked with him as counsel and senior associate, respectively. Harneys made another major gain in the British Virgin Islands with the addition of offshore investments specialist Greg Boyd from Carey Olsen. In the US, SIDLEY AUSTIN has been expanding. In May, the firm opened its second Los Angeles office, in Century City. The firm appointed Daniel Clivner, head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's LA practice since 1998, as co-managing partner of the new office. Clivner is joined by Matthew Thompson, former M&A partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, and real-estate specialist Joel Rothstein from Paul Hastings.

The increasing number of data breaches has led to the growing promise of regulation. But national authorities need a benchmark