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Guilain Hyppolyte Sonya Paul Ben Davis The Baltics has seen the creation of its latest alliance. Aivar Pilv in Estonia, Fogels Vītols & Paipa in Latvia and Balčiūnas & Grajauskas in Lithuania will rebrand as the LEADELL group of firms, known as Leadell Pilv in Estonia, Leadell Fogels Vitols & Paipa in Latvia and as Leadell Balčiūnas & Grajauskas in Lithuania.

Russel Rodriguez John Christian Joy Regalado The Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act of 2010 (FRIA) provides more transparent, effective and efficient dealings between creditors and financially-struggling debtors. According to FRIA, a debtor or creditor may initiate rehabilitation proceedings to restore an insolvent debtor to solvency when (1) this is economically feasible, and (2) the projected recovery under the rehabilitation plan would be greater if the debtor was allowed to continue its business than if it was constrained to cease operations and liquidate its assets.

The nation is the first European entity to tap the third-largest bond market in the world, setting the benchmark for others to follow

The lighter side of the past month in the world of financial law

Managers could benefit from the extension of the current EU passporting regime. Work is underway to develop a suitable regulatory framework

The EU’s delay of disclosure of inside information framework is similar to the one implemented in 2003. But its applicability in practice has raised some questions

In the second part of a three-part series, a senior lawyer at a US investment bank analyses divergent regimes in Hong Kong and Singapore

Loan asset holders are faced with risks when a distressed lender can’t meet its funding obligations. But there are ways to mitigate the dangers

James Sattin While this summer's grand inauguration of the expanded Panama Canal has rightfully taken centre stage in the conversation on Panama's role in facilitating international trade, other more subtle efforts by the government are also beginning to produce noteworthy results. In particular, in April Panama's legislature passed Law 8 of 2016, which, among other things, restructured the Colon Free Zone. This is a long-standing international free trade zone located in the city of Colon on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. Law 8 replaced the 68 year-old Law 18 of 1948, which was understandably in need of modernisation.

The Modi government has attempted to boost the country's corporate debt market but the potency of the new measures is unclear