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  • Hong Kong's financial institutions face up to equality
    Hong Kong's securities and futures industry will soon be regulated by a single piece of legislation, designed to level the playing field between financial institutions. Simon Berry and Jill Wong of Allen & Overy report
    June 30 2002
  • Regulatory conflicts in German-US tender offers
    Companies contemplating a German acquisition with US shareholders could face conflicts between German and US tender offer rules. By Christian Nahr of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
    June 30 2002
  • EU judgment ends state protection from takeovers
    National governments have long held special rights allowing them to block takeovers of state-favoured companies. But new rulings from the European Court of Justice could make such holdings illegal. By Vincent Brophy of Linklaters
    June 30 2002
  • Why regulation cannot solve the US energy crisis
    Politicians are pointing to deregulation of the trading in energy derivatives as the failure behind the California energy crisis. Not true, says Philip McBride Johnson of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    June 30 2002
  • Cutting edge close-up: How HMV untangled its capital structure
    In May of this year HMV enlivened the otherwise moribund UK equity market with its flotation. Before the company’s admission a rationalization of its complex multi-tiered capital structure was required. By James Cole of Shearman & Sterling
    June 30 2002
  • Italy
    Commodity swaps in Italy are classified as financial instruments as are equity, currency and interest rate swaps. This is pursuant to article 1, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree No 58 of the Consolidated Law on Financial Intermediation (February 24 1998). According to the public authority responsible for regulating the Italian securities market (Consob) trading in commodity swaps can be considered an investment service as defined in article 1, paragraph 5 of the same Decree.
    June 30 2002
  • Germany
    By handing down three decisions on voting-right limitations for privatized companies, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has made a sophisticated judgment of special voting rights in the proceedings brought by the EU Commission.
    June 30 2002
  • Finland
    A direct link (e-link) between the central securities depositories of Finland and Sweden was opened on June 3 2002. The Finnish Central Securities Depository has similar links with Germany, France and the Netherlands and a link to Switzerland through Germany.
    June 30 2002
  • Japan
    This year, many significant amendments have been made to the Commercial Code. The latest amendments were promulgated on May 29 2002 and will take effect sometime within a year after this date. One of the amendments will allow class voting for the election of directors.
    June 30 2002
  • Eastern promise poses dilemma for Austrian firms
    Austria has always had closer ties with eastern Europe than many of its fellow EU members. But these links are forcing Austria’s law firms to make a difficult choice between east and west. Michael Evans reports
    June 30 2002
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