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Better disclosure and more transparent board selection would help improve corporate governance in Asia’s capital markets, according to industry participants

Isda's call for mandatory stress tests for clearing houses has been greeted with scepticism by some market participants

Companies seeking merger approval from the new UK Competition and Markets Authority must prepare for a time-consuming process, with early involvement from competition counsel

A multilateral legal framework for restructuring sovereign debt has been put back on the table. Steven Schwarcz explains why, despite objections, it could be the best suggestion yet

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Indian issuers are selling securities without consulting their lenders. Herbert Smith Freehills' Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan and Gareth Deiner explain it may make underwriters liable for tort

M&A is back with a bang. As always, IFLR1000’s annual rankings identify the law firms that are shaping the markets to watch

Damien Roberts, Herbert Smith Freehills Chin Chuan Chen, Ashurst Lynia Lau, Stephenson Harwood HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS (HSF) was active last month, securing a string of hires across the region. Ashurst, meanwhile, has been on the receiving end. HSF raided the silver circle firm in Australia for corporate partner Ian Williams, who will be based in Brisbane, and competition head Liza Carver, who will be based in Sydney. The firm also lost energy and mining expert Damien Roberts to HSF's Tokyo office. ASHURST struck back by adding a new finance partner in Singapore and Beijing to help craft itself a broader strategy in the Chinese market. Chin Chuan Chen joins the firm from Clifford Chance.

Ananda Radhakrishnan, Norton Rose Fulbright Andrew Smith, Covington & Burling Emil Infante, DLA Piper In New York, KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN lured M&A and capital markets partner S Ward Atterbury from White & Case. Known for having worked on Visa's $17.9 billion floatation in 2008, Atterbury regularly advises lenders and borrowers on credit agreements and convertible notes. Another notable move in New York came in the form of SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL'S hire of special counsel Frank Steinherr from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. In the restructuring space, BLANK ROME lured Rick Antonoff from Clifford Chance to its office in Manhattan. Antonoff's creditor-focussed restructuring practice counts American Airlines, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arcapita among its clients. WILLIAMS MULLEN added Philip Kennedy as a business and corporate partner in its Raleigh, North Carolina, office. A former in-house counsel at Xerium Technologies, he advises clients on M&A, financings, strategic planning, and regulatory compliance.

In the UK the most notable moves came at KING & SPALDING, which hired two US qualified securities partners to expand its capital markets team in the City. Markus Bauman joined from Latham & Watkins while Tom O'Neill had previously practiced at Linklaters. Both partners act on debt and equity matters including IPOs, rights offerings, investment and high-yield bonds, and block trades.