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Small lenders have slammed new Basel proposals that could force them to hold five times as much capital as their bigger competitors. UK and German regulators are on their side

Some believe political meddling was the driver. Others say the review's remit was simply too broad

The continent’s bond markets have matured rapidly over the past three years. Here, White & Case lawyers' set-out why hybrid-style instruments could be their next incarnation

The EU's fragmented insolvency rules have many critics. But there's little consensus on whether the goal should be a single market, minimum standards, or something in between

Luis Gabriel Morcillo María Camila Ordoñez In November 2015, the Brazilian National Monetary Council issued Resolutions 4444 and 4449 with the goal of attracting investments from insurance and local reinsurance companies, pension funds and capitalisation companies (institutional investors) to infrastructure projects.

Beijing’s latest attempt at propping up the country’s plummeting stock markets lasted just seven days. Here's how it played out

Oene Marseille Emir Nurmansyah In response to Rupiah's rapid decline in value, the central bank of Indonesia, Bank Indonesia (BI), has issued a series of regulations requiring that certain documentation be produced in foreign exchange transactions against Rupiah above a certain threshold.

For US counsel mulling over how corporate equity markets will play out this year, front of mind is the question of whether 2015's disappointing initial public offering (IPO) activity will continue.

Olivier Vermeulen Gabrielle Wong Benjamin Büttner It has been a turbulent 12 months for the Baltics, and on January 1 there was yet another twist in the legal sector's tale. The remaining lawyers from Borenius – following the departure of a team of 13 in Lithuania to Sorainen in September – across all three countries broke their ties with the Helsinki-based firm and joined together with Cobalt. This created the largest Baltic firm by headcount – around 180 lawyers – and severed the final formal tie between a Nordic firm and the Baltics.

Jennifer Williams Corporate law firms have geared up for 2016 with intensive lateral hiring. The new year was young when PAUL HASTINGS announced it had lured partner and alternative lending specialist William Brady from Proskauer Rose in New York. Also in early January, DECHERT hired funds lawyer Timothy Spangler to its office in Orange County from Sidley Austin. Spangler, who held equivalent positions at Kaye Scholer, advises clients on the launch of hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, and funds of funds.