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The creation of Europe's second biggest telecommunications company sets a new benchmark for antitrust clearance in the region, and paves the way for more consolidation in this year's already busy telecom sector.

B y the time you read this, you'll be living in a single supervisory world. On November 4 the European Central Bank (ECB), under the auspices of its Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) will become fully responsible for 130 eurozone banks, and some non-eurozone member states too.

The definition of liquidity posited in a key piece of the post-crisis regulatory framework will not work for the swaps industry, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda).

Myanmar's first non-recourse financing involving international banks may open infrastructure financing in the frontier market.

In Slovakia, an employee may be obtained from another employer or temporary employment agency through what is called temporary assignment of employees. This is very popular, primarily due to the financial savings associated with payroll administration, and particularly the savings involved with the costs incurred in the event of a sudden drop in production. Another advantage is that job openings can be quickly filled by suitable employees. Also, in the event of a sudden drop in production the employee that was allocated can simply be returned, effectively terminating the employment relationship without the need for a notice period and without the obligation of paying severance to the employee.

Widespread defaults by Indian borrowers have prompted banks to find new ways to recover debt. Verus's Krishnayan Sen explains how they are invoking the RBI Master Circular

Jaime de la Torre On May 7 2013, the new alternative fixed-income securities market (MARF) was created in Spain through a resolution passed by the AIAF management company's board of directors (governing body). The MARF enables companies (whose circumstances prevent them from accessing official secondary markets) to obtain financing through the issue of fixed-income securities. The MARF is legally configured as a multilateral trading system, directed and managed by the governing body. The Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) supervises MARF's governing body.

Isil Ökten Mustafa Yigit Örnek The new Regulation on Undertaking of Liabilities by the Turkish Treasury (Regulation) entered into force on April 19 2014. It was based on article 8 (A) of the Law on the Regulation of Public Financing and Debt Management 4749 (Law 4749). This new Regulation provides that build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects, education projects through the build-lease-transfer model and public private partnership (PPP) projects in the health sector can benefit from the debt assumption undertaking. The scope of the debt assumption undertaking includes the partial or whole repayment of financial obligations of the project companies, including those arising from the principal loan provided for relevant investment and services and related derivative products. The debt assumption undertaking consists of: (i) the whole amount of financing costs; and (ii) (a) if the project agreement is terminated due to project company's fault, 85% and (b) if the project agreement is terminated due to reasons not attributable to the project company, 100% of the loan amount. The following conditions need to be met for the granting of a debt assumption undertaking:

James Roome, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Matthew Griffin, White & Case Karine Montagut, Norton Rose Fulbright Emilie Haroche, Herbert Smith Freehills Lionel Shawe, Allen & Overy

Regulatory burdens on Chinese outbound acquirers have been eased. It paves the way for a more balanced cross-border investment dynamic