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Last month UK Chancellor George Osborne said he was confident Europe could achieve a framework for sorting out bank resolution within six months. But to meet this ambitious timetable, the region's policy-makers must resolve several key issues.

New rules increasing Canadian targets’ ability to use poison pills are up for comment

Compared to the US and EU's established financial services regimes, Asia's regulators have largely been ignored by those beyond its borders. That began to change last year, when the region's supervisors begun asserting their extraterritorial authority. China's Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) has attracted the most attention, delaying the merger between Glencore and Xstrata and recently blocking a three-way freight merger.

A former CFIUS representative explains the realities of filing with the body. Applicants should treat the process like a confession, not a deposition

Jeff Bullwinkel, Microsoft's director of legal for the Asia Pacific, explains why a complance benchmark would help assure firms that they can adopt the cloud without flouting the region’s maze of regulations

Kamraj Nayagam Adam Lee Malaysia's Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) came into force on April 15 2014. The CIPAA is described as 'an Act to facilitate regular and timely payment, to provide a mechanism for speedy dispute resolution through adjudication, to provide remedies for the recovery of payment in the construction industry and to provide for connected and incidental matters'. The CIPAA applies to construction works carried out wholly or partly within the territory of Malaysia; it relates to any payment disputes and is not limited to interim payments. Section 35 of the CIPAA provides that 'any conditional payment provision in a construction contract in relation to payment under the construction contract is void'. There is a possibility that these provisions will impact contracts in other countries connected to Malaysia.

I seems a little passé to be taking lessons from the financial crisis in 2014, almost six years after Lehman. But as balance sheets recover, it's worth remembering how we got there. And it all hinges on a change in a job title, apparently.

Banks’ use of the template is not as guaranteed Private equity exits in China have been rare in recent years due to domestic regulatory issues and structural shifts in its economy. But limited partners (LPs) have called for their return. Exits from Chinese investments have concerned LPs since regulators closed the country's IPO market in late 2012. The government's plans to establish a more market-driven economy might also exacerbate exit difficulties.

David Hernand, Paul Hastings In the final weeks of June, OTTERBOURG announced its hire of banking and finance lawyers Jeffrey Rosenthal and Thomas Duignan as partners in New York. The pair, who are certified public accountants, had been with Troutman Sanders following their departure from Greenberg Traurig in February 2013. Also in New York, KING & SPALDING recruited Drew Chapman as a partner from WilmerHale where he headed up the alternative investment team.

Janet Butterworth, Norton Rose Fulbright Eric Muller, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei Kai Liebrich, Herbert Smith Freehills Alexander Dolgov, Hogan Lovells