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Counsel at a breakfast seminar hosted by TheCityUK in London last month lauded the Capital Markets Union (CMU) action plan, but lamented its failure to address cross-border shareholder voting.

An internationally universal approach to insolvency proceedings is still a distant illusion, according to panellists at the International Bar Association's annual conference in Vienna last month.

Jini Lee Linklaters' tough year failed to get any easier as it suffered another string of departures in Asia last month. Its Hong Kong office lost corporate partner Samantha Thompson who returned to London to take on an in-house role at PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PwC). The same department took another blow when US-qualified Jon Gray joined DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL in Tokyo. The New York-headquartered firm is re-emphasised its commitment to Japan.

The world should be watching China’s green bond experiment It's apt that green bonds originated in Sweden. An instrument that promotes climate-friendly investments by limiting the use of proceeds, and involves strict monitoring and reporting requirements – while having no immediate financial benefits over and above an ordinary corporate bond – could only be devised in a country that isn't battling more pressing, short-term issues. The Scandinavian utopia may be an inaccurate stereotype, but financial instability, poverty and geopolitical tensions are relatively low on its national agenda.

The UK's plans to ringfence its largest banks is looking like an expensive, and ultimately futile, exercise.

Every financial crisis seems to follow a similar pattern. After a long, hot bask in the sun, there comes the crash. Economic growth suffers. Businesses and households suffer. It's miserable. Everyone wants a return to growth.

Since the Capital Markets Union's action plan was released in late September, all talk has turned to unification and harmonisation. But for Europe's capital markets to unite in a truly meaningful way, there is far more work to be done. Surely the most pertinent of all is to agree on a uniform insolvency regime.

It’s a race against time to update documentation

Ahead of the anticipated lifting of economic sanctions against the country, Iran is testing the international financial community's appetite by issuing around 400 billion rials ($13.4 million) worth of short-term treasury bills.

For the third year in a row, the magic circle firm has been named international firm of the year at the annual ceremony