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The deal, team and individual nominees for this year's expanded awards

To Citi, the in-house legal role is more critical than ever. The team adds value by understanding the legal, political and regulatory environment and working closely with the risk organisation.

The regulatory heads of Europe and the US’s private equity associations go head-to-head on the most pressing topics facing the industry today

Gözde Kayacik Convertible bonds are a type of bond regulated under the Communiqué Regarding Debt Securities (II-31.1) published in the Official Gazette on June 7 2013, and numbered 28670. This bond has a hybrid nature, which is a combination of an ordinary bond and a warrant. It grants the holder the right to convert the bond into a number of shares in the issuer company either by means of capital increase (contribution), or by converting them into other issuer shares. According to the Communiqué:

Korean banks are generally well capitalised, but it is feared that the implementation of Basel III later this year will rein in their growth.

An analysis of recent corporate scandals reveals the solution to China’s agency problem

The lighter side of the past month in the world of financial law

Since 2006, Thailand has approved policies to promote the purchase of power from projects using renewable energy. The 2009 National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) approved additional tariff adders for certain categories of alternative energy, including solar power.

Mats Sacklén, Baker &?McKenzie Jorge Bleck, Vieira de Almeida &?Associados The most prominent of London's moves last month saw JONES DAY capture Raymond McKeeve, Berwin Leighton Paisner's global head of private equity. McKeeve had reportedly also been in talks with another firm. SQUIRE SANDERS also secured a significant in the form of Addleshaw Goddard's head of structured finance Mark Thomas. Elsewhere in the City, KING & SPALDING expanded its London offering by establishing a financial services regulatory practice with the arrival of Mayer Brown partner Angela Hayes. US firm BRYAN CAVE brought transactional partner Dan Larkin on board from Dentons, while Stephenson Harwood lost financial and regulatory partner Charlotte Hill to COVINGTON & BURLING.

Limited partners’ greater leverage will divide the market in two