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Brigette Baillie, Herbert Smith Freehills Caroline Sherrell, White & Case In Paris the most notable appointment saw DECHERT hire leading M&A lawyer Laurent Faugerolas, who joined the US firm after a near-three year hiatus from legal practice. He left to establish a boutique M&A advisory consultancy firm in London, after spells at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

December 10 2015

Are advisors fiduciaries?

This latest instalment of Corporate Governance Quarterly looks at how US courts seem to be shifting to advisors responsibility for directors’ failure to fulfill their duty of care

David Bernstein, December 10 2015

Americas: One man’s financial stability...

So, which is it to be? Liquid bond markets or highly capitalised banks?

December 10 2015

Europe: Yuan’s gain is the euro’s loss

China's long battle to get the renminbi (RMB) included in the IMF's reserve currency basket has been well documented, right up to the point it achieved that goal on November 30. There is little doubt that the move will help pave the way for wider use of RMB globally.

December 10 2015

Editorial: Is public censure enough?

Here's a cheery Christmas quandary: would you rather be fined or publicly shamed? Back in November, the UK Takeover Panel publicly censured Credit Suisse, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Holman Fenwick Willan over the way they handled the 2010 creation of Bumi, a London-listed miner of Indonesian coal.

December 10 2015

Competition Law Forum highlights

Dawn raids are a gruelling experience, even for industry veterans. Thankfully, they are willing to share their tips on how to survive one

December 10 2015

#8 Africa will get its own brand of bonds

African eurobonds haven't built on 2013 and 2014's record volumes, but there are some other interesting developments at play. Most notably, a growing number of corporates are taking advantage of the yield curve set by sovereigns and are tapping the international investor base.

December 10 2015

#1 Basel’s clash with the CMU

While 2015 was the year securitisation came back into fashion – at least in the eyes of the European Commission (EC) – 2016 could be the year that reality bites and regulatory disconnects hit home.

December 10 2015

#7 Incremental opening of China’s onshore market

With the renminbi's (RMB) long-awaited inclusion in the IMF's basket of reserve currencies being announced on November 30, calls for greater clarity over rules governing foreign issuers accessing the onshore market is set to intensify.

December 10 2015

#11 Dual tracks will rule

The US market for initial public offerings (IPO) could go either way. But one thing is clear, dual tracks will increasingly become the rule rather than the exception – in both the US and Europe.

December 10 2015

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