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  • Richard Parolai and Michael Elland-Goldsmith of Clifford Chance, Paris, advisers to CSFB
  • Yusaku Ono of Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo discusses the new tax laws for Japanese issues and the IPMA operating manual which aims to ease market compliance
  • Globalization has finally hit legal services with a series of cross-border mergers and alliances in 1998. Paul Lee analyzes this year’s gathering of statistics on the world’s 50 largest law firms – the IFLR 50 – and identifies the firms spearheading international growth
  • Goldman Sachs’ strategy for Shell — to obtain funding at the lowest cost through currency swaps — has failed so far before the Canadian courts. Ron Schlumpf of CIBC Wood Gundy, Toronto explains the regulatory risks of derivatives
  • Two recent cases have considered the scope of two types of provision commonly found in loan agreements, bond and other debt instruments.
  • The Commission has proposed a Directive to establish a clear regulatory framework for the distance-selling of financial services within the single market.
  • Under a government decree (finance ministry, April 13 1998) a commission has been created to prepare a report on the status of Portuguese international tax laws. The report will:
  • On October 1 1998, the Spanish parliament passed a law amending the Securities' Market Law and modifying various other aspects of Spanish securities market-related laws. Among the main features of this new law are the following:
  • Banking confidentiality in Poland is regulated by the Banking Act of 1997. Generally it is based on the rather restrictive French model, however, the legislators have used their own construction in the wording of the legislation. Polish confidentiality regulations are within the bounds of the EU's legal framework and the requirements set for OECD members.
  • Stock exchange equity transactions are settled through a complex procedure, the first stage taking place within the relevant regulated market, and the second stage performed by the clearing houses managed by the Bank of Italy.