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  • Companies benefit from SEC emergency action
    Dozens of companies have taken advantage of temporary trading rules, introduced after the terrorist attacks on the US, to buy back their own shares.
    September 30, 2001
  • Chile
    Chilean laws have been enacted primarily to attract and foster foreign investment. Chile's government and its agencies generally show a favourable attitude towards foreign investment, whether in the form of equity, loans or technology.
    September 30, 2001
  • Secrecy and Basle to top IBA agenda
    Hendrick Haag, Hengeler Mueller partner and co-chair of Committee E (Banking Law), looks at the topics his panel will be covering at this month’s IBA conference in Cancun.
    September 30, 2001
  • United Kingdom
    The new regime under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 will come into force at midnight on November 30 2001 (N2). With this in mind, authorized firms and individuals will need to be familiar and prepare for the grandfathering and transitional provisions that will be effective as of that date.
    September 30, 2001
  • US attacks herald shift in regulatory policy
    Shortly after the terrorist attacks on the US, the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Grasso, and the top US financial regulator, Harvey Pitt, came together to reassure the world's markets. The united display was intended as a signal that Washington would work with Wall Street to get the financial industry back on its feet as soon as possible.
    September 30, 2001
  • Hong Kong
    The downward slide of technology stock prices worldwide continues to concern companies wishing to list shares on Hong Kong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). With a view to maintaining Hong Kong's prime competitive position, a joint announcement by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on proposed amendments to the GEM Listing Rules was issued on July 27 2001 with the following notable highlights:
    September 30, 2001
  • Simmons Tokyo JV may spark merger mania
    Simmons & Simmons has become the first UK firm to offer full-service advice on Japanese law. Simmons has teamed up with TMI Associates, a respected firm that was created in 1990 as a breakaway from Nishimura's intellectual property practice, and has since expanded to cover general corporate work.
    September 30, 2001
  • Why UK securitization is under threat
    At a time when the UK economy needs every trick in the book to stay healthy, a weakened securitization market would be a serious blow. In this month’s IFLR, Ian Field and Jennifer Marshall of Allen & Overy, London, argue that just such a blow could be about to land. The proposed UK law on insolvency will, they say, create confusion over the right of secured creditors in structured finance issues to appoint a receiver. Without this, such deals would become almost impossible
    September 30, 2001
  • Clifford Chance partner to lead Mayer Brown’s German banking charge
    Mayer, Brown & Platt is set poach three partners from its German rivals, after taking its new banking and finance head from Clifford Chance Pünder.
    September 30, 2001
  • China bans CSFB over Taiwan link
    The Beijing government has banned Credit Suisse First Boston from doing business deals in China, reportedly because conferences hosted by the bank were attended by Taiwanese officials, according to a report from Reuters.
    September 30, 2001
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