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Mark Anthony Fraser and Stefano Pellegrino, Frasers Law Company

Takeshi Mukawa and Win Naing, MHM Yangon

Driss Bererhi, Allen & Overy

Ben Shorten and Jean-Louis Neves Mandelli, Shearman & Sterling

All the key takeaways from IFLR's January 23 London event in one place

Ahead of the curve A Malaysian company has issued the first sukuk backed by future payments made on real estate projects

The recent coming into effect of Mifid II is redefining how the sell and buy-sides deal with investment data

Brazilian law provides that foreigners can only acquire or lease rural properties if previously authorised by the National Institute of Rural Settlement and Agrarian Reform (INCRA). The same restrictions apply to foreign controlled Brazilian companies. The limitations were imposed on the premise that the acquisition or leasing of large rural areas by foreigners (directly or via local subsidiaries), mainly for agribusiness or mining activities, must be restricted to protect Brazilian sovereignty as regards the country's land and natural resources.

A new regulation in Colombia has the potential to dramatically improve the Colombian financing landscape. The Colombian Central Bank recently began allowing foreign entities to lend Colombian pesos to local entities. Before that, foreign loans could only be extended in foreign currency with the corresponding foreign exchange risk (subject to the ability of arraigning for peso-linked facilities).

US courts are progressively shifting their analysis to the process by which a transaction is approved, leaving behind fear of these investors' influence