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Jack Lange of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison assesses the effectiveness of recent guidance letters issued by the stock exchange on pre-IPO investments

Christoph Neeracher, Raoul Stocker and Charles Gschwind of Bär & Karrer assess the impact of recent legal and market developments in Switzerland, and future prospects

Despite doubts over how progressive the new Turkish Commercial Code will be, Duygu Turgut and Orçun Solak of Esin Attorney Partnership suggest it is still a step forward for the reemerging economy

The Financial Services Commission has recently issued special guidelines for professional directors, especially those sitting on multiple boards in the global business sphere. In addition to the fiduciary duties expected from directors, resident directors must demonstrate that they have sufficient time to prepare for and attend board meetings. Resident directors are also expected to have a reasonable number of directorships. Reasonableness will be judged on various factors including, but not limited to, the number of board meetings being held, categories of companies and staff supports available to the director.

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