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The French company has completed a financing first that gives French sponsors a new way to avoid safeguard proceedings

With many rules not yet finalised, regulators in the Europe and US should reconsider their approach to policing securitisation markets, according to Melissa D Beck of Morrison & Foerster

Bitcoin and other virtual currencies have been in the news recently as one Bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox, went bankrupt and reporters chased the purported creator of Bitcoin around Los Angeles. Given their growing popularity, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) thought it necessary to issue guidance on virtual currency, such as Bitcoin, in Notice 2014-21. The Notice, which is in the format of answers to frequently asked questions, describes how existing tax principles apply to transactions involving virtual currency.

Are reforms to transform China’s IPO approval system into a registration system create a market-based and rule-of-law-based system of funding?

EBRD's Gian Piero Cigna analyses the results of a study which reveals that regulators in transition countries must reassess their regimes to permit boards to operate independently

Deal counsel must now navigate a minefield of sanctions against Russia. IFLR examines how the restrictions have impacted the country’s business environment

Last month’s Delaware court ruling could provide boards with a significant tool to defend against activist hedge funds

A three-judge panel of the Mauritian Supreme Court handed down a judgment in Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings v Unitech and another 2014 SCJ 100. This is the first reported decision by a panel of so-called designated judges appointed to decide matters relating to international arbitration.

Daniel Futej Rudolf Sivák A new legislative proposal which restricts the acquisition of agricultural land in Slovakia by foreign persons was submitted to the Slovak Parliament. Even though it has not been approved yet (it is a governmental draft and the government has majority in Parliament), it does deserve attention. As of May 1 2014, a limitation on the acquisition of agricultural land by foreign natural persons from EU states no longer applies. In this respect, the Slovak Government prepared a draft with the aim of regulating the acquisition of agricultural land. The new legislation will ensure that agricultural land is acquired for agricultural purposes and not as speculative purchases.

The region’s regulators are proving indecisive on FDI reforms, but forging ahead with new technologies like cloud computing