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Regulators are becoming more open to private equity investing in financial institutions. But as Freshfields' David Higgins, Sarah-Jane Mulryan and Emma Rachmaninov explain, successful investments require navigation of the complex regulatory landscape

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas's Ganesh Rao, Pallabi Ghosaland Ramola Nayanpally explain why the industry is still grappling with the extraterritorial reach of rules released last September

A couple of months ago, the debate on the control of mergers and acquisitions sparked into life again

Many stores stayed open, despite the company’s bankruptcy RadioShack's global asset sale has demonstrated how a retail business can maintain operations throughout a bankruptcy process and avoid total liquidation. The US electronics company has sold the bulk of its assets, including stores and franchise agreements, and entered into a transitional agreement with the main acquirer General Wireless. On June 25, RadioShack representatives announced that the company had reached an agreement to liquidate its few remaining holdings.

Repo and the Capital Markets Union dominated debate at last month’s industry event. Here are the highlights

Both public-private partnerships and tax-exempt financing have the potential to improve US infrastructure. Pillsbury's Richard Epling, Peter Baumgaertner and Matthew Oliver explain why it’s difficult to benefit from both

When General Electric announced it would be selling the bulk of its financing arm – GE Capital – in an attempt to avoid being labelled a systemically important financial institution (Sifi), many wondered where those assets would go. But as GE plans its escape from regulatory oversight, purchasers should, and in some cases are, strategising their entry into new business.

Richard Levin Amy Leder The start of summer has been a time of change in the competitive offshore legal market. In the Cayman Islands, HARNEYS announced that Ian Gobin, a partner and former head of the investment funds practice at Appleby, will be moving over to the firm along with Matthew Taber and Jonathan Bernstein, who have worked with him as counsel and senior associate, respectively. Harneys made another major gain in the British Virgin Islands with the addition of offshore investments specialist Greg Boyd from Carey Olsen. In the US, SIDLEY AUSTIN has been expanding. In May, the firm opened its second Los Angeles office, in Century City. The firm appointed Daniel Clivner, head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's LA practice since 1998, as co-managing partner of the new office. Clivner is joined by Matthew Thompson, former M&A partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, and real-estate specialist Joel Rothstein from Paul Hastings.

The European Parliament must vote through the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the Commission's watered down investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism.

Following Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson's decision to withdraw from Asia, firms have taken the opportunity to look at the firm's partnership. K&L GATES is the latest, bringing on board Carolyn Sng, one of Fried Frank's last two Asia-based partners.