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The comment period for the first round of the US regulatory reduction review closes soon. But many are sceptical about its impact

Despite their popularity in Europe and the US, warranty and indemnity policies have failed to gain traction in Asia – even in riskier emerging jurisdictions

Corporate governance practices in South African have worsened over the past 12 months, according to an annual survey released last week

The Houston-based company's decision to abandon the MLP structure that it pioneered has sparked debate about its future

Corporate issuance has exploded this year. But can it become a mainstay of conventional finance?

Rodrigo Castelazo of Creel analyses recent reforms that promise to reduce the cost of doing business in Mexico

Limited recourse provisions don’t preclude an issuer from becoming insolvent. Slaughter and May's Sanjev Warna-Kula-Suriya and Eric Phillips analyse whether this is this a concern

Sidley Austin's Michael Sackheim, Ilya Beylin and Joseph Schwartz help international corporate groups navigate the maze of rules and exemptions under the CFTC swaps framework

Samuel Hong A number of recent privatisations in Malaysia have been proposed to be undertaken through selective capital reduction (SCR) exercises. The most recent example is the proposal by Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, to privatise Malaysian Airline System through an SCR. Under an SCR privatisation, an existing shareholder (acquirer) of a company (target) becomes the sole shareholder of the target under the selective cancellation of shares held by all shareholders other than the acquirer.

The Government of the Republic of Kenya has ratified the Double Taxation Treaty (DTA) with Mauritius through the publication of a legal notice in the Kenya Official Gazette on May 23 2014. The DTA will become effective on January 1 2015. It was signed on May 7 2012, together with an investment promotion and protection agreement (IPPA) and ratified by the Republic of Mauritius. This is a significant event, reinforcing the economic relationship between the economic powerhouses of east Africa.