Search results for

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

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

A benchmark derivative deal has shown how Cambodian institutions can manage their currency risks. Here are the factors to consider

Vandana Shroff of Amarchand & Mangaldas explains the Indian securities regulator’s latest rules on M&A involving listed companies

Portability is proving just as difficult to holdback

Regulatory approvals and politics are just as hard to separate

How should banks’ CCP default fund exposures be calculated?

Matthieu Grollemund, Dechert Bernhard Gemmel, Bird & Bird One of Europe's biggest stories of the month was the hire by Romanian firm TUCA ZBARCEA & ASOCIATII of Musat & Asociatii co-managing partner Catalin Baiculescu. The move is surprising given Baiculescu spent 15 years at his former firm, and considering high-level partner hires in Romania are rare. In Italy the big news was WHITE & CASE'S further expansion of its debt capital markets offering with the hires of partner Paola Leocani, counsel Elena Radicella Chiaramonte, and their team from Allen & Overy. Since reopening its office in 2011, the firm has been making headway in the capital markets area having already picked up notable mandates including from the Italian state. The US firm was also active in Brussels, hiring Linklaters counsel Matthieu Duplat.

Which country's reputation has taken the biggest hit in business circles over recent years? Surely, the US is second to none. The once-undisputed financial superpower has suffered an unrivalled fall from grace. This past month, however, has provided some stark reminders that the US's legacy of global leadership and influence is difficult to erase.

Ahlibank has become the first Omani bank to roll out a Shariah-compliant fund, creating the only Omani fund focussed on the Middle East and North Africa. Here's how the bank launched the bellwether deal in the absence of a regulatory framework.