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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.

Putnam County Savings Bank took the unusual step last month of purchasing a Nasdaq-listed competitor in an effort to protect its core business and meet growing regulatory demand.

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

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) guidelines on limiting leverage have sparked debate about the extent to which they will impact Europe.

Joseph Kim, Hogan Lovells BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN may have lost 25 partners globally over the past few weeks, but its Hong Kong office benefited from the arrival of corporate partners Matthew Puhar and Charles Rogers. KIRKLAND & ELLIS's Hong Kong practice also strengthened its Asia corporate practice by bringing in Ropes & Gray private equity expert Gary Li. DLA Piper in Singapore lost capital markets expert and India head Biswajit Chatterjee to SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS, a week after the firm saw the exit of Asia head Bob Charlton to BERWIN LEIGHTON PAISNER in Hong Kong as its new head of Asia and managing partner.

The region’s governments are easing regulations to improve consumer and SMEs’ access to credit. For foreign investors, the changes create access to an untapped market

Banks should have longer to implement margin requirements on uncleared swaps

The European high-yield market continues to spread. But new issuers mean new problems

The insolvency law celebrated its tenth birthday this year. Andi Kadir of Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners analyses how the process has changed since it was passed?

Recent judicial decisions have revived concerns around the enforceability of English contracts in Indonesia. Ashurst's Joel Hogarth explains how to protect yourself