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Daniel Futej Rudolf Sivak Radka Gerzova Recently, two amendments were passed introducing novelties into the public procurement process in Slovakia. The changes do not enter into force at once, but will take effect gradually up to January 1 2014; however, most of the changes will already be effective as of July 1 2013. A new obligation to use an electronic auction by respective authority will apply only to goods which are readily available on the market. As regards other goods, services and construction works, it will be up to the authority whether it will use an electronic auction. It is not clear what criteria should be used when the authority is deciding whether or not it will use an electronic auction.

Lawyers organising this year's Inter-Pacific Bar Association's annual meeting and conference in Seoul played off the success of K-pop star Psy's viral 'Gangnam Style', making a hilarious 'Lawyer Style' parody that premiered at the conference's cocktail opening.

After five years of severe recession and price adjustments to real-estate assets in Spain, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. This good news in the Spanish real estate market is largely due to key structural modifications that should help the cycle change and increase the appetite of international investors.

Managing director Clare Dawson explains the ins and outs of the Association’s new suite of developing market loan documentation

Focus Media’s debt financing package serves as a precedent for acquisition financing in the region, just as the market gathers steam. Here’s why

With growth across the continent at a standstill, the market’s focus is on developing non-bank alternatives to channel funds to where they’re needed most

On the face of its liberal regulations, the South East Asian nation’s financial sector looks open to investment. But nationalistic sentiments is proving a real threat

For the last 12 months, Asian market participants have voiced their opinions – mostly negative – about the cross-border reach of the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) plan to regulate the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market. Now, however, the extraterritorial provisions of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir) suddenly seem much more threatening.

Portability is proving just as difficult to holdback

Regulatory approvals and politics are just as hard to separate