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By Miguel Angel Quintana of Noriega y Escobedo

By B Kunth and W Gruber of Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber, Düsseldorf

By Jan Waselius & Mikko Eerola of Waselius & Wist, Helsinki

By Chris Fonteijn and Reijnoud Homveld of Nauta Dutilh, Rotterdam

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signaled that a degree of confidence in Russian industry may be returning by signing its largest loan to a Russian company since 1993. If the signals are correct, law firms will want to be well placed to take advantage of the returning work. For this transaction, White & Case and Allen & Overy have secured the mandates.

Clyde & Co appoints new partners

India’s Information Technology Bill is its first attempt to regulate e-commerce. Aparna Viswanathan of Viswanathan & Co, Advocates, asks whether the Bill eases the transition from a paper-based system to electronic commerce

Philip McBride Johnson of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom looks at themove of the US futures markets towards electronic trading and argues that the implications for self-regulation are wider than have been recognized so far

As companies receive the new Purple Book from the FSA, Andrew Rosling of Theodore Goddard, London looks at the new regime for securities listing in the UK and assesses its likely implications

E-commerce — Irish Senate approves Electronic Commerce Bill 2000 The determination of the Irish government to ensure that Ireland is well positioned to act as a hub for e-commerce business was evidenced in the publication on April 7 of the Electronic Commerce Bill 2000 (the eBill). The government has announced its intention to fast track the eBill through the legislative process with the intention of its becoming law as soon as possible. The eBill made swift progress through the Irish Senate which passed the eBill on April 19. It is expected to receive its next reading in the Irish parliament on May 23.