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André Figueiredo, PLMJ Jesús Mardomingo, Dentons The clear trend in late April and early May among US firms in the UK and Brussels lateral hire markets was a desire to add competition capacity. MAYER BROWN was one of the first to move, hiring Berwin Leighton Paisner's EU competition head David Harrison to co-head its own team in the area. He had been with BLP for 10 years. Mayer Brown also suffered a loss as GREENBERG TRAURIG MAHER announced its hire of the firm's London head of antitrust and competition Gillian Sproul, who had been with the firm since moving from Dentons in 2005. JONES DAY looked to boost its Brussels team with the addition of Philipp Werner from US rival McDermott Will & Emery. A state aid specialist, Werner acts on EU and German competition law matters.

A scheme based on the mutual recognition of PRC and Hong Kong funds has recently been announced

Following a period of public consultations dating back to November 2011, the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) issued a new ruling dealing with the professional management and administration of securities portfolios

On May 5 2015 the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (SFSC) decided on a leading case relating to the reclaim of Swiss withholding tax (WHT) on Swiss dividend distributions

Last year saw hybrids come back with a bang. Cleary Gottlieb's Sui-Jim Ho looks at whether investors are cognisant of the risks and tradeoffs

The Volcker rule is coming. European and North American bank counsel speak anonymously – and candidly – about how they plan to comply with its covered fund provisions

Mayer Brown's Richard Todd explains why European reforms aimed at improving securitisation transparency could impose unnecessary disclosure requirements on non-public and bilateral transactions

Allen & Overy's Bernd Geier and Goldman Sachs' Stephan Funck explain why regulatory capital's treatment complicates issuers’ modelling of conversion and write-down mechanisms

The country's new regulations came into force on May 15. Their stricter approach will boost market integrity, but may have an adverse effect on deal-making

The IFC’s new national code looks to improve on the country’s previous light touch approach to corporate governance