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ICMA explains how it is coordinating a wide industry effort to promote the emergence of a pan-European market

The country aims to pass a casino law to boost tourism opportunities ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Masayuki Fukuda of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu explains how

Activism and engagement have long outlived the shareholder spring of 2012. Skadden's Scott Hopkins and Lorenzo Corte explain why UK boards must prepare to become more responsive

As the debt saga continues, attention has turned to its ramifications for future bond offerings and restructures

BA-HR's Richard Sjøqvist analyses the rapid expansion of Norway’s high-yield market, which is paving the way for a single Nordic capital market

Private equity has driven the continent's leveraged finance market. But as explained by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Daniel French, US investors will be crucial to its further growth

Décret Alstom reinforces France’s control over inbound foreign investment. Despite its dubious motivations, the European Commission has approved the reform

The European Commission wants powers to intervene in minority acquisitions. Linklaters' Jonas Koponen and Isabel Rooms analyse the proposals

In this latest installment, K&L Gates' David Bernstein explains why most stockholders of public companies are temporary investors, not owners

Jenny Sheng, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Dean Collins, Dechert Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw pittman has hired corporate partners David Livdahl and Jenny Sheng – alongside three associates – from Paul Hastings to open an office in Beijing, its second in China. Sheng's strengths are in PRC law, real estate, and private equity. Livdahl was the chair of his former firm in Beijing and is strong in cross-border M&A in the industrial sector. The new office will focus on foreign investment in China and will advise Chinese clients on investments abroad. Australia's fluid and unsettled market continues to create some notable movements. MCCULLOUGH ROBERTSON'S Sydney office hired Adam Wallwork – a PPP, infrastructure, resources and power expert – from King & Wood Mallesons.