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Where BITs belong? Political instability is slowing investment into Africa's most promising markets and bilateral investment treaties (BIT) are doing little to ease concerns, according to the general counsel of a global conglomerate. The market is, however, working to address more tangible macro risks such as regime change and government intervention.

Banks may be forced to rethink their internal models for valuing complex assets as regulators seek greater comparability across products and financial institutions.

India’s budget is only the beginning of some much-needed reforms

Regulators' desire for greater market disclosure seems to intensify every year. More data, be it for the benefit of investors or the regulators themselves, seems to be viewed as a key way to prevent the errors of years gone by. On paper, it's a view that's hard to argue against. Transparency should enable better buyside decisions, greater market oversight, and more self-imposed discipline by those who may have been tempted to game the system. In reality, the obvious downside is the massive expense – to be borne by the industry alone – of setting up the necessary compliance, record-keeping and data-gathering systems.

Stephanie Tang Dacheng's historic tie-up with Dentons started 2015 as a year for PRC firms to make global inroads. Yet the past month has been one for international names to move ever closer to China. JONES DAY brought in former China National Development and Reform Commission official Xue Qiang to its antitrust and competition law practice in Beijing. Meanwhile SHEARMAN & STERLING boosted its M&A practice with the addition of Stephanie Tang who joined the firm's China M&A group from Kirkland & Ellis. In Hong Kong FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER poached magic circle rival Linklaters' Asia-based US securities head David Ludwick. DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON welcomed Herbert Smith Freehills' former Asia managing partner Mark Johnson to boost its white-collar crime and regulatory offering in the region.

Foreign investment is the last piece of the Reit puzzle

Y Shukie Grossman

Damien Roberts Marcell Németh Ana García Vinicio Trombetti

The non-recourse financing of Deepwater Wind Block Island has caught the attention of other sponsors who are keen to tap the nascent sector

Corporates looking to set up headquarters in the continent need a jurisdiction of substance. Here are their best options