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Allen & Gledhill has advised the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) on the bank's first synthetic securitization, backed by a $2.8 billion corporate loan portfolio.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority recently issued a draft prudential standard for Authorized Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs), together with a draft guidance note. These measures aim to ensure that ADI outsourcing arrangements are subject to appropriate due diligence and continuous monitoring.

Maheen Pfeffer of Afridi Angell & Khan, Islamabad, assess the prospects for foreign investment and growth in the power industry

In the second of a three-part series, Philip Gilligan and John Banks of Lovells, Hong Kong, explain the key issues to be considered when planning to buy a bank in Asia

The sharp contraction in US consumer spending has had a nasty knock-on effect in developing economies, leaving many companies needing to restructure their debt to survive. Neil Whoriskey of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Hong Kong, gives an invaluable guide to successful restructuring and avoiding the many pitfalls it poses to companies

Under Law No19,601 enacted on January 18 1999, a public offering of offshore securities or securities deposit receipts (SDRs) can only take place in Chile if they have been previously registered in the Special Registry of Offshore Securities (ROS) kept by the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (the SVS).

Like in many other European countries, Belgian companies have recently been setting up captive reinsurance companies in Luxembourg or Ireland to avoid or reduce taxes.

France’s powerful stock exchange regulator has taken the markets by storm over the last year targeting, among other things, underwriter liability and disclosure rules. Thomas Williams talks to COB legal director Florence Roussel about her role in a regulatory revolution

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton has acted as US and Russian counsel on a $227 million offering for Russian dairy products and juice company Wimm-Bill-Dann.

Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy have acted on the SFr 580 million ($342 million) management buy-out of the Swiss airport company Swissport International. European buy-out specialist Candover has bought the company from the bankrupt Swiss airline SwissAir. Clifford Chance partners David Pearson and Ian Bagshaw led the team advising Candover, while Allen & Overy banking partner Jacqueline Evans and corporate partner Jeremy Hunt advised Royal Bank of Scotland, the leader of a syndicate of five banks including ING, West LB, HypoVereinsbank and HBOS.