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According to reports, Houston-based Andrews Kurth Kenyon and Virginia-based Hunton & Williams are discussing merging practices.

IFLR talks to Therium co-founder and director Neil Purslow about the rise of third party litigation financing in the financial sector, and how the market is expected to evolve in the next few years

As these loans become ever more popular in Europe, capital providers need enhanced creditor protections to manage any potential downside

China is burying itself under a mountain of debt

The Commission: bringing up the walls with EU rulemaking

As far back as 1987, through the 2008 financial crisis and on to this very month, the concept of integrating the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) has been an ongoing discussion that has neither gained steam nor gone away. The US is unusual in having a financial regulatory system that has evolved organically, and equally unusual it has distinct agencies that regulate the securities and derivatives spaces.

There has been a continuing shift in the Philippine intellectual property (IP) landscape, beginning with the passage of the Intellectual Property Code (IP Code) in 1997. Coming into effect in 1998, the IP Code resulted in the harmonisation of Philippine IP laws with international standards. In 2014, due to the strengthening of IP enforcement activities, the Philippines was removed from the USTR Special 301 Report, a yearly report released by the US which assesses the level of IP rights protection and enforcement provided by countries with which it has commercial activity. The fact that the Philippines has remained outside the watch list for four years now proves its commitment to sustaining its intellectual property reform. Now, the government's objective is to develop IP as a catalyst for economic development.

The global economy is moving away from fossil fuels. But markets could be in for a shock when the well runs dry

Hew Kian Heong Michelle Li In China, Herbert Smith Freehills hired three new projects partners from Pinsent Masons. This closely followed the ending of the alliance between Pinsents and Chinese firm Hesen Law Firm.

On August 30 2017, the Brazilian Central Bank released Public Consultation 55/2017, which proposes the regulation of certain types of credit transactions carried out exclusively via electronic lending platforms. The proposed regulation fits in with the trend for the Brazilian authorities to stimulate financial inclusion through the regulation of mobile payment tools, credit unions and equity crowdfunding. It also follows the regulatory template of other markets such as the UK – a regulatory sandbox safe house, where rules become more stringent as the entity grows.