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English and US law have been key in shaping deal mechanics in the region. Understanding the main principles is crucial

Foifa Tharaphan Albert T Chandler On July 4 2016, the Secured Transactions Act came into force. Following this, the department of business development (DBD) launched the online system for registering business collateral agreements. The qualified security recipient must be a financial institution regulated by the Bank of Thailand. A draft of the ministerial regulation allowing additional types of qualified persons to be security recipients is now going through the legislation process.

Ha Hoang Loc Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong The Council of Justices of the Supreme People's Court has legal authority to select trial decisions and judgments from all courts which have taken legal effect in order to develop them into judicial case law. It can then publish this case law for the courts to apply in adjudicating subsequent cases.

Andrew M Garbarski Criminal liability of corporations entered into force in Switzerland in October 2003. However, except for the Swiss Post matter and certain other isolated cases, only a small number of prosecutions have been conducted against corporations so far, let alone resulted in their condemnation. But as evidenced by recent public announcements from the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland in connection with the so-called 1MDB scandal, the latest trend seems to be launching more systematically criminal investigations against corporations (such as financial institutions). This is particularly the case in matters relating to money laundering or corruption.

The political crisis following this month’s Italian referendum could have profound effects on the country’s bank reform

Unpredictability strikes back on the 2016 M&A market. IFLR1000’s annual rankings identify the law firms that have laid the foundations for next year’s deal activity

The EU’s new tools for winding down banks were tested for the first time in the Heta distressed debt restructuring. They prevented one Austrian province from becoming insolvent

New York state's proposed cyber security regulation for financial services companies is by far the most comprehensive set of digital security rules in the US. It has been met with scepticism by some though.

After months of speculation and uncertainty, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect is officially up and running. The scheme, which is the second of its kind, was officially launched on December 5, linking the two bourses for the first time since the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was opened in 1991. It will allow international and Hong Kong investors to trade in 881 Shenzhen-listed stocks up to a quota of RMB13 billion ($1.89 billion), while PRC investors will have access to 417 Hong Kong-listed stocks and be subject to a daily quota of RMB10.5 billion.

China has not yet issued formal guidance on foreign issuances on its onshore market