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

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

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

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.

Rodrigo de Campos Vieira Ricardo Mastropasqua On June 25 2014, the Brazilian Exchange Securities Commission (CVM) issued CVM Instruction 549. This instruction partially amends CVM Instruction 409, which governs the organisation, management, operation, and disclosure of information regarding investment funds in Brazil and also creates the Share Investment Funds – Access Market, or FMA (Fundo de Investimento em Ações – Mercado de Acesso). The creation of the FMA is the result of the CVM's efforts to improve the Brazilian regulatory environment for smaller companies, enabling them to access capital markets and finance themselves by means of public offerings of shares. The FMA has features aimed at allowing investors to participate in the transition process from the pre- to post-initial public offering phases.

Elias Neocleous The Law Regulating Companies Providing Administrative Services and Related Matters of 2012 (ASP Law) transposed the provisions of Directive 2005/60/EC into national law and provided Cyprus with an effective regulatory framework. A number of practical issues and uncertainties have emerged since the law took effect. Following discussions between various stakeholders and the regulatory bodies concerned (the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, the Cyprus Bar Association and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus), the Law Regulating Companies Providing Administrative Services and Related Matters (Amendment) was enacted in July 2014 to resolve these issues.

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

High profile developments in schemes of arrangement have masked the emergence of another important trend: the gradual erosion of a dissenting creditor’s ability to block a scheme