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Volker Potthoff, general counsel to the Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt, talks to Graham Field

The latest gradual steps to a free foreign exchange regime in China will be of significant benefit to foreign investment enterprises there. By Guanxi Zheng of Stikeman, Elliott, Hong Kong

Accompanying the International Financial Law Review 50 table of the world’s largest law firms are new tables on the financial health of the most and least international firms. Paul Lee provides comfort to those fighting to become more international

An increasingly global derivatives market, in which crises always have international effects, requires a global, comprehensive regulatory regime. Eric Bettelheim of Mayer, Brown & Platt, London reports on the first steps

New York-based LeBouef, Lamb, Greene & MacRae has appointed Jude Kearney a partner in the firm's Washington DC office. Kearney was formerly deputy assistant secretary for Service Industries and Finance at the US Department of Commerce. He specializes in international trade and project finance matters and works extensively with the insurance industry on issues of its access to, licensing by and investment in foreign markets.

In one of the most significant moves in the expansion of the legal networks of the big six, Ramon Lladó, managing partner with Madrid-based J&A Garrigues, has confirmed that the firm is in merger talks with Spanish legal firm Arthur Andersen ALT.

In the second of two articles, Tim Soutar and Judith Hanson, of Clifford Chance, Hong Kong, continue their discussion of the role played by Asian governments in developing independent power sectors

US Supreme Court limits punitive damages

In June 1996, the Securities Committee of China's State Council issued a notice on the recommendation of the fourth batch of mainland enterprises for overseas listings. What is new is the degree of participation it allows foreign investment bankers in selecting prospective listing candidates. The submission of an analytical report prepared by the underwriter on the reorganization and listing prospects of the recommended enterprise is now required. Thus foreign investment bankers will be involved in the early stages of the screening process.

The Commission published a preliminary draft Notice on September 10 on cooperation between national competition authorities and the Commission in cases falling within Articles 85 and 86 of the EU Treaty.