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Norton Rose is preparing to increase its Chinese practice in 2002. The UK firm has just applied to the Chinese ministry of justice for a licence to practice in Beijing and also plans to return to Hong Kong next year, after its three-year exile comes to an end.

The European Securitization Forum (ESF) has outlined the need for regulatory harmonization to bring greater efficiency to the market. Speaking at the annual meeting of the International Council of Securities Associations, Tamara Adler, chair of the ESF, highlighted the goals of the group's proposed Framework for European Securitization.

Restructurings that involve either Chinese assets or Chinese joint venture partners can pose real problems for foreign creditors. Raymond Lau, Joe Bannister and John Banks of Lovells, Hong Kong, examine the options available, together with the various cross-border issues that will arise when trying to recover assets from China

Ofta wants tighter control of telecoms M&A in Hong Kong. In June, the Hong Kong government closed the consultation period on proposals to tighten the regulatory regime for M&A in the telecoms industry. Katie Elias of Simmons & Simmons, Hong Kong, reviews the proposals

The Argentine government has passed major legislation that it hopes will increase successful capital markets activity by offering greater investor protection and transparency. Javier Errecondo and Diego Salaverri of Bruchou, Fernández Madero, Lombardi & Mitrani, Buenos Aires, examine the new regime

Citigroup’s latest buy signals closer integration between the US and Mexico. With a new ruling party and a raft of pro-business reform measures in the pipeline, Mexico is attracting attention from growth-minded international corporations. Yet the legal market remains dominated by domestic firms. For now. Tom Nicholson reports

Many shareholders in US companies face obstacles in reaping the benefits of transactions such as mergers which increase the value of their stock. Mark Bergman, head of the securities group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, examines the implications of the often restrictive US securities laws

Later this year the EU is expected to pass legislation that will pave the way for the European Company, with far reaching implications for cross-border business in Europe. Jean-Louis Joris of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Brussels, looks at the challenges in drafting the law and the potential benefits for multinationals

In May, 12 years into negotiations to create an EU directive on takeovers, Germany suddenly got cold feet. Hartmut Krause of Allen & Overy, Frankfurt, discusses the compromise with the EU it has since won and how it can draft its own legislation to protect German companies from hostile international bids

Australian firm Clayton Utz has advised on the world's largest trade in carbon credits. The deal, completed in Sydney in early June, was struck between Japan's Cosmo Oil and Australian Plantation Timber, and involves the trade of one million CO2 tonnes over an 11-year term. The trading of carbon credits is not a well-established field. The Kyoto Protocol would have provided a framework for such trades but so far no developed nations have ratified the agreement and the withdrawal of US support is likely to bring about its complete collapse.