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The new structure of the Norwegian state’s interests on the Norwegian continental shelf By Rune Solberg of Thommessen Krefting Greve Lund, Oslo

Iceland: corporate finance and banking By Jakob Möller of LOGOS Legal Services

Cross-border electricity markets – the Nordic model By Torbjørn Mæland, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS, Norway

Telecommunications market: a case study By Marjo Ojala of Ernst & Young

The Finnish securities market regulations to be revised By Tarja Wist and Irina Mikkola of Waselius & Wist

Company legislation and tax planning opportunities By Bjarnfredur Olafsson of Tax.is Law Office – a part of the Ernst & Young Law Alliance

The Finnish banking sector By Ari Kaarakainen of Attorneys at Law Borenius & Kemppinen

Claus Thorball is Head of Member Relations at the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and chairman of the Norex Exchanges' Norex Member Rules Group. He is educated as a lawyer from the University of Copenhagen from 1993 and has prior experience from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.

French boutique firm Bredin Prat has poached a senior partner from the breakaway Paris arm of Dutch firm Stibbe. Stibbe Paris is in merger talks with US firm Latham & Watkins. Competition specialist Hughes Calvet is to join the French mergers and acquisitions boutique in September, ending a seven-year tenancy at Stibbe. Calvet says his decision was not connected to Stibbe's talks with Latham & Watkins and that Bredin Prat was simply better suited to his area of practice. "Joining a firm like Bredin Prat would be a positive prospect for any lawyer in Paris," he says. "I think there is room for a boutique firm that focuses on top end work."

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy last month secured the services of a combined six new partners from US competitors. The new arrivals will boost the UK firms' New York offices and are another warning to US firms that the magic circle mean business. Allen & Overy has launched a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practice in New York after raiding US rivals to hire four partners and a senior associate.